this is a picture of baby sparklet sleeping. last night she went to bed at 10:30 pm. this morning she slept until 5:30 am. by my math — which is admittedly as fuzzy as my brain — that’s seven hours of uninterrupted sleep.

while we don’t have one, please imagine a picture of the lady sparkler and i doing a samba in celebration. the part that puts us over the moon, however, is that baby sparklet did this all miles away from us (well, 20 feet) in her very own room, in her very own bed.

words honestly can’t explain what it’s like to get sleep after months without, but i am pretty sure that the lady sparkler will talk your ear off, with joy, trying.