The First Month

Now that we have finished watching all five seasons of The Wire, I'll have my evenings free to do other things, like (a) housework, (b) sleep, or (c) blog. Try to control your excitement.

Quynh is already a month old, which means my leave is 1/3 over already. Time flies when you are parenting TWO kids. During the past month, I've learned alot about who Quynh is as a baby and how I've changed as a mother since Tai was born. Because everyone loves a numbered list.....

#1 Quynh is most happy sleeping on her tummy or her side (shhhhhh...don't tell! Minh even suggested we shave the hair off the back of her head so that the doctor thinks we always make her sleep on her back.)

#2 Quynh loves her daddy. Although I was predisposed to think any "smiles" at this point were still the result of gas, it does appear that she smiles in direct response to her daddy rubbing her head and playing silly games with her.

#3 I am sooooo laid back this time around (see item #1 above). I didn't even realize how laid back I am (or how uptight I was the first time) until I went to the hospital's New Parent Group and heard them all freaking out about how many hours to wait to nurse after having a cup of coffee (um, 5 minutes?) or what to do when the swaddle blanket gets dangerously close to the baby's nose and threatens to suffocate them (umm......nothing). It's adorable, really. They all seem so nervous to me. But last time around I fit right in, so I must have been that nervous too. This time I just lack the time or energy to worry that much.

#4 In some ways, we're more exhausted this time around. Taking care of Tai and household chores on top of infant care and (in Minh's case) work is pretty nuts. But in other ways we're not. I mean, Tai's been waking me up at 6am for as long as I can remember anyway. So it's not like we were snoozing till 10am on weekends before Quynh came along.

Overall, we're getting along just fine. Though it would be very handy if the second kid came with a third adult. Sometimes we just need an extra pair of hands.

Number Two

Quynh Mai was born on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 2:55am. She weighed-in at 7lbs 4oz.

No, you are not seeing double and I did not have twins. I just thought this was a good spot to showcase Tai and Quynh's "home from the hospital" pictures side by side. Quynh is on the left and Tai is on the right.