http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/straightfromthebottle/archive/tags/brb/default.aspxTags: brbenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/straightfromthebottle/archive/2008/10/11/lovesick-homebound.aspxSat, 11 Oct 2008 17:19:00 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:135584GirlsGoneChild16http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/straightfromthebottle/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=135584http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/straightfromthebottle/archive/2008/10/11/lovesick-homebound.aspx#comments<p>Forgive me for my silence this past week. I&#39;ve been busy. But more than that I&#39;ve had no desire to blog, email, call or see anyone. I&#39;ve been pretty much homebound since we came home from the hospital last Friday and honestly? Have no real desire to ever leave again. (Is that weird? Or...)&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Apparently we&#39;re in the throes of some kind of economic crisis? The end of the world is nigh? <i>You don&#39;t say? </i><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#39;ve been far too busy gazing into the eyes of my newborn, playing with little toes and hosting evening cuddle-fests with my family of four, which is still a shock to say aloud. <i>Family of four. Two children... </i></p><p>&nbsp; <br /></p><p> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlsgonechild/2924848151/" title="Doll. by girlsgonechild, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2924848151_c7279460c7.jpg" alt="Doll." height="500" width="375" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#39;m slowly posting <a href="http://www.girlsgonechild.net/2008/10/fables-birth-story-chapter-one.html" target="_blank">Fable&#39;s birth story </a>and will have the full three chapter tale to post, here on Straight From the Bottle later this week as soon as I can get my head out of my baby&#39;s ass. For now? I&#39;ll leave you with a &quot;best of this week&quot; photo spread, featuring Miss Fable, who by the way, eats like a champ (I&#39;m able to pump about two ounces of breastmilk per feeding which YAY! With Archer I was only able to pump 1/2 of that on a good day) sleeps like a dream and couldn&#39;t get any cuter if I paid her a million trillion dollars...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlsgonechild/2925700366/" title="Fable 7 by girlsgonechild, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2925700366_105d92692d.jpg" alt="Fable 7" height="500" width="375" /></a><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, can I just say that transitioning from one baby to two has been much easier than I thought? Archer loves his sister so much he even made up a song he calls &quot;seester song&quot; to sing to her, hasn&#39;t acted jealous even for a second and even sleeps through her cries when she wakes up at night (which is WHOA crazy as he&#39;s always been a light sleeper and our bedrooms are attached.)&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#39;m knocking on wood like crazy but honestly? Everything really is fabulous-amazing. Everyone wins! Hooray! <br /></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlsgonechild/2925813538/" title="IMG_8474 by girlsgonechild, on Flickr"><br /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlsgonechild/2925813538/" title="IMG_8474 by girlsgonechild, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/2925813538_33a10873d6.jpg" alt="IMG_8474" height="500" width="375" /></a></p><p><i>Hal&#39;s pretty stoked, too.&nbsp;</i></p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlsgonechild/2924841141/" title="Kiss by girlsgonechild, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2924841141_517379f318.jpg" alt="Kiss" height="500" width="375" /></a><p><i>Even Archer can&#39;t get enough of his &quot;baby seester!&quot;</i> </p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlsgonechild/2911223754/" title="Fable Luella: 10 Minutes Old by girlsgonechild, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/2911223754_28a81a5208.jpg" alt="Fable Luella: 10 Minutes Old" height="500" width="375" /></a><p><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlsgonechild/2919706571/" title="This is All I Do Now by girlsgonechild, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/2919706571_aaf8001c1d.jpg" alt="This is All I Do Now" height="500" width="375" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlsgonechild/2921263928/" title="My People by girlsgonechild, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/2921263928_ae6669f57b.jpg" alt="My People" height="500" width="375" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlsgonechild/2924845003/" title="Fable 4 by girlsgonechild, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2924845003_d98cd70339.jpg" alt="Fable 4" height="500" width="368" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And now, I will stumble for the right words to end this post, realizing after ten minutes of trying to construct a closing sentence that I seem to have misplaced my brain and ability to come up with anything clever and/or witty.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Maybe I should get out of the house, eh?&nbsp; <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>*** <br /></p><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=135584" width="1" height="1">Fable Luellafamily of fournewborn lovebrb