Fiona's Second Week

One fun part of Fiona's homecoming was that Dan's bachelor brother Eric has been living with us these couple of weeks while he is between work and returning to school. I had wondered how we would all mesh with the stress of a new baby and no sleep and trying to establish nursing. Eric, though, has been wonderful to have around. In Fiona's second week, when everyone else had gone home and Dan had returned to work, and I was faced with my first days on my own with her, I woke up to a clean house, thanks to Eric. In the evenings we had someone to hang out with and ooh and ahh over the baby with. When I was covered with spit up, and Dan was out of earshot, Eric was there to hand me a wipe. And, of course, there's the adorable professional quality photos we got out of him. I'm going to be sorry to see him leave for New Hampshire this week.

During her second week, Fiona and I made our first solo outing to visit her Aunt Annelise and Naomi and Quinn on their first day back from Uganda! We successfully ran a couple of errands, visited with them and got home without too much drama. Naomi adored getting to hold Fiona, as did many of our friends that week as we ate dinner out on a few nights. The prep time for leaving the house the first time was like 4 hours, but it cut quickly to more like an hour and a half. That included getting us both showered and dressed and keeping her clean, fed an happy the whole time. There's a bit of a learning curve on that process, but we made it out for two dinner parties and ended the week at the beach again when Dan's dad came to visit for the weekend. Jordan and Jessie had a blast fighting over the baby, and they treated us to some home cooked meals before they left.

Fiona's second week check up was another impressive visit. This time she weighed 10 lbs 10oz and was 21 inches long--that's 95th percentile for weight! She also projectile vomited on the pediatrician :P and was pronounced perfect again. She's a happy growing baby!