With help from these guys, we redid the blog in order to have a space that better connected folks with the different pieces of our story.  The site remains www.theatypicallife.com, and we like it.  Hope you do as well.

We’ve been busy enjoying the adjustment that accompanies adding a person to the family.  In the midst of the chaos, two items have been pleasant surprises.  First of all- for eleven days at least- Anders has been a gentle, little man; quite happy with the baby work schedule of resting, eating, and creating diapers in need of change.  He sleeps, he doesn’t cry much, he goes back to sleep.  If this seems normal to you, then you did not raise Hazel.  Suffice it to say, we love every piece of both of them, but only one has exhibited a piece of peace at this stage.  Thus, Anders shares more with Eliot than just gender.  His familiar eyes make us weep.  His mannerisms and approach to life harken back to a boy we love.  And yet, he is his own man, and we are eager to know him more for who he is- in all the uniqueness that each child brings as a gift from where they came.

Secondly, the gal we most frequently describe as “fiesty” has surprised us by being enamored with the little guy whose name she cannot quite enunciate.  She shuffles in to meet him in the mornings, waving and saying, “baby, baby”- climbing his crib to view the one who never waves back.  I must admit nothing short of amazement to see her loving him the best way she can.  I’m sure there will be some bumps that accompany sharing mom, but so far my nightmares scenarios of using him as target practice for toy throwing have not played out.  Throwing away diapers and grabbing burp cloths, she has been a pretty impressive big sister thus far.

the climb

1st bath

the nap

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