Staggered Sleeping

I just wanted to update all those thirsty minds out there wondering how things are going with Andrew. Specifically, I'm sure everyone who has had an infant is wondering, "Are you getting any sleep?". The short answer is that we're trying. For no reason other than our personalities, we adopted a staggered sleeping schedule: I stay up until after 11 while Andrew sleeps nearby, and Lynn lets me sleep in a couple hours after she gets up. With this pattern, we only had 2-3 feedings during sleepy time. Then last night we made the cardinal mistake of both going to sleep at the same time. To punish us, seemingly, Andrew woke up at least (yes, at least) once an hour. Neither of us got much sleep. So here I am at 11:06pm with Andrew by my side updating the blog (and doing some other work). For this phenomenon I blame the hospital for keeping him in the NICU where there is never darkness or silence. He simply doesn't know how to sleep in that type of environment. If he weren't so cute, we might be more upset. Instead, we're still just happy to have him.