Adelaide has recently burst into the Portland cultural scene. First, Cirque du Soliel "the circus," which she loved (Marissa and U.T. help her recreate the acrobatics on chairs act, to which she proclaimed "that's not safe!"), and she's now been to an IMAX production as well as her first theater movie! All went well so we are on a roll. Joe and I feel like we are regaining a little piece of life that we've missed for the past 2 years. And just in time ...I'm now 18 weeks along with baby #2 (better known as Baby Roo). Roo, unlike Ada, has thankfully been quite stealthy. Where Adelaide announced her presence in my body with a fleet of drama and a myriad of symptoms, Roo has been particularly quite for the first 4 months. No sickness, no sleepiness, no vegetable aversion; I just quietly became two. In fact, I am just now starting to believe that s/he's there (because my belly becoming quite prominent!).
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o feeling very thankful that she didn't cause me much grief during the already overwhelming past few months, I'm cognizant already that they are very different babies, and will be completely different people. Perhaps he'll have dark straight hair, or not say a word until he turns 3 ... maybe she'll need lots of sleep or be a picky eater. How exciting that the second one holds as much mystery as the first! The only things for certain is that this baby is already determined to be different than his or her big sister, but I'll do my best to encourage Roo to be just as adventurous. Here's my first official "new baby" picture, with my dad. No big belly yet, but we are 3 generations on the summit of Mt. St. Helens (in a white-out).
