five days

The past five days have been quite a blur. Tiny peanut Maria is fitting right in, nursing well, sleeping, filling up diapers, being incredibly cute and sweet, etc. Henry has such affection for her, and seems to be adjusting fairly well. I'm quite tired, but I guess that's normal, right? I do feel better at this point than I did after Henry was born.

(henry with his sister, day two)

I will be posting a much longer birth story as soon as I can find the time to write it all down. I wish I could say I haven't had the time because we've been flooded with visitors and calls of well-wishes, but it seems just about everyone has the well-intentioned idea to leave us alone, which to be honest makes me a little sad. Really, if I can't or don't feel like answering the phone, I won't. Most of our family visits were pre-planned to occur what we thought would be shortly after Maria's arrival - obviously she decided to join us early, so we're all excitedly awaiting her first family visitors later this month.

Just to keep you all interested in coming back, I will tease you with this little tidbit: The only people in the room when Maria was born are in or are taking (Timon) this picture, taken an hour and a half after our arrival at the hospital.

Intriguing, no?