We're so spoiled!

It sounds like the kids are waking up, so this may be a short entry...

After having a pretty easy going first child (let's face it - Christine is a terrific and, most of the time, very happy kid), we were definitely figuring we were doomed. The kicks in utero were definitely making me think that the baby was going to be very demanding of our time and energy.

Well... I don't know if it's his nature or if it's the fact that this is our second time around and we know more what to expect, but so far (and though I'm not supersticious, I knock on wood everytime I say this), Nicholas is a great baby I'm starting to go along Kevin's saying: babies are easy. Maybe it's 2 year-olds that aren't...

In all seriousness - Nicholas is very easy going. Unless he has a very dirty diaper or is extremely hungry, he's just happy to look around or sleep. We hardly ever hear him other than his occasional moaning or grunting. He sleeps anywhere (while Christine would only sleep in my arms or in the swing for her first 6 months) and seems to know his days from nights very well. Trevor's getting lots of sleep ;) and I'm doing quite well myself. He's feeding twice at night and is very efficient, so we're typically back in bed within 1/2-hr or so, so I'm getting 8-9 hrs broken up a couple of times. Not bad. All in all, I feel WAY better than when I was pregnant - I'm getting more and better sleep, my blood pressure is back to normal, my back isn't as sore, I don't have heartburn, the list goes on. I wouldn't have said the same the first time around...

As for Christine, she's adapting. There has been a lot of changes in her life, and she's definitely making the transition. She's already much more gentle with Nicholas and loves to kiss him all over. She wants to hold him often and is a terrific help when it comes to diapering. She hands me the clean diaper and then the wipe and then gives me the tube of vaseline. When the new diaper is on, she takes the yucky diaper to the garbage and is just so excited to have been such a big help. It's great. She's really going to be a terrific big sister!

She's also adapting to being at home almost all the time and not getting the same level of play that she's used to at daycare. We're going to try to get her out more and doing more fun activities as she's typically such a happy and easy going kid that we really don't want to lose that! We'll try to get to the Y every now and again to go play at the gym and go for a swim and maybe go to the library for story-time when they start their spring program. I can't wait for spring to get here so we don't have to get around in that muck! I can't believe how much snow we still have... oh well...

Anyway, the kids settled back down, so this ended up being slightly longer than I had expected. Sorry for the long read. Not much else is new around here, so that's it for now.

Have a great St. Patty's day everybody! We'll be enjoying Shamrock Shakes after Christine goes to bed - can you believe Trev and I have been together 9 years?! Weird...