I am so in love with my little infant

I can't believe how wonderful having a newborn is the second time around. None of the horrible what's that noise, red bump, smell questions and all of the oh, this baby just wants to be snuggled 24 hours a day. I really do want to snuggle him constantly and have to occasionally force myself to put him down so Mizz can see his mom without a baby. Sleep deprivation isn't nearly as terrible once you have a toddler, because let's face I have become very used to being exhausted most of the time. Granted getting up every two-three hours is painful but there is also the very real knowlege that it is time limited and will pass more quickly than I want to believe. I am working hard on savoring the good stuff, and shrugging off the difficult part which to date involves more than two hours a day chained to the pump and some very exquisitely painful attempts at nursing. Here's to hoping that little D, makes some significant advances in the latching on department this weekend.

Amazing Video Ahead!

After changing Sir Pees A Lot diaper today (um, the fourth one in twenty minutes), I decided to let him have a little wiggle time au naturel. He was very content to wiggle around on his back for awhile. When I flipped him over I was amused to see him do some serious inchworm action and then, he flipped over. My little two week old, not quite at his due date yet, achieved a physical feat that took Mizz almost four months! I realize that this was probably way more in the fluke category rather than the he is going to be a 10 year Olympian, but it was really cool anyway. And the best part? I got it on video! My first video of the little babe yielded some pretty cool action footage of a creature that to date has done little more than sleep and suck down milk!

Nesting like never before

The concept of nesting has taken on a whole new concept in the last week. Baby D and I have sequestered ourselves in my bedroom with the occasional outings for food and Mizz time. There is a whole lotta feeding, sleeping, and pumping going on now. Most of those activities involve two hands and so if you haven't heard from me recently, that's why. I promise to emerge from the cocoon soon and can't wait to catch up with everyone.

Baby D pics are here!

So, without further ado, here are the pics. When I have more energy I will write about the birth and last couple of days which have been incredibly wonderfully and of course, exhausting.

The newest family member!

Introducing Baby Jackie. I could go on and on with the silly jokes about baby number two. Suffice it to say that the waiting game for the real baby, which could, I suppose take another 2 weeks, is driving me bonkers. Today is the day I had Mizz according to the gestational calendar and it is also the day I jokingly said the baby would be born on, after all Cinco de Mayo is a great day for a birthday! No fireworks, but Margaritas are a good runner up.

So, in the meantime, I am using my low hum of anxiousness to clean long forgotten places of the house (who knew how far back our counter went?) to continuing my quest for the perfect diaper bag, to oh yeah, um trying to figure out what we are going to call this six and half pound watermelon. I can't wait to see him, but if he wants to stay in until Mother's Day or even later, I'm okay with that. Because despite the readiness to be done being pregnant, I can't help being a little sentimental that these are the last few days that I will get to experience the amazingness of pregnancy, aches and all.

Baby on the Brain Part Two

Mizz is in his room right now and I am spying, I mean, monitoring, him. He just busted out "Baby, baby, baby, baby, babe" sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. It is completely amazing to me how much he has bonded with Little Jackie (the baby doll that Grandpa and Tutu bought for him and that he named all by himself). Right now, I wish I had one of those fancy video monitors to see what's going on.