A.B. Kagledom

Writing is going to be unpredictable over the next week. Everything is well. Everything is 1000 times easier than the first time around. We are professionals! OK, maybe not but It is nice to feel like we know what we are doing.

Adlai Bernard is a good baby. I know we're not supposed to compare the boys to each other but as long as we don't do that in front of them it is alright for now, correct? Besides looking exactly like Simon at the same age, Adlai and Simon are different. Adlai hates a soiled diaper while Simon could have cared less. Adlai is also a "normal" eater (so far) none of this every hour on the hour, nursing for an hour stuff. He gets right down to it and can have an entire boob liquidated in 10-15 minutes flat. He went in for his newborn checkup this morning and had lost exactly 10% of his body weight (which is normal). We're doing "so well" that we don't need to go back in for a follow-up; we decided to schedule a weighing for Monday anyway (just in case).

Simon has been wonderful. From the moment of labor, Simon has been nothing but thrilled. He said "High five!" when we picked him up from school and told him we were going straight to the hospital to have a baby. We took Adlai to Simon's school yesterday afternoon so Simon could show him off and BOY did he show him off - making every friend and adult look with adoration at his younger brother. The only issue so far seems to be patience - he asked if we could teach Adlai to walk this morning and wanted to play ball with him this afternoon. He wants to touch Adlai all the time and Adlai isn't appreciative of the icy cold hands on his face.

I'm still sore in places (mostly at the site of my two preventative shots, the epidural, the saline drip, and, of course, my poor boobies) but doing fine. I'm just so thrilled those few hours of the most excruciating pain of my life are over. I'm also really happy not to be carrying around all of that extra weight. Of course, Matthew and I are both extremely tired. All is well and as it should be.

More news later when there is more time! Flickr photos are being updated.

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Hava