As I suspected it would, post-pregnancy equals a seriously neglected blog! I'm so glad I started it while I was in lame-o mode because now I'm hooked and want to keep it up. I realize my teaser for more pictures (plural) is still a teaser, but hopefully not for long. This picture of me and the clan was taken last week on my birthday. My best present came from sweet Fisher who's been making the biggest adjustment to Logan's arrival. He's doing better each day, but has been a bit detached from me--something that makes me sad, but I know is to be expected from a toddler whose world has been turned upsidedown. I certainly can't expect him to be totally available to me at the exact moments I'm finally 100% his. Well, after presents & cake, he gave me the perfect surprise of an hour of total attention playing with me on my lap! He couldn't have known how much I needed it. It absolutely made my day. Honestly, it made my 2 weeks. We're figuring out this new balance little by little. Beyond that, life in newborn land is going well so far and I've been making a mental list of things that have come rushing back:
- 3 1/2 hours of uninterrupted sleep feels like sooo much more than 2 1/2.
- There is nothing more kissable than a newborn's soft neck & face.
- No early morning shower = No shower (unless faced with the rare Everyone's at nap do I shower or take a nap myself or get something done? dilemna).
- Slow eye-blinks, accidental smiles, quivering chin, satisfied gurgles, dramatic "waa's", and bobbing "kisses" on my chin
- The joy I feel watching my kids faces as they hold and gaze at their tiny new sibling.
- How much I want to remember every tiny detail since it'll be gone before I know it.
3 comments:
Tracy
I track your blog so much and I was thrilled to see your new post. I guess I am sad that we aren't part of this at all... I mean in spirit, but that only sounds good. Your family is so cute and that picture looks very complete. Lucy has me all to herself and picks and chooses her time that she wants me there and times she doesn't care where I am. So... know that other toddlers are doing the same thing minus the new so-close-to-my-age sibling. :0)
We love your family and can't wait to see you at Christmas time. Right now you are all at Mom and Dad's. :0( Without us. I hope you had fun!
katy
Hi Katy,
If it makes you feel better, even though we WERE all just at Mom & Dad's having a fun Halloween party, on the way home I was thinking of the picture we took of the grandkids in their costumes and wondering if I could superimpose cute Piglet Lucy to make it complete. Anytime we're all together you guys come up in conversation as though you're just as much a part of things as we are, just not there that moment--SO, know that even though you're far away, you're certainly not forgotten. :) We miss you too.
And thanks for reminding me that Fisher would be ignoring me regardless! Of course he would. I think I'm still getting used to not being all his! At the same time, I'm loving little Logan, especially knowing he's my last newborn--I almost ache for time to hold still so this relatively innocent phase our family won't slip by too quickly. Now I'm going to go wake up my baby so he can go to sleep on purpose.(?) If we just tried going to bed because it's 12:20 a.m. and he's sleeping soundly from the late car ride home, he'd wake right up. Ahh, newborns. It's a good life, isn't it?
Such true statements, you go Tracy!
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