Home a week

Already Reagan seems like a fairly natural part of our family. At times it seems strange to me that we have a baby in our home – permanently! – but even a biological third would be an adjustment. Reagan is sleeping great and growing like a weed. We were impressed with her development from the first day we met, but she’s already scooting around so much more quickly and getting stronger by the day. We had a couple of rough nights adjusting to the time change, but she’s already sleeping 12 hours at night and taking 2 naps totaling about 3 hours during the day. Hard to complain! Alyssa and Parker are in heaven and haven’t displayed an ounce of jealousy. They’ve already assigned themselves childcare duties (Alyssa cleans and shakes the bottles, Parker disposes of the dirty diapers – but only after taking a peek at what’s inside – such a boy!). The only downside I see so far is that mama no longer gets all the first hugs and kisses when they wake up in the morning and from their naps: Reagan does! She is eating up all the attention and already seems pretty bonded to us. She makes lots of eye contact with us, smiles freely, notices when we leave the room, and seems to understand that we’ll meet her needs. I’m not sure what an “un-bonded” child would look like really, but I take those as good signs. We’ve yet to really test her with others and will still keep her close for at least a few more weeks, but I think God has blessed us with another very sweet, easy child.
Thank you all for your sweet comments and prayers on our behalf during this fun time!