Aubrey: 1 1/2 months

From an E-mail dated March 3, 2012

"Aubrey is doing really well. EVERYTHING is better this second time around. I'm amazed by it. I had such anxiety when Owen was born it was awful. I feel complete peace right now which is remarkable. She's nursing well, sleeping well, and all around a great little newborn."

From and E-mail dated March 23rd 2012

"This week was pretty regular, except for a major milestone. I ventured to Walmart with both kiddos. "Big Deal Allie", you are all probably thinking, but for me, I was dreading the day when I'd be out of my home bubble, drive 20 minutes into town for a nightmare of an experience. Thankfully though, it went much better than expected.

Owen was a gem, unlike earlier in the week when he tried hopping off the bed onto a card table, missed completely and landed head first on the floor and then later that day played with the blind cords around his neck while I was nursing on the bed telling him "NO!"...I got up to let him know that I meant it, he thought it was funny, and ran away only to clock himself in the throat with the blind cord! Arrghh, the very thing I was trying to prevent.

Anyways, back on track now, Owen was a gem at Walmart. I was so thankful he was happy eating his dumb-dumb sucker and didn't have an inkling to get out of the cart. Aubrey, was another story, nothing like hearing a newborn cry at Walmart of all places, trying to feed her a bottle, and her not wanting it. Oh well, we survived thankfully enough and I won't be going again for at least a week or so :)

On another note, we're setting into a routine here. Do you ever get the feeling that you're just anxious for things to be normal? I remember feeling that way when I first started my Legal Assistant job in Salem. It was overwhelming, like literally learning a new language. I just wanted the normality and ease to set in. It didn't come until about a year later, but it came none the less. I feel like I'm starting to get that way with two kiddos. Maybe more of the normaility---not so much ease :)"