I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaack

So, I'm really bad at this, but I'm trying to rearrange a few things in my life to allow for more structure, and blogging is hopefully going to be part of that.

E is now about 6 weeks old, and while I don't get her weighed for a couple more weeks, she was 9lbs 8 oz 2 weeks ago. She's a fussy little princess (we call her Princess Prissy Pants) but we love her. Her sleeping schedule is evening out, although Mommy is still only getting about 4 hours of sleep a night, and depending on coffee to survive the day, because most days I still don't get a nap. Grammy got her a swing a couple days ago and she loves it; if all her needs are met, she'll sit in it for hours, sometimes, which allows me to get things done. No, not nap. E sitting peacefully in a swing does not resolve J running around making messes and needing supervision.

Her first smile on camera. And no, I wasn't the camerawoman. My grama had this honor.

This wide-eyed ghost spotter look is pretty much her norm.

Husband is back in school for a whopping 18 credit hours, so he's gone M-Thurs, from about 7 am until a bit after 5, and then on Friday for a half day, which means the kids and I are on our own all week. You better believe that Friday afternoon is a relief, and a joy. He's doing well in his classes though. Harvest is in another month or so; I expect we won't see much of him then, but it's the family's livelihood, so it is what it is.

 

J is normal. Chaotic, bouncy, intelligent. His cognitive skills are improving; you can almost have a conversation with him now. He's not jealous of E, so I don't worry that he's going to hurt her, although his exuberance to love her can be problematic at times. Shortly after she was born, he got it in his head that he wanted to hold her, so while she was sitting in her bouncer, and Husband and I were in the kitchen doing dishes, J sat next to her and slowly pulled her off the bouncer and onto his lap. He had her halfway off before I saw what he was doing and gasped so loudly, he thought he was going to be in trouble, poor boy. So I had him sit on the couch and put her in his lap, which is where you get pictures like these...

He loves his sister; he's good to her. Let's just hope it continues, yes?

G is back in school as well. She tested into advanced math because she's smart as a whip, and she seems to not only enjoy her new school and teacher, but also her new friends. She's about to grow her bangs out. She's back in the Girl Scouts, making a difference in the world, and she's a big sister at her dad's house too because her stepmom had her baby 2 weeks after E was born! Congrats, M2! But as her baby is not mine, I'll show you a picture of G holding E just an hour or two after E was born. G left 4 days after E was born, so I don't have many recent pictures of G with E.

A very satisfied big sister.

 

And then there's me. What's new with me? Hmm. Well, I bounced back to pre-pregnancy weight immediately after E came out, thank the Lord. Husband fixed my hip problem, so I walk normal again. I'm back to working out, and I have a Fitbit now so I'm tracking all this fun stuff. It's enlightening to see how much sleep I get. (Or sad, possibly.) I'm also changing how I function on Facebook; trying to simplify my life. We'll see how that goes too.