First weekend at home....

We are happy to say that we have survived our first weekend home with our beautiful little Sequoia. She continues to amaze us with her personality and charm. I really don't stand a chance with this one.....
She is far more interactive than I ever would have guessed she could be at this point and it is a joy beyond description to watch her natural joy come through. She certainly is too young to understand being happy or sad, but you can't spend time with her and not understand that she is a happy little girl.






Colleen and I have been mesmerized by her (when we weren't in our walking zombie mode). Her active and alert phases (which come in very predictable 2 hour periods between eating, sleeping and the oh so exciting pooping) are filled with experimental interactions with her mommy and I. We are slowly figuring each other out. I have been enjoying watching my two girls as they learn how to work together. The breast feeding is getting easier and quicker and Sequoia's little mannerisms are slowly manifesting themselves as a very real and understandable language. She is definitely not a fusser, but she is very good at letting you know what she needs at any given moment.



This is one of her favorite pastimes - snoozing on dad's chest. It ranks pretty high up on my list as well.






Here she is attempting to duck a fly-over by a herd of jungle animals. I'm not certain why images of flying zebras and elephants is suppose to be soothing (it would terrify me) but she adores her little bouncer.





And I think this pretty well sums up the entire experience. Who could ever hold their daughter's hand in theirs and not feel the trust, love and commitment that comes with it. She is our precious little girl.