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You know it's love when...

...someone TOTALLY squishes you.

5 months

We made it.  Scarlett is 5-months-old today and we made it.  So far.  This is not the easiest thing I have ever done, at 22-months apart, these two are a handful.  But I love 'em, and hope that one day, down the road, they play together quietly so that Chris and I can relax and drink margaritas.

This week, in pictures

The de-fuzzer

The de-fuzzee

Ivy's first tink-tonk

Otter feeding at Coyote Point

Scarlett discovers she has feet

Vanilla Ice Would Be Jealous...

Scarlett, unlike Ivy, was actually born with a little hair and still has some of it.  It was particularly long in the back (i.e. mullet) so I decided it needed to go.

Squirmy baby + sharp scissors = Oops!!

Cruisin'

It doesn't take much to make me smile, especially when I look at our gorgeous new Phil & Ted's Double Sport Buggy.  And my kids of course.

Sleepless

My formerly good sleeper has stopped sleeping.  Much.  during the day she'll sleep for 30 minutes at a time.  At night, anywhere from 1-3 hours.  Only nursing her gets her back to sleep, otherwise she screams and thrashes about.

It feels like torture to be sleep deprived, especially when waking up after being deeply asleep.  And it's frustrating to know that we were in the good sleep zone, that she could put herself to sleep and sleep for 6 hours at a time - and now, it's crap.

The book I'm reading: "At four months babies should be able to sleep about eight hours at night without a feeding".  Screw you Sleep Lady.

So I'm bitching about it because it sucks.  And I'm eating chocolate.

Scarlett Is Born

Scarlett Suzanne Newman Buchanan was born on December 5, in the morning, at home in the water, into her dad and my midwive's loving hands.  8 pounds, 14 ounces, 21 inches and a huge head!  She is a sweet and friendly little girl, and so far, a very good sleeper.  She's also growing very quickly, already 11+ pounds (and weighed 3 pounds more than Ivy at birth - crazy!)

I will be writing up her birth story but will not post it here.  Please email me if you are interested in hearing about our beautiful home birth.

And Ivy is almost 2 years old, I can't beleive how fast it has gone.  She is a very good big sister, and is very sweet to her little sister.  Hopefully they will grow up to be best friends...