Hugh!

I am sorry for the lack of updates - I had the best intentions of posting things as they happened - but more important matters had my attention (see the photo above :-) ). Hugh arrived safely and soundly at 7:47 am on the 20th, weighing in a bit smaller than his big brother, at 9 lbs and 1 ounce, measuring 21 3/4 inches long. Everything went incredibly smoothly and I must say the whole experience was easier the second time around. For the past 2 years countless people have told us that we would never have a second baby as good as Jack was - well in a way they were right - Hugh seems to be even better - if that is possible. He is a champion nurser, eating just a few minutes after the surgery was over, and really putting himself on a schedule in the hospital. He sleeps in between eating and is happy to look around when he is awake. Even in the hospital he slept in 4-5 hour stretches through the night before needing to nurse. Since we've been home he's continued those stretches, essentially only feeding once during the night. It has been amazing. Grammie and Granddaddy were here to take wonderful care of Jack - allowing Phil and I to focus on Hugh. Jack is so far not terribly interested in his little brother. Occasionally he will run to check on him or look at him, but I guess Hugh has not really disrupted Jack's life much yet! The cutest thing was yesterday when Jack was playing with his alphabet cookie cutters (Jack loves the alphabet and recognizes most of the letters) and took the 'U' to lay by Hugh, we think meaning 'U' sounding like the way we say Hugh and especially the way Jack says 'U' - he sounds it out really long. At any rate - we are truly enjoying our two wonderful boys, I already hate the way time is flying by, Jack seems way too grown up and Hugh is already filling out more everyday.

Right now all of our photos are in the web album. I am going to try and better organize them and add more today, we'll see!

Oh, wanted to add, everyone is trying to figure out if Hugh looks like Jack or not. He definitely does look similar to Jack as a newborn, but a little something seems different around the chin/mouth. Also, his hair is much lighter than Jack's was at birth. Hugh's is very blonde and Jack's was darker brown and a little curly. Hugh's head is also smaller and rounder. We'll see, I think time will tell!