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Yesterday Cindy called me and said, “Guess what Sam did.” That usually is a precursor to something along the lines of he broke something with glass, jumped off the sofa, figured out how to TiVO a show, etc. So the story yesterday was Sam brought Cindy a diaper. One of his (yes, he knows the diff between his and Maggie’s.) Cindy asked him if he wanted his diaper changed, and he proceeded to lay down on the ground and lift his feet up in the air. Hilarious. And yes, he had a dirty diaper. Thought the grandparents would like that story. Time to start the potty training.

Maggie is one week and one day old today! We’re doing really well…Sam is an awesome big brother! This morning he actually “helped” me carry Maggie to the changing table and “helped” put on her diapee! He was really proud of himself! Maggie eats a lot - which is awesome! She’s a really content little girl and loves looking at Sam.

After this weekend, Mike has the month off from school, so the basement work will begin again! He’s excited to finish it up, and we’re excited to have the extra “football watching” space! And of course, the Elmo lawn mower, basketball goal, and Big Blocks room!

Click on the link in the right column called “Baby Maggie Pictures” to see more pictures.

We’ve all checked out ok, and now we’re waiting on the nurses to come and give us the thumbs up to go home! I’m excited to get some fresh air, and we’re thrilled about being able to take Maggie home….and to see Sam! We still think Sam is a little unsure of his baby sister…but hopefully she’ll grow on him!  Yesterday he loved tickling her feet and honking her nose. She didn’t seem to mind.

Maggie has been Simpsonized. I uploaded a picture of Maggie to this website and viola it created a picture of Maggie. Simpson style. Pretty cool eh?

Picture courtesy of www.simpsonizeme.com

We decided to name our little girl Margaret Anne Barnett.  We’ll call her Maggie.  Except when she’s in trouble, then it will be Margaret Anne of course.

Last Thursday night Mike and I were talking about being in the hospital with Sam…and what it was like - you know, having a new baby and being new parents, lack of sleep, staying three nights in the hospital with crazy nurses, etc. etc. It comes back oh so quickly! We’re anxiously awaiting our departure tomorrow! We can’t wait to get home and get back to our new “normal” life!!

So I forgot that a lack of sleep can actually cause your body to hurt.

We were exhausted last night. Baby Girl Barnett wanted to feed for three hours straight, and mommy, being the sweetie she is, capitulated. At about 12:30am, we gave up and asked the nurse to take her to the nursery. She agreed, but suggested the only sure way to get her to sleep would be a paci. Otherwise if she cried they were going to bring her back to the room. I would have rather taken a hammer to the head at that point.

So we gave in. She took the paci for 15 minutes and then slept until 7am. Let’s hear a big “Whoa yeah” for the inventor of the paci.

It was a nice day.  My parents stopped by, as did Cindy’s.  So did Lisa, Dana, and Gage.  We all took Sam and went to lunch for my birthday and Lisa’s birthday.  While I was originally excited about my birthday because now I can officially run for president (umm, not doing that as I don’t want my roaring 20’s replayed for me on CNN), it ended up my birthday was special because of the best birthday president anyone could ever get.

Baby Girl Barnett had a good day.  She is hungry constantly, which is the exact opposite of Sam.  She had the latching thing down pat the first time she tried.  She doesn’t really cry yet, and she seems pretty content, which reminds us of Sam.  She shares a lot of physical features with Sam, like her long slender feet and fingers, and her face is obviously very similar.  Except for the chin.  Here are some pics of Sam from last year for comparison.