Our little Eliana turns five months old today and neither of us can really believe it.

We haven’t done a very good job of keeping the blog up-to-date but the reason for that mainly falls under the “no news is good news” category.

Eliana has been doing absolutely great since we brought her home on May 8th and, just a couple of weeks ago, she hit the 7-lb. mark. Fantastic! Since we’ve last shared with you, she’s also started smiling A LOT more and has even started “talking” with us (cooing and whatnot) when she gets really happy and excited.

Plus, she’s also started sleeping much better. In fact, last night, she went through the whole night without needing to get up to eat. Seven-and-a-half hours, to be precise. That’s very nice for us, of course, but we just love the fact that she’s able to get some good rest.

Again, apologies for the lack of updates but we’ve just been doing our own thing and spending LOTS of time with the little one. We’re also trying to make time for ourselves, too. We had our first date night last month (dinner – Casa Don Gallo – and a movie – “Day and Knight,” very funny) and we’re planning another date night too. This also helps the grandparents get some much-needed Eliana time.

Over the last month, we’ve also been able to bring her out into the real world more and more. About 3 weeks ago, we were finally able to bring her to church and she’s done very well each time.

Anyway, thanks for reading we’ll try to do a better job of keeping you all up-to-date.

God bless,
Jason, Heather and Eliana

P.S. – the photo below was taken just a couple of days ago. No words can describe how we feel when she gives us a smile like that. Seriously, no words.