Week 1 Update!

At a week and a half old, Averi Kate is the sweetest little thing. She is laid back and very sleepy. She tolerates her big sister's affections remarkably well - she has probably had more two-year-old kisses than anyone else in the world. She is not fussy as a rule and sleeps very well at night already, usually getting up about 2 times through the night to eat. As of Friday, when she was 6 days old, she had regained most of her birth weight (she was 7 lbs 11 oz on Friday) and got the "best newborn award" from the nurse practitioner for being so easy going and alert at her appointment :) She makes funny faces and funny noises, so she is already bringing more laughter into our home. We love our littlest Little.

Claire has adapted to the role of big sister (almost) seamlessly. Actually, she has had a bit of a hard time but it does not play out in sibling rivalry in the least. I think she struggles more with not understanding why Averi Kate stays up later than her, or why Averi Kate gets to sleep in mom and dad's room. So to try to help with that, we decided to go ahead and move Averi Kate into the big crib in the room that she and her sister will share. The other night I brought Averi Kate into Claire's room to put her in her crib, and as soon as she made a noise Claire perked up and yelled, "MOMMMM! AVERI KATE IS CRYING!!!" I told her, no, Averi Kate just makes funny noises when she sleeps...and at that point Claire realized that the baby was actually in her room! So of course she wanted to see her. I picked Claire up and walked over to the crib, and Claire just grinned when she saw her little sister lying there. After I put Claire back to bed and walked into our room, Spencer and I heard Claire whispering on the monitor. We turned it up to hear her whispering, "This is so cool. This is so cool." We just cracked up.

Here are some pictures that I took yesterday of Averi Kate, at 10 days old. Poor thing. She better get used to having a camera in her face!