I know this is a little old (2 weeks and
change!) but here are the photos from the hospital. I’m trying
to get more photos up as well. I’ll keep ya posted!

Photos at the hospital

I survived my first day home alone with
the kids! So proud. The morning was easy because Eve slept most
of the time and Lex was in a great mood. Afternoon was a bit
more challenging because she was awake and just wanted to be
held, and his fever came back a bit so he was cranky. He also
kept asking to go outside but the weather was so crappy I
couldn’t take them out. He even woke up from his nap and
announced that he wanted to go grocery shopping! I think he is
a bit stir-crazy… as am I. I’m going to attempt to get them
out of the house and to a playgroup tomorrow. Then my mom is
coming, so I get a reprieve for the rest of the week. Next week
I seriously have to go it alone :) Wish me luck!

Lex, thankfully, is all better today. His
fever seems to have broken early this morning. He woke up at
1am so I went in and took his temp (101.9) and gave him more
Tylenol. Then he sat in his bed and talked to himself for an
hour and a half!! Between him and Eve I was awake from midnight
to 2:30am. Time to hit the caffeine this morning! The weather
today is really awful, cold, windy, rainy. We have lots of tree
branches down again too. Hopefully the nice weather will be
back soon!

We had a slow day today. We made it out
grocery shopping in the morning, then just stories and TV for
the rest of the day. The weather was awful (started out cloudy,
moved to heavy rain/sleet, and ended in a wet, heavy snow
that’s still falling now). Lex also woke up with a fever that
worsened in the afternoon. When we took his temperature just
before lunch it was 102. Poor boy! So we spent the afternoon
cuddling and resting. He felt so bad he even resisted the
medicine, which normally he likes and frequently even asks
for… “want little bit medicine.” Hopefully he feels better in
the morning and hopefully Eve doesn’t catch what ever he’s
got!

My friend Michelle brought us dinner
tonight (yummy!!) and tonight was the first time Lex and Dylan
really played together. Normally they play independently
(parallel play, as it’s called), but tonight they chased each
other around the house and played hide-and-seek, toddler style.
It was so funny and they were both laughing so hard.

Lex has become a big fan of hide-and-seek. He
and Alan play a lot. He is very good at the counting and
seeking part, but not so good at the hiding. He’ll put his head
down and count to twenty, then run around the house saying
“Where’s daddy?” He’ll look under and behind things, narrating
the whole way “Not under the table,” “Not behind the chair,”
“Not under the ball.” Yeah, he looks in fairly unlikely places
sometimes :) Then, when he sees Alan, he gets all excited and
says “THERE’S DADDY!!” Very cute. When it’s his turn to hide
he’ll tell Alan where’s he is going to hide and then get very
concerned if Alan doesn’t find him right away. Or else he’ll
hide somewhere, like in the closet, then start counting and
come out when he gets to ten or twenty. I don’t think he fully
gets the concept of hiding :) Needless to say, Alan does most
of the hiding and Lex does most of the seeking when they
play.

Lex had crackers with dinner tonight. When
one ended up in the rough shape of a fish he announced “there’s
a fish” and began swimming it around the edge of his plate.
Then he swam it right up to his face and said “hello fish, how
are you today?” Then it swam around his plate a few more times
and right into his mouth!

We took Eve to our new pedi for her first
real checkup. It’s actually the same woman who saw her at the
hospital. When we got there Alan looked at a picture on the
wall and said “Hey, that’s my boss!” Turns out they are married
:) Small world, huh? Anyway, Eve is up to 8lbs 10oz, far
exceeding the “regain birth weight by 2 weeks” goal, and 20.5″
long. She’s a champ! Everyone keeps commenting on what a big
girl she is and she just looks so tiny to me — compared to Lex
anyway. I swear he doubled in size over the weekend. It’s
especially noticeable when he’s on the changing table because
he is as long as the table is and I think his thighs are almost
as big as her belly :) He has been having a rough day today. I
think it’s a combination of the cold and being overtired from
the weekend. He cried off and on all morning, for no real
reason, and pretty much passed out when we put him down for
nap. Hopefully he wakes up feeling a little better.

We had a great “welcome baby” party for Eve on
Saturday. It was actually a “welcome baby/1week/Dad’s bday”
party. Lots of people and food and presents. Lex took awhile to
warm up to everyone then had a great time running around, and
Eve slept through the whole thing. She didn’t even help open
presents! We are now fully stocked on pink stuff. I did the
pinkest load of laundry ever today. The lint trap looked like a
fluffy pink cloud :)

In the first couple of days, Lex was so
often encouraged to “come see the baby” that it would seem he
is taking the suggestion as literally as one could. He
regularly walks over to Eve when she is accessible around head
height, leans in so his face is within a few inches of hers, and
with his cute, high-pitched, happy-voice, says “See? …
See?”

He will repeat this three or four
times before moving on to other activities. These other
activities often include sweet little kisses, mildly
over-enthusiastic hugs, and most recently, trying to pick her
up or, “hold the baby,” as he says. Obviously, we are trying to
tame the last two for the short term, but so far, Eve has not
complained beyond a few subtle grunts and squeaks. She appears
to be an easy going soul, which she will need if the peace is
to be kept as they get older. Don’t get me wrong: Lex roles
with the punches as well as any toddler I have ever seen, but
he is a wild man to the core, and I wouldn’t have it any other
way.