Cookie Cutter Babies

Evidently we only know one way to make them. Brown hair (yes, brown, despite Oliver's fears of a red-headed child), chubby cheeks, and oh-so yellow skin.

Actually, fluorescent orange might be a better way to describe their color during the first few weeks of life. Here is Clara at about four days old:


And here is Anna at about six days old:


(Her skin is actually much, much more orange than it looks in this picture. You can compare her face with part of Oliver's arm and Clara's hand to get an idea of how far from nicely pink-white she really is.)

Anna also seems to be following in her big sister's milk-intolerant footsteps. Not sure if it's truly going to be an allergy or just a sensitivity she'll grow out of over the next few months, but the course of treatment is the same: expensive, stinky hypoallergenic formula. Here's hoping Anna doesn't end up on Neocate like Clara did; our student budget would most certainly not appreciate that.

We'll get some more pictures up soon...I was going to do it now, but the two-year-old with a nasty head cold isn't sleeping and I need to go convince her that it is, in fact, nap time.