Family photos

Here is my beautiful new offspring. I think I'm in love again...

Napping on the front porch.

My three men, together at last.

In Need

Okay, I'm back. I didn't fall off the face of the earth...I just had a baby. T is doing great, it's just the rest of us that are trying to keep our heads on straight.
Big brother C has gone from ignoring T, to being fascinated with his fuzzy head, to touching that fuzzy head a little too firmly, to hitting his own head in deferred rage. Now he openly declares that he wants to hit Baby T, yet thankfully he holds himself back (for now). Well, at least we're talking about it. Not to mention hitting, screaming, throwing tantrums and peeing on the floor.
Thank God for my mother who has spent every day of the last 2 weeks at our house helping us manage all of this chaos. My dad has also chipped in to play with C and take him out for hardware store therapy. Our church has begun the meal parade, and it is amazing to eat the lovingly prepared dinners from people that we know and don't know. So God has really provided people to help us in our neediness.
I feel no shame in being needy. We're all needy, and it feels good just to admit it. It also feels more real when I reach out to help someone else, because I am familiar with need. I don't deceive myself: my needs are paltry compared with those of many in this world. But I do feel desperate at times and at the end of my own resources. Prayer has not been as much of a problem for me now as it has in the past (like when my first child was born, as some of my friends might remember). Asking God for his strength is like breathing now. And while I am longing for C's emotional equilibrium, I hope I remain in this place of awareness of my need.

A couple of photos

We are now home from the hospital and here are a few photos of T. Note his cleft chin! Unfortunately we have no photos of C and T together, because C will not go within three feet of his new brother.

Blogjacking and H2O breaking

Due to Leslie's current state (resting and nursing)--I am posting this one from the hospital where our son T- was born just after noon today! He was 8 pounds, 4 oz, and 19.75 inches long. Her water broke last night around midnight and labor was tough but brief (she doesn't agree with the brief part but compared to the 19 hours last time this was short). Pictures forthcoming!

Corrections: the latest latest

Okay, my previous post is already outdated!
As for this long and lean baby, the midwife told me yesterday that, yes, she thinks he's long, but he may also be large. Great--and growing bigger every day, too, I'm sure. Well, he's strong and vigorous, of that I'm certain. So I hope he'll kick his way out and I won't have to do all the work!
Secondly, I'm now reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but hope to replace it tomorrow with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (the latest) when I borrow it from a friend. If you've read it, don't tell me a single thing--I'm determined to have a fresh perspective on it.
Third, I was inspired by a conversation I had with a fellow knitter in the waiting room of my midwife's office, so I went out and bought the yarn for my next knitting project. Yep, it's the baby cargo pants but I'm not able to start on them because our home computer is probably on it's last leg. Yet another expense for 2007...arghh!
Okay, I'll post pics of my knitting (oh, and my baby, too!) when I get further!