Some new women entered Soren's life this week, starting with his first friend his age. Little Tayla was born only 11 days before him, and as his mom and I are friends (same birthing class, etc.), Soren and Tayla surely will be, too. They have matching car-seat strollers, and we enjoyed our first walk together on Thursday, picking blackberries all along the way.
On Friday Auntie Nora arrived on a special meet-the-nephew visit from Colorado, where she has just started a grad school program and will be living for the next two years. We won't get to see her too often, so this was special indeed. She is staying for five nights. Seattle friend Sierra picked Nora up from the airport and stayed with us for two nights. They cleaned and cooked up a storm; the house hasn't looked this tidy since before Soren was born. Count two more Soren fans -- he's charmed them as well.
Soren surpassed his birth weight last weekend and as of Wednesday weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces. I took him to the weekly "Breastfeeding Tea" at the county health department and the nurse certified his latch as very passable. I queried my fellow moms about favorite nursing bras/tops, since I'll be needing to update my wardrobe in this regard. Any tips out there, please pass them on -- especially clothing easily purchased online. (A trip to the nearest mall an hour away seems too daunting at this point. We're enjoying being homebodies.)
If you've noticed that we are booked up with visitors, we decided a few days after Soren joined our family that we really appreciated the extra hands and help. So we have the entire month of September scheduled with family members and a few intrepid friends who are just as happy being asked to vacuum as bounce Soren. Our house is set up well for overnight guests, with those sleeping on the ground floor reporting they can't hear nighttime squalling on the third floor. The important thing is for everyone else to get a good nights' sleep so they can relieve me during the day! So far, it's working. Nobody is too sleep-deprived. For now.
1 comment:
Wow, What a nice entry and pictures. What blogs will do for future geneologists, should be a bonanaza for them. It's nice to be able to share Soren with all your friends and, of course, the grandparents. Love, Grandparents Bill and Ann
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