What's Been Happening

I have not been good about blogging. What used to take me 2 hours to do, now takes me 2 days. I am slowly adjusting to that. We are all on Caleb's schedule and that has taken some getting used to. Here is a glimpse of what life at our house is like these days. 

These kids hold their baby brother any and every chance they get. They love him so much!

 Tessa has become quite the little mother. She is always talking or singing to Caleb. In the bottom picture she was talking to him and I heard her say, "So, what's  your favorite color?"

 Finally a picture with Daddy. 

 My kids have always had the best sleeping poses. Caleb fits right in with the other 3!

 These 2 big sisters were thrilled to get some early morning smiles from Caleb before school. 

 Gwen gave Caleb his first injury when she tried to comb his hair. 

We are slowly getting back to a normal bedtime routine. Very slowly. I love reading to my munchkins! And I love Gwen's face. It must have been an exciting book. 

 Mornings with Gwen are entertaining. I love watching her little imagination go crazy. Chest snuggles from my little man are my other favorite thing these days. 

 We love it when he smiles. And yes, his shirt really says that. It was our special gift from Uncle David.

 With our crazy routine of pumping and feedings every 1-2 hours, Mommy was getting very little to no sleep. A week ago I pulled a few all nighters and that eventually caught up with me. I felt like I was shutting down physically, mentally and emotionally and ended up at the doctors with a raging UTI. Thankfully, Eric was able to take a day off of work to take care of the kids so I could attempt to rest and recover. After that I knew something had to give. We have cut back on pumping and started adding more formula feedings. I am still pumping about 5 times a day, but that is manageable compared to what I was doing. Caleb is about 10 lbs now and things have definitely started to calm down for us. Thank goodness!!

Daddy made dinner a fun pizza night outside when Mommy was so sick.

 All ready for game day!

 I love to just look at him and am so thankful that he is mine!

 A wonderful, calm morning before school. These tend to be rare as we have to leave so early to get the kids to school now. We have to start loading up the car at 7:35am to make it to school on time. We say more morning prayers in the car than I would like to admit, so I am grateful for the couple of calm mornings we have had the last couple of weeks. 

 Gwen simply adores her baby brother. She is constantly kissing him. And I do mean constantly!!
She found a thermometer the other day and spent several minutes taking Caleb's  temperature on his forehead. Luckily, he is a cooperative patient.