The Gaspard Blog

Ana has been a sleepy girl so far and Clay says she inherited that from me, as well as sleeping with her mouth wide open, thanks honey, very flattering. She has been the perfect baby and is taking it easy on us as we try to navigate being the parents of two. My Mom and Clay's Mom have also been an enormous help. I don't know what I would have done without them, thank you thank you thank you both!

Here's Grammie helping Ana get her prescribed UV rays.

Talk about getting pampered--breakfast in bed every day from my Mom. How am I supposed to go back to normal life? Ana's first words will be, "white, wheat or rye?"

Clay's great Aunt Dot and Uncle Eldon came to pay us a visit.

More UV ray time. Ana was borderline jaundice and had to have her blood drawn 7 times in 15 days!

Here's our other Postpartum Angel--thanks Moms!

James adores his baby sister and has been a great brother. Here are some of our favorite things James has said about Ana:

"I need her."

"That's my little sister."

"Here I am little sister!"

"That's her sound." (when she coos or gurgles)

"I want to kiss the baby." (we hear this one all day long)

"I want to wrestle the baby." (only heard this one once, hopefully not again)

#1 favorite saying: "Ouch! She scratches like a dino!" (the only negative comment James has made in regards to Ana thus far)

James is a good helper. He will get new diapers for me and throw them away when they're dirty. Here he is "doing the file" for Ana to take care of those dino nails.

There's room for two in this play room!

Here's one of the delicious dinners my Mom prepared for us while she stayed here. All of the cooking attracted my brothers on a few occasions although I think they secretly just wanted to hold their baby niece.

It's entertaining to see Uncle Drew's jaws of life grip when he holds Ana.

In Daddy's arms. I can already tell she's got Daddy wrapped around her finger.

Bath time!