Our new balance

When we would talk about how easy Joaquin was people would always say something about how difficult the next one would be. I hated that and always thought they were mistaken as our impression of Joaquin's easiness had just as much to do with us (I thought) as it did with him. I'm happy to report that we either hit the baby jackpot or I was right :)

Rhiannon has her own little quirks that I guess you could consider difficult. One of the main differences between her and Joaquin at her age is that she's a spitter and projectile vomitter so far. But that's not really difficult...baby spit doesn't smell and I feel so bad for the little thing when she turns all purple and then let's loose. She is an easy sleeper as long as she's being held. We're trying to be better about it so we don't paint ourselves into a corner again, but 50% of the time I end up falling asleep with her before putting her down.

Joaquin is, overall, doing great with her. We have had a few snags like when he wanted me to hold him and I was feeding her. I told him he was a great big brother and he responded with, "I'm not a big brother, I'm just a little boy!," which, of course, made me cry a little bit. He's also started having some tantrums, although I think that has to do more with age than the baby. The other day, trying to head off a tantrum, I asked him if he wanted to go play in his sandbox and he said no. Gid asked him the same thing a few minutes later and he said, "Remember this is the day that I told mommy no"--wow...very dramatic with squinty eyes and everything! Overall though, he is doing great. We spent 15 minutes this morning just kissing and hugging the baby. She cried the other day and I caught him in our room trying to move her bassinet out to the garage so he could get her help. I came into the living room the other night and he was leaning over her saying over and over again, "I love you baby!" It is very sweet and it just confirms his innate sweetness.

Rhiannon turned over last night at 2.5 weeks, which just seems way too soon. I would have loved to have had awhile longer with blissfully safe couch napping.