I should be sleeping while my little one sleeps. But, instead, I catch myself staring at her sweet goodness and peacefulness. She didn't want to sleep all swaddled up in her bed. So, I brought her on to my chest (still swaddled) and just cuddled with her. She liked that and went to sleep. Then I laid her down on my bed while I finished a few things and here she sleeps next to my knee while I glance over every so often to make sure I see the slight rising and falling of the swaddle. Yep, she's still alive. I do love the dainty nose, the sweet mouth, the tiny ears, and the pokey dark hair. My favorite are the rounded cheeks that have filled in nicely over the past 5 weeks. And, in this light, I can't even see the baby acne she's broken out in. Sweet, perfect babies. I'm so very thankful for mine.
Mr. A asked me today why Baby S has mosquito bites all over her face (he's currently battling mosquito bites on his arms, legs, and face, so I guess misery loves company). I told him that they weren't bites, but her skin's way of working out the air now that she's outside of my tummy. So observant.
After 13 1/2 hrs in the car yesterday, we made it home all in one piece. A few bouts with traffic, but nothing we couldn't all work through. Nobody vomited this time (see ride down Miss M's present to us all that had me begging DH to buy more air fresheners every time we stopped for gas), no diaper blowouts, plenty of sugar, snacks, and non-calcium-enhanced drinks, a few renditions of happy birthday, and we made it.
Thanks to my mom for helping to facilitate great cousin memories, a cocky boogie boarder (who now thinks he's a surfer), the "Happy Birthday" theme song from the marvelous Miss M (sung at the top of her lungs with absolutely no tune whatsoever while she made sand "birthday cakes" of the fruit snack variety - that's what she told us anyway), and the soundly sleeping Baby S (12:30-7 on the 2nd to last night....she can do it!).
It's nice to sleep in our own beds again. But, it's even nicer to empty bags and find a little bit of sand at the bottom of each one to remind us of where we've been.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Sweet Carolinas
Since Baby SS was born we have had many helping hands on deck. We figure if we can't take care of 3 children with more adults than children in the house, then we're in big trouble. So far so good. So as not to let a week go by where I might actually be alone with the aforementioned 3 children, we followed the helping hands to the sunny, sandy shores of South Carolina.
I do love this place. Life mimics the tides - out they go for a bit and in they come for another bit - at a different time each day and nobody seems to care. We usually don't ask the "what time is it anyway?" question until around 3:30 or 4 each day. By that point we have hopefully put at least one of our children down for a nap. But, sometimes we haven't and so we do so then. I love the beach and I love summer. And, I love helping hands. Many, many of them. Grandmas, aunties, uncles, Lola Fely, and dear friends. Thank you!
On another note, I needed to capture the few cute things that my kids have said since Baby S was born:
* Upon my arrival home from the hospital, my sweet, sensitive Mr. A, asks, "Mom, if Baby S came out of your belly, how come it's still big?" Believe me, I've often wondered that myself. If only it weren't so.
* Miss M's favorite request after Baby S was born: "Hold me baby, Mommy! I hold me baby!!!" She truly believes that Baby S is her own personal baby doll and when she is done holding her she just rolls her right off her lap! "All done!" And there is not a moment to spare in the attempts to rescue Baby S from the fall.
Baby S is a dream child. She quickly figured out her nights and days and after going to sleep for the last time around 11-ish each night, she wakes between 3:30-4:30 to eat and goes right back to sleep until somewhere between 7:30 and 9. Love her. When we went for her weight check at her almost 2 week mark she had climbed up to 7 lbs 8 oz from 6.15 the week before. She's rockin' it and growing. Today she started smiling at me with that half smile that I'd like to think was meaningful (and not just gas or an accident) because I was talking to her. We'll see if it returns. We still haven't figured out exactly who she looks like (she just might have her own look...I guess she's entitled to it) but she sure is sweet.
One last thing I love: Miss M's curls that grow even tighter when she frolics in the humid beach breezes and become uncontrollable and free. And Mr. A becoming so grown up that he can actually carry his own boogie board to and from the beach (to - very happily ; from- because I have too many other things/people to carry and I usually require it!), sneak off with his cousins to play their DS's or join in a game of crazy dice, and loves to jump the waves for hours on end without me. Sniff, sniff, but smile, smile, too.
I do love this place. Life mimics the tides - out they go for a bit and in they come for another bit - at a different time each day and nobody seems to care. We usually don't ask the "what time is it anyway?" question until around 3:30 or 4 each day. By that point we have hopefully put at least one of our children down for a nap. But, sometimes we haven't and so we do so then. I love the beach and I love summer. And, I love helping hands. Many, many of them. Grandmas, aunties, uncles, Lola Fely, and dear friends. Thank you!
On another note, I needed to capture the few cute things that my kids have said since Baby S was born:
* Upon my arrival home from the hospital, my sweet, sensitive Mr. A, asks, "Mom, if Baby S came out of your belly, how come it's still big?" Believe me, I've often wondered that myself. If only it weren't so.
* Miss M's favorite request after Baby S was born: "Hold me baby, Mommy! I hold me baby!!!" She truly believes that Baby S is her own personal baby doll and when she is done holding her she just rolls her right off her lap! "All done!" And there is not a moment to spare in the attempts to rescue Baby S from the fall.
Baby S is a dream child. She quickly figured out her nights and days and after going to sleep for the last time around 11-ish each night, she wakes between 3:30-4:30 to eat and goes right back to sleep until somewhere between 7:30 and 9. Love her. When we went for her weight check at her almost 2 week mark she had climbed up to 7 lbs 8 oz from 6.15 the week before. She's rockin' it and growing. Today she started smiling at me with that half smile that I'd like to think was meaningful (and not just gas or an accident) because I was talking to her. We'll see if it returns. We still haven't figured out exactly who she looks like (she just might have her own look...I guess she's entitled to it) but she sure is sweet.
One last thing I love: Miss M's curls that grow even tighter when she frolics in the humid beach breezes and become uncontrollable and free. And Mr. A becoming so grown up that he can actually carry his own boogie board to and from the beach (to - very happily ; from- because I have too many other things/people to carry and I usually require it!), sneak off with his cousins to play their DS's or join in a game of crazy dice, and loves to jump the waves for hours on end without me. Sniff, sniff, but smile, smile, too.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Baby S
She is such a sweet, good baby. She's had 2 "off" nights since we came home and the others have been downright quite "delightful" if I can call them that! Last night - sleep at 10:45, awake to eat at 4:15, back to bed at 4:45, awake at 8:30 to eat. Perfect. Let's hope they all continue. And now for a few pictures of the babe for her adoring fans...
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| Hospital down time |
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| We have a birthday party for all of our babies when they're born (really, it's so that I can have my favorite cake) and here are the Big Sis and the Big Bro getting ready for the party |
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| A visit from Auntie Nancy and Cousin D |
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| Likes the swing |
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| Snoozin' with Dad |
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| She loves her side...she did this all by herself |
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