SOLD!

After months of my nagging, a handful of Craigslist posts, and an Ebay auction; Trung has finally sold his mustang. I posted an ad on Craigslist Saturday morning for, I believe, the fourth time, but this time put "no haggling" for the price. Tyler e-mailed that day saying that he was "very interested", so we called him and set up an appointment on Sunday. You know, I almost didn't open the e-mail because the name read "Hibnotic" and the subject read "Very Interested"; it just didn't sound right. Anyhow, he came and test drove the car and said it was exactly what he was looking for. A few hours later, Tyler was driving off in the car that Trung was driving when I first met him; ah, the memories we had. *sigh* Now we get to make new memories with Lydia! :)
So long, red mustang, it was nice driving ya! (well, just riding for me...I never did like shifting in that car)Oh, by the way, the whole reason why we sold the car is because Trung works from home and now that I'm a stay at home mom, we have no use for it. Plus, it's not what you would call a "family car"; car seats don't go in and out too well. We'll eventually get a bigger car, but are content with my Maxima for now.

Okay, so I finally figured that I'd let Lydia have her thumb to suck on to help her sleep through the night without waking us up. Back to the whole pacifier versus thumb-sucking...well, I only let her have her thumb at night because chances are, the pacifier will fall out and she'll want something to suck on if she wakes up in the middle of the night. Since it has been chilly lately, I put a mitten on the non-sucking hand, so at least that hand doesn't freeze; and let her have her other hand should she need it.

Experiment time! Lydia went to sleep with her pacifier last night and I could hear her babbling around 4 AM. It was soon quiet again and she didn't get up until 8:30 AM. This morning, her thumb looked a little raw, but otherwise in good condition. I considered alternating hands so that the thumb doesn't get all messed up, but I think she really favors her left thumb; maybe I'll try it out tonight. Anyhow, if I hadn't forgotten to turn her baby monitor off in our bathroom, I probably would have slept through the night as well. Let's see if this works again tonight!