Baby Kate!

I just realized that I never put up any pictures of Baby Kate.  Yes, we actually call her "Baby Kate".  And by we, I mean everyone in this world other than Nick.  He calls her Katelyn because he thinks that she is not going to know what her real name is if we call her Kate.  The whole Baby Kate thing started because that's what I called her when speaking about her to Alexa when I was pregnant and then she was born and it just stuck.  For some reason, it's completely appropriate for her.  I don't know why.  So, anyway, here's a bunch of pictures that I took as I was trying to be a photographer.  Some of them my mom edited.  It's pretty obvious which ones those are.  There are a couple of Alexa thrown in there (obviously).  Lexi started off kind of jealous but she's turning out to be a very good big sister...most of the time.  Baby Kate is super cute, she's always happy.  Unless she's trying to sleep.  Then she screams.  A lot.  The kid hates to sleep, which is not good for my psyche.  She likes to take cat naps during the day and then she likes to wake up at least every three to four hours at night.  I haven't slept more than 4 hours straight in the past 5.5 months.  Alexa was such a champion sleeper.  By the time she was this age, she was sleeping 12 hours through the night without waking at all.  I used to think to myself that all these women saying that they are so exhausted after having a baby are nuts!  They must either be really bad at this parenting thing, or I was really good at it!  Well, that was when I had a sleeper and now that I have a non-sleeper, I would give anything for 8 straight hours of sleep.  This Q4hr wake up crap is getting really old.  I feel like I have tried everything, but if anyone has any advice on how to get a baby to sleep for a long time, I'll take it.  The lack of sleep is really starting to turn me into a not so nice person...in life.