Mother and children are all off safely to bed. Zack has been a darn good baby. Only two feedings last night (mother and son were discharged Friday). Heather is recovering with amazing speed. It’s all I can do to stop her from following me around and cleaning up after me…
Allegra has taken quite well to her new little brother. As those will small children who’ve met Allie can attest, she’s quite aggressive with her affection. And it’s VERY apparent that she REALLY loves her younger sibling. To paraphrase a famous cartoon character, she was to hug him and kiss him and call him George. She is also very concerned when he starts crying.
I’ve tried to help cushion the blow of divided attention from her mother by showering her with affection. It’s working out quite well so far. But she’s also acting more and more “two” as her second birthday approaches. At one point, she slapped Heather’s hand while she was hooked up to the Lactomatic. I instructed her (somewhat harshly) to say she was sorry to her mother. Her response was to throw herself on the ground. This, of course, resulted in laughter from both father and mother.
But all-in-all, she’s been great with this huge change to her family life.
And it’s all made me remember how fortunate I am: I have a wonderful, strong, resilient wife, who has given me two beautiful children. The only thing more I could ask is that she win the lottery so we could buy an enormous house and have ten more kids. (when we watch the “Cheaper by the Dozen” films, we watch them with envy)
Anyway, here are a couple more pictures:
Here’s a rare picture of Zack with his eyes open. This was taken at the hospital on Friday when he was strapped into his car seat, awaiting the trip home.
Here’s Allegra and Zachary. Allie likes to rock the bassinet — albeit a little too vigorously. She is after all a daredevil and wants to make sure her brother is properly acclimated to adrenalin rushes, so they can engage in dangerous stunts when he’s a little older.
And finally, here’s a picture of Heather, Zachary and Allegra. Allegra and I just came home from a quick shopping trip. Allie’s trying to help Zack feed from a bottle, and Heather’s patiently making sure Allie doesn’t shove the bottle down little Zack’s throat.
That’s all for now. I LOVE BEING A DAD!!!!