Life, at present

So, we have a baby now. Yeah, that happened almost 8 weeks ago, and I haven't written to this blog in over 2 months. It is well after 11pm, and even though I have school tomorrow, I am sitting at the computer blogging because it is the first time I've thought to do so in all this time. And because Isabelle is awake. And has been awake. All day. Since around 8 o'clock this morning she has done little more than take 10 minute naps every few hours. Kate was unable to get anything done in the morning. We barely managed to fix a little dinner and watch some TV. She is quite irritable and fussy, and we would be too if we were as proportionally short on sleep as she is. And pretty soon we will be if she can't settle down. I decided magnanimously to get up and spell Kate for awhile (I couldn't sleep anyway). The baby is quiet now, and has fallen asleep in my lap as I type. But I do not know what she will do when I bring her upstairs and put her to bed. Perhaps she will lay still and quiet for a few minutes, then be wide awake again, as she has done all afternoon and evening. Or perhaps she will finally be so worn out that she will not wake up again until the sun rises. Then maybe something will click in her little mind, recognizing how great it is to sleep for 8 hours straight, and she will begin to do this nightly. And maybe also, she will suddenly learn to walk, talk, and use a toilet. And do her own taxes. And solve world hunger.

Of course, I'll be a wreck at school tomorrow.

It occurs to me that I may be writing this for Scott and Rachel's benefit, lest they make any hasty decisions. But that's not right. This is all more or less what I expected, and was prepared for, and have been loving (almost) every minute of.