never mind the man behind the throne

Happy Flag Day and Happy Two-Weeks! Sara came prepared for many a summer holiday with her little outfit of the day (though she did miss Memorial Day).

Sara has been doing a bit of sleeping the last couple of days at night, easily pushing 4 hours at a stretch... but she has done this before, and then gone back to keeping us up... so we'll see what happens.

Yesterday was big.... Cuyahoga county sends out nurses to the homes of first-time mothers for visits to answer questions and provide info on resources... it used to be just for low-income/teens, etc... but apparently they found additional benefit and extended it to everyone... so we had a nurse out in the morning... she provided tons of info, a lot we had heard or knew, but some resources were new... plus she checked up on Sara and Danette. Both are doing well. Sara weighed in at 9 lbs 4 oz only 12 days after birth... pretty good trend. Later that day, Grandma and Grandpa H. arrived for the night before heading down to Columbus for the rest of the week. Needless to say, Sara was well coddled and cuddled by her other Grandparents for the 24 hours they were here.... they will be back Sunday for Father's Day and a longer visit, which will be nice.

Today we saw the grandparents off, got in some mom/daughter naps, and I walked over to the University library near the house to do some writing... I hadn't been there before... since I don't work at that University, but we have reciprocity agreements... and it was very quiet (not a surprise for summer, though) which will probably come in handy over the days and years to come.

Tomorrow we are hoping that Danette gets cleared by the doc to drive and do a few more things... she is recovering well, so it should be fine, we think.