Our First Week

Megan Grace is doing great and so is everyone else. Although it's only been a week and a half, I'd say she is so far my easiest baby (maybe I just learned with the first 2??). She easily goes 3 and sometimes 4 hours between feedings day and night. I remember pacing with Riley trying to stretch out the time betweeen feedings, I haven't done that once with Megan. She's great at nursing. So far (crossing my fingers and toes), she's not a spitter and she's only had one 'blow-out' from her diaper and that was my fault (I had her in a diaper too big for her).

The boys both adore her. Owen has come around and is just as 'into' her as Riley. If they hear her on the monitor, they both race to the nursery to tend to her. We've had to warn them several times not to try to pick her up on their own. Today I was out running some errands and Owen went with me only because Megan was coming along. He said she might need someone to give her the pacifier in the backseat. They both want to kiss and hold her before they go to bed and Riley can't wait to get his hands on her when he gets home from school in the afternoons.

She's been home now for 11 nights and has only had 2 'bad' ones where both Mom and Dad where tired the next morning. The time between 9am and noon when both boys are in school has proven to be a good nap time to make up those hours missed at night. Even the week when Nanny and PawPaw were here to help, Nanny only had to get up during the night twice and one of those times she ended up going right back to bed.

Can you tell we're proud parents? The jury is still out on who she looks most like. Some say Owen, most say Riley. We'll soon see. When her hair is clean and fuzzy it looks to me like it'll be more blonde than dark but time will tell. Her eyes are still that newborn navy-gray color so not sure what color they'll settle on.

No doubt she completes our family. She is exactly what we were missing and we are so thankful for our perfect little blessing we call Megan Grace.