Our Two Babies

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Emma really wanted to hold Ben, and when I actually let her, she got a kick out of it.
Sometimes she needed a little help :) Check out his smile!
Ben covered in blocks and completely content with it.
Emma playing blocks with her brother...she actually says the word "share" while she is piling them on...

Ben is oficially 3 weeks now. Emma has been doing great with the transition. She needs a reminder or two to be gentle, but otherwise she's excited about her little pal Ben. Unfortunately, Emma has step throat right now and has been running a pretty high fever since Sat., so things aren't going as smoothly. I think last night was the worst of it (knock on wood). Thank goodness my mother in law is here for 6 more days, otherwise we'd all be crying. Poor Emma just wants mommy, so mom in law has taken over Ben for me.

Ben is getting chubbier and changing everyday. He turns his head to voices he knows now, and he smiles for me all the time. Nobody believes me though because I'm the only one who's noticed it. Today he was on my shoulder wide awake and he stretched up his neck straight up without help, leaned back a little, and looked right at me. Haha I guess he wanted to see my face. I loved that moment. I bet he's more than 8 pounds now. He finally fully fills (say that 5 times fast) the newborn and preemie clothing we have for him. We are bottle feeding and nursing at least for now. I don't know why I find nursing so hard! It seems so easy for the moms that exclusively breastfeed.

And that leads me to me and Mr. Garrido. You know, the second kid is way different for us. We don't feel as...hopeless haha. We know there will be an end to the fatigue. It's funny how the way you value your sleep and eating habits change with each kid. It was a shock with Emma to not be sleeping 8 hours a night. Now, we don't really care or pay that much attention to it. Like I said, it must be because we know it will pass. I think we kind of got converted into warrior parents or something with the birthing experience, too. If we can handle that intensity of an experience, these bouts of uncomfortable sleepy nights and days are nothing, right?