Whew, it's been a while! :)

Sorry for the long gap between posts on this blog . . . for those of you who also follow my pregnancy blog, you will understand why. :) This is probably old news to most everyone, but just in case someone doesn't know, we have a new baby girl! Julia Anne was born on April 29th, and you can read the whole story of her birth here. We are all doing well and enjoying having a sweet little newborn in the house!


Today is bright and sunny--a lovely spring day in New Hampshire. The leaves, flowers and green grass seem to have appeared practially overnight. Not that we have any green grass in our yard . . . only lots of dirt and rocks . . . but someday!! Both the little ones are napping right now, but I'm not sure how long that will last, so I decided to let myself take a rest, too, and blog for a few minutes. I also wanted to post some pictures of Sam and Julia. We have yet to take a picture that includes all four of us--hopefully we'll get around to that soon.

Sam loves his baby sister; the only problem is that he thinks he should be able to hold her and carry her around, so I have to keep a good eye on him and keep her out of his reach. :) But at least he loves her! We do let him hold her with our assistance from time to time, and I'll try and get a picture of that soon.


The past week has been spent adjusting to having a new baby, resting up, and enjoying having Jim home to spoil me and take care of us! Today he is back to work, so real life has set in again. :) Actually, I'm finding that I'm having a much easier time adjusting to things this time around than when Sam was born. I think just being an experienced mom helps a lot. Also, having a baby in the late spring seems nicer. Sam was born in March, which wasn't too bad, but I couldn't go out a lot at first since the weather wasn't as nice, so I was cooped up with him in our little trailer, and I think I got a bit of cabin fever. Here I have space to move inside the house, as well as being able to enjoy the great outdoors from the comfort of our new deck. After Sam's birth, it took me a good 6 weeks to really feel "back to normal," whereas this time around, I'm feeling pretty good already. Nursing is going great (Julia seemed to be a natural at that from the start!), the baby weight is coming off, and the hormones haven't been as wacky (so far, anyway). As long as I don't stress out about housework, and plan simple meals for a while, I think things will go well. We've also been blessed to receive several meals from family and friends, which has been a big help!

We are slowly accumulating a supply of girly clothes, which is fun! It's very strange to see all these tiny garments in pink, or frills, or flowers, piling up around here! Most everything has been given to us; the only things I've bought Julia so far are 3 items from the local children's consignment store. Here's one of them, which I simply couldn't resist:
How cute is that?! :) I knew her Daddy would love it. :) (In case you can't tell, it has cowgirls, horses, cacti, etc. all over it.)