Appreciation

I have new appreciation for anyone who has more than one child. I am in awe of how they survived! I feel like I don't have enough time in the day or enough hands to get anything done besides hold our baby, who screams when he is put down and sometimes even when he is held, and entertain our energetic two year old! TV is my new parenting friend even though I know that it isn't the best thing. Mike left me alone with the two of them for 6 hours yesterday and by the time he was home, I was ready for a break (I got to take a shower, yeah!). And all that I had to handle was Kylie's nap time, a little bit of playroom play time, dinner, tv and bath. I wonder how it will go next week when he is back to work and gone for 24 hours straight! Wish me luck.

On the flip side; Kylie is so cute with Caleb. Everytime we go for a car ride, she wants to hold his hand. And the other night she insisted on 'reading' (her favorite, memorized books) to Caleb at bedtime and teach him how to make the sign of the cross for prayers (causing her to get really upset when he would jerk his arm away). The poor little guy is going to be so tortured before he is able to fight back.

Caleb's first few weeks

Since I have a few minutes, I thought I would catch up and write about our last few weeks:

We are so happy to have Caleb home. He went for his two week check-up last week and is weighing 7lbs 7 ozs and is 20 1/2 in long now. He looks great and is doing better than is expected for his age, Yeah!

Kylie is doing great adjusting to sharing the spotlight. She tells me all the time, "Thanks for bringing baby Caleb home, Mom". The hardest thing is her willingness and want to help with everything we do. It's like having a little 'mommy' around. She wants to kiss and hug him, hold his hands, cover him with blankets, and help with diaper changes. It is sweet and much better than we expected her to be.

Mike and I are doing good too. Just adjusting to this new chaos that is our life! We really forgot how hard it is in the beginning, especially going from a semi-independent child back to needy newborn. We are relearning how to function on little sleep and trying to learn how to handle both kids at the same time. I am so thankful that Mike was able to take a while off and am dreading when he goes back to work in a few weeks. But I'm confident we will find our balance and be just fine!