Dear Eirin & Liam,
Yesterday you turned four months old! I can't believe how fast time has gone by. I was looking through the photographs of the day you were born and you are both so much bigger, chubbier & cuter. Yes, cuter! You really do get cuter and cuter everyday; I don't know how that is possible but it is true.
I started work this week and have to wake you daily at 5am for our commute into the city. I am going to continue my 10-hour day schedule, the long days will be hard but that extra day at home with you makes it worthwhile. It amazes me how good natured and easy going you both are. Eirin, you are little miss smiley and Liam, although you don't wake up with an enormous grin on your face, it isn't hard to coax one from you. The first day back was tough, I didn't know what to expect and thought you'd both cry in protest when I got you from your cribs to leave. I couldn't ask for better babies!
As I pick you up in the morning you both stretch your bodies out....your arms reaching up and your writhing little bodies contorting like gymnasts as you stretch. It is really quite funny and I imagine you are thinking, "why is she waking us so early?" During the car ride, I can hear you Liam cooing and babbling away to yourself. Eirin, I think you fall asleep most of the time because you are mostly quiet during the ride. I can't see either of you from the front seat because your baby seats face the rear. I really should buy a mirror to hang from the headrest so I can see what you are doing back there.
You have spent this week with your Bilita, Uncle Will and Grandpa Bill in Brookline. I thought the transition would be hard on both of you because it is a new place and I am disrupting your sleep to get you in the car, but the transition has been much harder on me for sure. I wish I was spending all day with you. Luckily, work is only a short 5 minute drive from you and I am able to visit during my lunch hour. If you are not napping when I get there I'll nurse you, but for the most part I've been using that time to pump. Liam, those first couple of days were heart breaking. When you saw me at lunch you cried and cried. I think it was at that moment that you realized that Mama had left you. Poor little guy.
You have started eating solid foods this month; cereal and mushed banana. Eirin, you have taken to eating from a spoon really quite easily, it is a messy endeavor but you seem to really enjoy the new flavors and really love banana. The only hurdle so far is that the food doesn't come fast enough for you and you get inpatient and cry between mouthfuls. Liam, you don't care for eating from a spoon yet. After every spoonful, you'll push the food out with your tongue or you'll let it sit in your mouth without swallowing, eventually spitting it out. Most of the food winds up on your bib, your hands, your face...you make quite the mess of yourself.
Today was your four month physical. Eirin, you weigh 16 pounds 3 ounces and measure 25 inches long. Little girl, you've certainly caught up to your brother! Liam, you weigh 15 pounds 5 ounces and measure 25.75 inches long. You are getting harder and harder to tote around. The difference in weight is perhaps due to Eirin's taking to solid foods more easily. Dr. Henry, your pediatrician has told us to move on to a variety of fruits and vegetables. I think we'll start expanding your repertoire. I really want to try to make homemade food instead of buying the Gerber jars, but with my work schedule and the limited time at home, I'm not sure how that will go.
Although I am missing you terribly while I'm at work, I know you couldn't be in better hands. Your Bilita is taking wonderful care of you and you'll learn Spanish to boot! Know that I am thinking of you and hold you close to my heart.
Love,
Mama
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