Emme's First Bath and Update

You knew it wouldn't last long. Emme sleeping like a perfect little angel. She's more animated. More dependent on Heather's nursing. Dealing with it is harder this time around because there's a little less magic and surprise involved. There's some more "seriously, this?... I thought we were through this... oh that was Ava." I have the hardest time with it when I don't get my "me time." But Heather has, by far, the largest baby workload. She's with Emme all day and night. No less love for the little bundle... but a lot less "oy yeah, that poop out and crying fest that kept us up was so *real*... I need to blog that to remember the experience."

Ava loves to help out. Whenever Emme cries I hear a "me coming too." And Ava trucks it to wherever Emme is. She rubs Emme's back, pats her on the head. I enjoy giving her tasks because it shows Ava that she's part of Emme's life.

Tonight they gave Emme her first bath. No, we're not bad parents. You're supposed to wait for the cord to drop off and heal before you submerge them. It's a countertop bathing. I got some good video. But only one photo because the battery died. But I think it's a cute one.

Emme can get mad. She has a mad little face at times. She'll go from zero to raging quickly. On balance, Heather has a deeper tool chest (yeah, pun intended) to remedy things.

Emme's also got an incredibly angelic face. She's got these big round eyes with a perfect round face. She didn't get as beat up making her way from stage left into the play of life. Very little conehead for her. She's a cutie.

She eats a lot. And we're more than happy to oblige. After she eats she (generally) sleeps solidly for a couple hours. Except when we're busy and Ava needs a lot of attention. Then Emme's wide awake.

She's doing eye tracking and auditory response. Grasping and all the normal reflexes. She had her two week checkup earlier this week and passed with flying colors.

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