But when you have a baby, and a second, you do know them well and get to know certain things about their personality.
Evelyn, for instance, is very vocal. She's always grunting, sighing, cooing, "talking"... Even during feedings, she will make a little sigh/grunt with every breath. When I'm sleeping with her, sometimes I wake up because I do NOT hear her making grunting sounds. And often, she'll be asleep in my arms, and I'll put her down, and she'll grunt herself either awake or asleep.
She also has been a bit of a piggy since the moment she was born. She could latch on without much help from the first time, as well, and will eat for 45 minutes at a time, with an hour to an hour and half in between, leaving little room to do anything else!
She likes being held, even more than Jocelyn is already "spoiled" for mommy's attention, always wanting to be held and never liking to be put down, even to go to sleep or be put in the baby swing, which she always likes once she's in it (especially the vibrate function).
She still sleeps a lot, grunting and sighing all the while. I'm happy that in the mornings, she seems to be pretty sleepy, like it's a continuation of nighttime sleeping, because then I can get up and take care of myself and Jocelyn, or I can feed her and go back to sleep. Nice fringe benefit, especially as both of the kids seem to want to wake up at 2am every night, meaning both Charlie and I have to get up. Last night, for instance, there was a storm, and when I went into Jocelyn's room because she was scared, Evelyn woke up wanting (surprise!) to be fed, which also of course means she needs to be changed or at least checked.
Charlie's starting the first class of a new semester today (the semester began yesterday, but his first class was today), at 7:30am! Talk about an early start! It's his next to last semester (really!), and he's planning to do another recital to finish his performance degree in the spring. I feel for him, having so much going on at home right now and starting a new semester. But it's better to have had the baby at a time when he wasn't in class than to have to be in the hospital and juggling classes and studying during the semester.
Here are just a few more pictures we've taken recently of the new foursome:
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| At the hospital, less than an hour after the birth of Evelyn, with Gram and Papa. |
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| Daddy love at the hospital in the recovery room on the day we went home. |
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| In my swing, contentedly sleeping. |
