weekend roundup

Well, the weekend is not really over yet, but it's been plenty eventful so far.
Friday afternoon I had just finished feeding Eden (thank goodness for God's grace in that small act being completed!) and was heading out the door to pick up Andrew. Graham comes running into the living room, trips, BAM, eye meets ottoman. Instant blood, screaming, chaos.....!
I knew by looking at the cut that it would probably need a couple of stitches as it was a pretty good gash.
So, change of plans! Another grace in that my mom was still here! So she took Eden & went to pick up Andrew and Graham & I headed out to Med Express. Love those clinics as they took us right in without a wait. So then we had to endure the being strapped to the body board, horrendous screams, and a VERY unpleasant experience, for him AND for mom & dad. :-/ All for 3 stitches!!

 notice how sweaty his hair is!

 what a face!

overall, he was a trooper and when it was over, he was fine. He was just happy that he got a pack of fruit snacks when it was done. :)

Saturday morning, my church threw a baby shower for us. Thankful to all those who attended and for many kind gifts given to us!
group project - All the ladies made a card for her up through her 16th birthday. How fun it will be each year to open up a card from someone who attended her baby shower!

Most little ones don't get to attend their baby shower! She pretty much slept thru the whole thing, which was nice for momma. :)

Thankful my mom was able to be here!

The star of the show!

 

burrito babies

There is nothing more snuggly than a swaddled newborn.

Graham

 Eden

baby E is 2 weeks old today!

Things are going well, I really can't complain. Nights are getting much better and she will usually go at least 4 hours at a stretch and has been going right back to bed. Yesterday we were out all morning and then Andrew & I were out at some friends' house (with her) until 11:30pm. Totally my fault for really messing up her day! Hopefully she'll forgive me and settle back into our routine. I had the nasty mastitus bug hit me this weekend. Ugh. So glad my mom was here! I had gotten it with Graham as well. But I am feeling much better and besides that little setback, am feeling pretty great (besides wishing for a little more sleep!)
Her birth story is halfway written out, I'll get it posted one of these days. :)
Newbornland is never easy, but I must say, everything is so much easier/calmer/less stressful this time around. How thankful I am for that.
And yes, I've recently started having those middle of the night episodes again where I start yelling at Andrew to help me find the baby! Last night I was even holding my arm craddled like I was feeding her and I could have sworn that I was! Thankfully this time around, Andrew is more prepared and doesn't panic and realizes that I have probably not lost our child. Aghhhhh, good ole' sleep-deprivation. :)

let the little children come

Jesus..........thank you..........amen..........(prompting)..........pray Nick..........pray Owen..........pray mommy..........pray daddy..........pray baby..........amen.

So sweet to hear your little boy learning to pray on his own!

one

our little girl is one week old!

One week ago, Andrew & I were still having the conversation, "how can we love another child as much as we love Graham?" We just didn't know how that worked. But then, sweet little Eden was born and now we know. We love her in all her sweetness. And good thing she's cute or else she couldn't get away with keeping us up for all hours of the night. :-)

The first week has been....well, the first week. whew. Around Sunday night we realized she might have her days and nights backwards from ours.

• Sunday night was a rough night.
• Monday night was bad.
• Tuesday she slept from noon-10pm. We tried everything we could to get her awake and besides 2 feedings, that girl was NOT going to wake up. I knew we were in for it!
• Tuesday night she was up from 11:30pm-4am. Yes, what newborn stays up for 4+ hours??? We rocked and swung and swaddled and snuggled and tried every trick we could think of. Finally at 4 am she slept for a few hours. whew, this momma was at her wits' end! So thankful my mom is here! She has been amazing with caring for G, especially getting him taken care of in the mornings, she also is keeping the house cleaned and the dishes done, which is so great!
• Wednesday we had slightly more success with some awake time during the day....but I wasn't getting my hopes up! My mom reminded me that Graham would only sleep well in his car seat at the beginning, ahhhhh, one trick we hadn't tried. So she went in her carseat about midnight and slept till 3 am, then ate and slept until 8:30 am!!!!!!!!!! Oh blessedness. After a 5 hour sleeping stretch, I feel human again! Today, she ate breakfast, had some awake time, went down beautifully swaddled in her crib. Then had lunch and repeated the same process. Oh I can only hope she realizes the beauty of this routine and decides to stick with it!

Andrew keeps reminding me, she's only a week old, and yes, I am keeping that in mind. But when you're sleep-deprived, days past post-partum, recovering from delivery and adjusting to being a human beverage machine, your brain doesn't always function normally. :)
2 crazy faces!

Graham is doing great with her! It definitely helps having Grandma here for him! Our biggest issue with him this week is that he's been so hyper (can you tell by the pic?!) as he adjusts to everything. But he LOVES to hold Eden and throw away her diapers and help however he can. He wants to share with her (like his water bottle!) and set a teething toy in her bouncy chair for her to play with.

This hat kills me!

oh we love to see her eyes.

Especially at noon and not at midnight!

we love you sweet girl.

and we'll still keep you even if you don't sleep at night. But if you decide to get on the same schedule as the rest of the world, that would be great too. wink*wink.

It is a pink kind of day!

 And a great day for my first little jeans

 kisses

 my very favorite snuggle position

and a great day for Grandma to arrive, making the 18 hour drive, we're so glad she's here!

l.o.v.e.

• my sweet brand-new little girl
• not being pregnant :)
• any piece of clothing that is not maternity
• my fun-loving, loveable and energy-filled little boy
• the daily grace of my Savior
• my husband who has done everything this weekend from laundry to everything for G to cleaning to arranging my junk drawer. :-) (apparently that was on his top ten list when he got the chance to run the household, haha. knock yourself out, babe!)
• did I mention not being pregnant?!!!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Eden slightly interrupted our planned date night for Saturday....but I'm ok with that. We'll take a rain check and hopefully get the date in the next few weeks!

well hello, Miss E

Happy to say that Eden Hope arrived on Thursday, February 10th at 6:02 pm!

It was kind of a strange and surreal labor & delivery, but all in a good way! SO much easier than G's for sure! I'll share more on that later.

She arrived at 8lbs. 8 oz, 20 inches.

Apparently we make big babies. :-)

Andrew & I don't think she looks much like us, but she definitely looks like Graham, so she must be ours!

She barely fits her little hats, we also have big-headed babies, haha!

 Graham seems to be doing well with her so far!

 G has been having lots of fun! We are so indebted to our friends Becky, Thresa, and Christi for caring for Graham over the past 2 days! He's been having a great time! He got to hang out with his (much older!) buddies, Noah & Marshall, and eat hoagies. And then yesterday he had a great time with his friend, Jack, and got to eat pizza! Though he does seem very happy that mommy is back home now, even if the baby came too. :)

 G meets her for the first time, about 2 hours after she was born.

Exciting days ahead as we adjust to a family of 4.

So glad you're here, little one!