Updates

Well, it looks like New Orleans dodged a bullet, generally. So far, so good. There's of course lots of property damage & I'm sure there were lives lost, but all in all it's a much less terrible situation than it could have been. Now the talking heads are on stating the obvious about the situation with sincere, concerned faces (like they really know-- sitting in a studio in New York or Atlanta) -- power lines down, stress, possible disease. Well Duh!

It's morning at the Wells place, and Maia is sleeping in her crib while Sean is asleep in his swing. They were both in the crib but were in a feedback loop-- annoying each other awake. As soon as I moved Sean, they both zonked out. But it was a great night-- two long stretches of sleeping (what we would call mostly sleeping "through the night" really). Mommy & daddy are much better rested today than many nights. Today we have their 2 month doctor's checkup which means-- ta da-- shots!! Hopefully it will not be too bad.

They have been such good babies in the last week or so. Ever since I figured out that they just needed more calories than my breastmilk was giving them and started doing "half and half" with formula/breastmilk, they sleep well, smile lots, are starting to talk a little, and are generally a blast to be around. Hardly any days like in the past where an entire day is spent with a fussy, crying, gassy and pukey baby. Frankly, it is such a relief. My house may be a mess because I've spent lots of time on the floor laughing with them and shaking rattles in their faces (they've discovered they like looking at the noisy things) but I do not care(much--it does get on my nerves.... where is the free maid service I ordered months ago?). There will be time for cleaning later. On Friday, we actually made it "out" to hang out with friends at the local watering hole. And Sunday, after church, brunch at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party--which was wonderful. Great people watching with one young teen in a wild outfit and one hot hot babe in black spikey sandals and a dress that hit all the right curves. She looked like she might have stepped out of a Sorpranos episode as one of Tony's babes.

Anyway. I'm going to post a less mundane blog in a sec. But this is the day to day stuff. We're here, babies are sweet little angels, and we're slowly climbing out of the hole of sleep deprivation back into the real world.

p.s. they have the neighborhood in Gulfport that I wrote about recently in a blog post on the TV right now. Not totally trashed (it wasn't a very nice 'hood before) but it's bizarre to see it on the TV.