A couple of more photos of 'Nika
About these images. They were shot with the film camera, loaded with 800 speed Kodak Porta (rated at 640). The scanjob is a poor one and the relatively fast film makes for a lot more grain than I'm used to. Sorry about that. As usual, click to get bigger images.
On Tuesday after 'Nika was born, I brought Jack and Ben to see their baby sister and mommy at the hospital. It turns out that hospital beds are way more interesting to two-year-olds than baby sisters are. Who knew? Still, in the chaos, we managed to herd everyone together to get a family photo (minus me).
Jack has been doing great with his baby sister and the new world order. He is very mature and sweet, but I think tonight he hit his limit. I spent most of the afternoon playing with him and when it was time for me to spend time with Ben and 'Nika, he did not take it too well. He eventually calmed down but when I suggested that she and I read to him for bedtime, he did not want anything to do with her. Going to have to watch that.
Ben, however, is not doing too well at all. He's pleasant enough towards 'Nika (not that we'd consider leaving him in the room alone with her - that's generally just not safe), but towards Kathleen, Ben had been pretty cold. She can't pick him up and when he sees her carrying Anika, he's understandably hurt. There was one day when he wouldn't look at Kathleen at all, even when she was sitting on the floor two feet from him. That was hard on Kathleen. I think he's warming back up to Kathleen, which in nice.
Finally, I'm doing well. Three boys would have been pretty neat, but having a daughter is very special. I'm happy.
Posted at 08:45PM Feb 02, 2007 by schnee in Life |