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Well, last Monday Magellan finally got himself borned, so we celebrated by changing his name to Nathan. He's quite a champion at all of his jobs--he eats, sleeps, poops, and entertains his sister, all with gusto. And he's a multi-tasker--he can entertain Rachel while doing any of his other jobs! (He can poop while doing just about anything else, too.) Our biggest challenge thus far has perhaps been to get her to give him some space while he's eating or sleeping. (Read: all the time!) She adores her baby brother and calls him "dis little guy" and showers him all day long with "nice little kisses on his very soft head."Here's the first time Rachel asked to hold Nathan:
And one of the many, many kisses:
And us--a family of four!
Life is good. We are truly blessed. Welcome to our life with ducks, Baby Nathan! (New baby means more ducks, of course! More came in the mail just the other day--and you thought we were being whimsical when we named this blog!)
New photos at our Shutterfly site--check out the link at right! Rachel is enjoying being the star for just as long as she can! Actually, she's very excited about meeting Magellan. She talks to the baby all day, showing it things, asking, "How er you doin', Migellan?" and saying things like, "You a fweetie pie, Migellan!" as she kisses my belly. Quite darling. She's going to be an excellent big sister, once she gets over the fact that Magellan will be a little more demanding of her parents' attention once s/he is less belly-shaped.
These kids will grow up in a country where things like this can and do happen...
Rachel totally got into Halloween this year, much to our surprise. She woke up from her nap, put on her giant Elmo costume (Shout-out to our neighbor, Mia, who passed it along to us! It was absolutely perfect!), handed out candy from the door like she'd been doing it for a million years, and then went trick-or-treating with gusto. She asked to go back out three times and ended up covering three whole blocks! She marched up those porch steps, said "Trick or treat" loudly and clearly, peered into her severed-head Elmo basket (There was something a little Muppets-meets-Sleepy-Hollow in the way she carried an Elmo-head basket and mostly refused to wear the Elmo hood. Way to bring a little more traditional Halloween gore to the Elmo costume, Rachel!) and then said "Thank you!" at every single house. It was lots of fun to see.
