It Doesn't Get Much Sweeter than This. . . .

Here are a few more pictures of our new little Alaina.

 

This is our first baby who loves to sleep--even at night! The past three nights we've had 3-4 hour stretches of sleep, followed by 2-hour sleeps throughout the rest of the night. I don't know if it will last, but it's made the first week at home with a newborn a lot more bearable.

 

Janae was really not herself the first few days with a new little sister at home, but she seems to be doing better. She is laughing, smiling, dancing, singing, pretending to be Prince Phillip--the usual :) She's interacting more and more with Alaina, too. I think she's going to be okay.

 

And Benjamin has finally accepted that he needs to go to school and be away from his baby sister, at least for a little while. Yesterday he told me, "When Alaina was born, right away, I just fell in love with her." I think I'd have to say the same thing.

 

I don't think life gets any sweeter than this, even though it's still hard at times (when everyone is crying at once, for example). Being able to eat sugary treats again helps, too :)