New Bed!

Our first week in Homer proved difficult at night, with all three of us crammed into the little loft bed (it's a full-sized mattress, but it's very old and not the best-maintained camper, so the bed curves downward, sending all sleepers into the center over the course of a night). We were all sleeping terribly so, even though we only have a few more days remaining here, Rob set to building Buggy a bed of her very own in the back of the cramper. He'd scored a nice big sheet of plywood that he sawed down to fit in the space in the back behind the counter and stove, and topped it with some extra cushions. After her second night in it, he spied her with a fistful of wall - the peeling fake wood paneling - and was going for it with her mouth. He drilled a torn-up pillow case to the wall to prevent any further wall-clawing, and it's been great. Last night I put her to bed at 9:30, she woke up once in the night to feed and was up no more than five minutes, then she went back to sleep. When her grunts woke us this morning as they usually do (normally at 7, at the latest), I checked the clock: 10:08! I could hardly believe it! Not only did she take two good naps yesterday, but this was her best night of sleep since the first week we arrived in Maryland. Two days ago she didn't nap at all, and was very difficult to put to sleep, despite going for a walk in the stroller and a ride in the car. I believe that teething is to blame, but that always seems to be the culprit when she's fussy for no other known reason. Still no teeth to be seen, but they're there, I'm sure of it!
We're planning on pulling out of Homer later on this evening, after we clean out the cramper and turn it over to Derek and Ariel, two of Rob's salmon employees, who are staying on in Homer to go to school. We're spending the weekend at Rob's mom's house in Soldotna, 75 miles north of here, and having a big family cookout on Monday before we take off on Tuesday. Then our trip will really begin...