Bliss

I am totally loving this "three kids" thing. For so long I was worried about how Ethan and Sadie would react to the new baby, how I would handle three hooligans running around the house, etc. And granted, Bex is only nine days old and Paul will be home to help me for the next five weeks, but still. I seem to do better with each successive baby- less delirious, less sleep-deprived, less like the walking dead, essentially. If I didn't have to have a cesarean every time, I swear I could have like four more.

Anyway, here are a few more pictures from this past week. We came home from the hospital on Monday (the 23rd); we were slightly delayed because of a nasty spinal headache I developed the day before. They wouldn't let me go home until they felt it was under control. After refusing the absolutely terrifying treatment they proposed, I agreed to dope myself up on narcotics so I could go home. I felt super loopy for about 18 hours and still had some trouble with headaches off and on Tuesday and Wednesday, but it was so nice to be out of the hospital. My parents were here to help with the kids and to spend Thanksgiving with us. Ethan and Sadie had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa K!

Me and Bex in the hospital

Sadie admiring her new sister

Ethan loves to hold baby Becca

Becca with Grandma the day we came home

Isn't her little "coming home" outfit so cute??

Ethan showing off the new moose jammies he got for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa

Sadie just being cute

our little Snow angel!

Becca in her new car seat

Ethan and Sadie waiting anxiously by the front door for Daddy to come back inside. I think Sadie must be mad at me for "replacing" her because she now wants nothing to do with me. All affection has been transferred to her father. I ask her for a kiss or to come sit with me and all I ever get is an emphatic "NO!" What an ingrate.

Sadie likes wearing Ethan's snow boots

It's been an eventful week! We're all really excited for Christmas coming up, and hopefully we can get into a little bit more of a routine as we adjust to life with a baby again! (man, didn't we just do this??)