2 Weeks

Today, Harper and Allie are two weeks old! A lot has happened since 10/15/10.  They are so snuggly and adorable and truly a joy.  They look very different and have unique personalities.  Allie is our wee little one.  She likes to stick out her long tongue and make cheerio lips.  Harper is our chunker and makes a million different faces.  She will look utterly disgusted at the scene around her and then she will break into a huge smile.  They say smiles at this age are just from gas, but I am skeptical.  Michael believed that until they started smiling when he bobbled them around. Harper is awake more often and just took over an hour to put back to sleep, I think because she just wanted to play.  I ended up feeding her twice in a two hour span, so now their schedules are out of sync.  Not fun at 4 in the morning.  It takes Harper 5 minutes to down the same bottle that takes Allie 15-20 minutes.

 

Piggy Harper

Foodie Allie

If I did not alternate which sides they feed on, I would be lopsided.

We've had several outings in their first two weeks. They sleep like rocks through all our walks in Piedmont Park,  through a shopping trip to Pottery Barn Kids and Hobby Lobby (the nursery is still being decorated), and through their first church service.  Allie had to make a second Pediatrician visit to make sure she did not drop too much weight.  The doctor was proud of me because she went from 4 lbs. 11 oz to 5 lbs. 1 oz in three days.  Harper weighed 5 lbs. 11 oz last Friday, and I would imagine that she is over 6 lbs now.

We feel so blessed by these little girls.  Thank you so much to anyone who prayed for them to figure out breastfeeding because I think we have really turned a corner. I don't have to fight them for thirty minutes before they eat.  Such a relief!