People kept telling us shortly before the adoption with a twinkle in their eye, "You know you better enjoy your sleep for now, because once the baby comes..." When I heard this I just thought, "Ah, she's a newborn. She'll sleep all the time." Well, I learned something over the last 48 hours. Newborn babies do sleep a lot...just not at night :)
Elise and I enjoyed our first night with the baby. She woke up every hour or so to eat, get a diaper change, or just be snuggled. Elise was a gem. She changed many a diaper. I helped out some as well with some coaching from Elise's mom. I learned that it is good to burp the baby a couple times during a feeding. What priceless advice! I know Elle appreciated it too!
At 4:45 am, she ate, enjoyed a diaper change and has been sleeping in 3-4 hour increments since, with feedings and diaper changes in between. Right now she is sleeping like a rock. :)