Day Two in the Life of Lara Rose Koeniger
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Kathi mid-morning of Day Two, holding sleeping little Lara.
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Aunt Marianne makes straight for the baby. Lara was 11 days early and Marianne was one day late, so this is the first day they meet.
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Marianne starts talking straightaway to the baby who is paying rapt attention.
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Lara in the bassinet, preparing for a bath by placing her long-sleeved-mittened hand in front of her face.
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This is the first bath Mama is going to administer!
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Lara is being attended to by Mom Kathi and Aunt Linda. Off in the distance, crazily tilted, is Grandpa Charlie Mueller.
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Lara vocalizes on the subject of the upcoming bath.
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Lara stretches. Baby Yoga.
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Naked Lara calms down momentarily.
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Beautiful, yes - but not as beautiful as in real life.
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Kathi confidently holds Lara so her back can be washed.
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Kathi washes Little Stuff's back.
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A closer view of the back washing.
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Kathi dresses her in a clean diaper.
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The little one wears a cap so she won't cool off too much during the sponge bath.
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Ahem ... one of the artistic out-of-focus shots.
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Kathi dresses Lara in one of those long-sleeved t-shirts with "mittens" for hands.
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"Who, me?"
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Sigh. Only two days old, and Lara is subjected to her first experience of lame-photographer-red-eye-syndrome.
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Three Generations - Erlmoser, Mueller, Koeniger.
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Kathi studiously burps the child.
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How about this manner of burping?
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After ... let's see ... from 7 a.m. on May 11 until noontime May 13, Dad had been going full blast (if, admittedly, not quite as much as the new mother), and he takes a well-deserved nap on the waiting room couch.
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Sleeping like a baby.
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Inside the clear plastic bassinet.
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Just for perspective: the wooden cabinet that holds the bassinet and Lara.
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You can see the soft white peach fuzz of the newborn.
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Aunt Linda peers into the face of her recruit for the women's basketball team.
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Sadly, blurred.
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Linda also tries to relax, if not nap, out in the waiting area.
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Lara is beautiful but sleep-deprived Dad Rainer squints at the flash.
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A close-up of Dad and baby.
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One mo' agin!
Marianne Mueller
Last modified: May 14, 2004