Growing baby

For the first time, Penelope has some things that are now too small for her. There were two really cute bodysuits that some friends of ours bought while they were in the USA, but they only fit up to 4.5 kg and she now is 4.7 kg as of last Tuesday. The biggest thing though is that she's grown out of the smallest size nappies that I made for her. I didn't really expect them to last much more than a month and that's pretty much how long they lasted. She's now in the next size up, thank heavens that I made them ahead of time. These should last a while, until she's about 6 months old with any luck. I haven't made any of the next biggest size yet, don't even have the fabric yet, so I have to get a move on with it. I'm going to get some really girly PUL for the next set, there's some great stuff at NappiesCovered.
I've actually been able to get some sewing done lately. Penelope's dedication is this Sunday and I've made her a dress for it out of fabric leftover from making my wedding dress. It's a pretty simple design, I took a jacket pattern, shortened it and added a gathered skirt. I'm almost finished, just hemming and buttons to go. I have a huge collection of buttons, but I don't know if I have what I want for the dress. I really hope I do, because the local sewing stores have really dismal button selections and the nearest Spotlight is in Queanbeyan and I've already driven out there once this week.
Mr b^3's mother R was down for a couple of days this week, which was really nice. She hadn't seen Penelope since we were in the hospital after she was born. The first night R was here Penelope performed a magic trick and slept through the night, from 11pm to 5.20am. She hasn't done it again, but I wouldn't expect her to. It's quite a feat for a baby to sleep through at five weeks. Funnily, I felt worse after that night than after the night before when she was up for a feed at 3am. Then again when she has a feed at 3am, she can usually be relied upon to sleep until past 6am instead of forcing you up at just past 5am.
I'm not really looking forward to the end of daylight savings this weekend. Penelope shouldn't be too affected because she's got blockout curtains. I don't though, so I'm not sure if I will be able to get back to sleep when the sun rises at 5.30am instead of 6.30am.
The girl is waking, so I'll stop here.

The other side.

Her name is Penelope Anne. Her entrance into the world wasn't the easiest, but she is adorable. The short version of her birth is induction, waters broken, Syntocyn drip and posterior labor, epidural, get through 13 hours of labor only for her to get stuck at the very end and end up with an emergency c-section. In the next couple of days I'll write up a more detailed birth story for those who are interested and so I have a record before my memory goes.
I'm not going to be doing uni this year after all. I'm not sure if I mentioned it here but I was planning on starting my Dip.Ed in secondary education this year. I was supposed to start classes last week, but while we were in hospital, I decided to pass on the nervous breakdown. If she was a couple of months old, I think I could do it, but I'm not going to try and kill myself by doing uni with a newborn. Plus I want to enjoy her now, she's the most important thing I have now.
Sorry this is a bit disjoint, but I wanted to give an rough outline of what has been going on. There will be more detail later.