one month

One month has flown by already since Creighton was born.  And what is it like being a mother of two instead of just one?  It's definitely more challenging and I wouldn't say that I'm not overly loving this stage right now... hum, sounds horrible to say.  Don't get me wrong... babies are sweet and I'm thankful for Creighton, but feeling needed by both him and Beckham at the same time can be stressful and exhausting!  However, I do not want to wish away any stage and it can be my tendency to look ahead and think the next stage is going to be easier or better in some way (like when they can play together and entertain each other :)).

Beckham spoiled me by sleeping through the first month of his life, so in comparison to that, Creighton seems like a much needier baby.  But maybe he's just normal and is awake a normal amount of time and cries a normal amount of time.  It just takes some time for babies to adjust to life outside of the womb, right?  With Beck, it seemed like after month two things were more routine, scheduled, predictable... all those things that make me happy and my world seem right.  I think I'm going to have to just let some things go a little more with two kids.  Really, I'm just selfish and it takes more of my time and energy to take care of two kids than one, so it's hard to transition to that.  It's funny how you can always look back on the previous stage and think about how easy it seemed... life with just Beck wasn't too hard!

So on to pictures...

Here is one of the little cutie (thanks to Ames for the fun little sticker tie):

For Beck, I took pictures each month in his diaper on his changing pad.  I decided to do the same with Creighton today, just to compare.

Here's Creighton:

ah... the double chin is showing up already!

And on to one of Beck.  This one is actually of Beck at two months b/c I didn't take one at one month:

Ok, I'm thinking there is some major resemblance going on here.  Their lips may be different, but other than that they're looking kind of the same... and it's not like me!  (or so I hear :))