Ruby cut my head off...

It's been too long since our last post; we've been very busy waiting.  AND we had some wonderful visitors as well.
On January 26, ELEVEN days after my due date (yes, that's right, even later than the first two) I decided to have a castor oil milkshake for breakfast.  It was actually delicious - I'd be happy to share the recipe.  
 
I laid down for a nap with Gus just after 1pm, and about two hours later (I'll spare the intense details on this public forum - but I'm happy to share, let me know)...VOILA!!

Arlo Peter

Weeman!!

January 26 3:26 pm
9 lbs 14 oz 21 in 

His bag of water started to come out first, which made for an interesting picture to say the least.  (Again, I'd be happy to share - if you think you can handle it.)
And he is absolutely perfect in every way. Gus was there for most of the birth and was fascinated. Ruby chose to hang out with Ben, Angie, Grandpa, Milo and Ellie out in the yard and wait for updates. She's only interested in the baby part of the process - fair enough!

Proud papa weighing our catch with our wonderful midwife, 
Tammy, who also delivered Ruby.  Arlo weighed the exact same as Gus, only he is an inch and a half shorter than Gus was. -ish, that whole measuring the length of a newborn seems pretty inexact. It all depends on who is measuring them and how much they will stretch out their little legs for you that day.  

 These are first-day photos, 


 followed by a bunch from the first week.  It's taken me so long to write this in between nursings, that we've accumulated quite a few! I've tried to be selective...

Mondays and Fridays are now 'brother days'.  So fun.
Gus is really enjoying is dual roles now.  He is even more amazing than I thought he would be at being a big brother and he is SO taken with Arlo.  Yet, he still LOVES being able to turn around and pull little brother crap with Ruby.  win win!


 

 

Ten days has gone too quickly. Armed with the knowledge of how ridiculously fast this all goes, Joel and I are doing our best to drink up EVERY SECOND of this experience. And Arlo is making it extremely enjoyable.  He enjoys nursing, sleeping, nursing, walks on the beach, nursing, brother and sister, and pooping.  What a life. 

For those of you out there like me, please pardon all of the grammatical errors here.  I have to be quick. And I'm currently only working with a small fragment of my brain .  La la babyland.  Sigh.  
Thanks for reading - we'll be back!!
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