home again

the trek home wasn’t too bad. it took about eight hours. snapper wailed when we stopped in buttonwillow, but that was probably because it was raining and rain is yucky. she nursed in santa nella and pretty much slept the rest of the way. we were originally afraid that it would take extra long because we’d have to stop every couple of hours, but it was actually the opposite: she slept soundly when we were moving, but blew up when we stopped. it was like the baby version of “speed”.

the house is still there and everything looks fine. mika looks to be in good health, although understandably needy. so far she’s shown little interest in snapper, although when we got up several times in the night for feedings, mika was very curious: “why are you guys getting up at this time of day, and what is that screaming thing, anyway?”

this morning snapper slept in the sling while mika dozed in my lap. i have become the human mattress for little creatures.