Sleepless Night

Over the coming weeks, i'll keep attempting to keep everyone in the proverbial loop, not just with what's going on in our lives, but our minds as well.

So for those of you who aren't all that versed in human nomenclature, allow me to explain where we got Lilah's name from.

When I was a kid, my pops used to tuck me in every night with the gentle phrase, "lilah tov, bubbelah". Mind you, "bubblelah" was often replaced with "lollipop," "lambchop," or "sugar" (for a while I thought my folks were trying to decide on a recipe for me). But the steady phrase was always as such.

So when it came time to pick a label for this being i'm holding, i kinda tossed that out there. We toyed with many names...annabelle, miranda, chloe...but lilah always seemed to stay toward the top of the list. After a while, we just kept trying it out on her belly, and it just clicked.

And now, at 1:44 a.m., as I try every baby kung fu trick in the book, I see why. You see, Lilah means 'night'...as in...the time when she prefers to be awake.

Sigh...good thing she's so damn perfect.


Yeah baby...high five. Love you.


and of course, when all is said and done, she's eventually go down for the count. I could watch her sleep all day...which she's done.