Mommy of Two

Julietta in her bunny hat I made - 3 days old.

I haven't had much time to attend to my blog (or my emails or even Facebook!), but I know that you'd probably all like to see some picture of our new addition, so here you go.

Julietta is very different from Bella. She likes to be held ALL THE TIME. She eats constantly (when she's not sleeping). She cries a lot more as well, but I think that might have to do with her gassy tummy. Poor kid. We are tying some different remedies at the moment. It kills me when I see her little face all scrunched up in pain. She also sleeps pretty well at night, so luckily, I haven't been sleep deprived.

Julietta and her sister's hand about to poke her.

Trying to juggle both of my girls is pretty challenging, especially while Bella is going through this hypersensitive adjustment period where every little thing sets her off. A few nights ago I was talking to Jenny on Skype when Bella woke up. I had to bring Julietta up to Bella's room with me because she was awake and wouldn't let me put her down. As soon as Bella was nearly asleep, Julietta started crying which woke Bella up. Bella flipped out, ran into our bedroom and started screaming and crying. She didn't want to be near Julietta. When I finally got Julietta calmed down, I went into our bedroom to calm Bella. All was well. Bella was almost asleep in our big bed when Julietta started crying again. Again Bella freaked out, got up and ran into her room and started yelling "mama! No nos no nos!" (no nos is sleep in Valenciano). I couldn't get up and leave Julietta there because she would start crying, but I couldn't leave Bella on her own crying. See the dilemma? I fianlly decided to take both girls downstairs to call Alex and see if he would be able to come home early. He was busy, so that was out, but luckily Julietta fell asleep again, which meant I could take both of them up to bed quickly and try to get Bella back to sleep. I was surprisingly throughout the entire situation, but I guess that shows I'm learning how to deal little by little.

Bella at Fallas

Bella being her adorable self

Yesterday we took Julietta in for her 15 day check up. Since I didn't post her stats from birth, I'll post them all here.

Julietta's Stats:

Weight at birth: 3.1 kilos (6 pounds 13 ounces)
Weight yesterday: 3.6 kilos (7 pounds 14 ounces)

Length at birth: not completely clear. Apparently the measurement was wrong because she was SHORTER yesterday and we checked it twice...
I'll go with what the midwives measured her at: 51.5 centimeters (20.3 inches)
Length yesterday: (20.5 inches)

Julietta a few days ago

Oh yeah! And I haven't announced the winners of the birthday prediction post. No one guessed the date correctly, but I think the closest was Leah, who guessed March 3rd.

Here is the other info:
Birth Date: March 4th (Leah wins)
Time of Birth: 9:40 am (Hailey wins. She guessed 10:42 am)
Hours of Labor: 3am -9:40am 6 hours 40 minutes (Joyce wins. She guessed 7 hours)
Weight: 6 lbs, 13 oz (Jenny wins. She guessed 6 lbs, 11 oz)
Length: 20.3 inches (a lot of people win)
Hair? (Color and amount) a little bit of dark hair (Tammy and I win)
Dimples? no
Decibel Level when born (screaming, whimpering, crying, quiet...): quiet (Ayssa and Joyce win)

Alex and his girls

So, that's about it. We are trying to get back into a daily rhythm. I'm actually trying to make a schedule for Bella. I'm also back to meal planning (thanks for the inspiration, Michele!) We have big plans for Bella's first birthday which is next week. I will try to post as soon as possible with some cute pics that I'm destined to take.

Me and my sweet girls

Besides that, we are just trying to get used to being a family of four. I'm thinking I wouldn't mind being a family of six... I sure wish we had a housekeeper and cook right about now!!

Julietta yesterday