So far the addition of Baby Meg has not been too stressful. I believe this is because she is what one would call an easy baby- I have never had an easy baby so I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. Luke was the closest and he was pretty good, but this baby is amazing. She just sleeps all the time. I mean so much that I went online to make sure it was ok. She never really cries unless she is hungry and I am not right there and then she settles down again almost immediately. I really don't know what to do with a baby that isn't constantly crying or constantly awake. The boys don't either- they keep asking if she is awake, when can they hold her, and why doesn't she do much?
Thomas loves her a lot and holds her the most. When she is in her vibrating chair he stands guard and when she kicks her blanket off he puts it back on. Luke is enamored as well, but when he holds her it is only for a second. Luke can smell and hear very well so he lets me know when she has pooped or if she is crying and I can't hear. They both pick out her clothes everyday and if I happen to do it when they aren't around they become quite upset with me.
Jack likes her and he comes in to talk to her when she is awake, but she is a bit too inactive to keep his attention. He mostly tries to come up with funny nicknames for her like- Princess Underpants. I don't think that is one we will stick with.
Since the weather has been brutally cold we stay upstairs most of the day. Our townhouse feels so much colder downstairs, this is probably due to drafts, but Baby Meg and I are not fans so we hangout upstairs in bed and under the covers as much as possible. Seriously. While fun to be so lazy at first and have an excuse, I am starting to get a bit stir crazy. I will be so happy when it warms up and not only can we go outside but we can go downstairs again for more than 10 minutes. I try to make the boys stay upstairs as much as I can, just so I can hear what they are up to, and often times our mornings involve me being under the cozy covers and the boys each taking their turn on the iPad.
We have started doing more things during the day like playing with play-dough, finger painting, coloring, building forts, and doing snap circuits. We are working our way back into 'normal' life again. Luke and Thomas keep asking to go on walks, but we have to keep saying no. Though I have heard by the end of the week we should be able to go outside once again without slipping and sliding all over the snow and ice.
I went out and got my haircut and colored for the first time in 9 months. I let my hair grow out and it was the longest it has been since I was in junior high, of course it was in a pony tail almost the entire time, and when it was down I hated it. I am just not a long hair kind of gal. I chopped it all off. It felt so lovely to do it. I don't know if I love my hair cut but I do know that I love not having long hair.
Now, if only I could fit in my clothes then we would be making real progress. I guess one step at a time, right? It doesn't help that right now my body is at that in-between stage where the maternity clothes are too big and saggy, and the regular clothes I wore before I was pregnant are still too small for me to squeeze into. So I am wearing yoga pants and Pete's flannel shirts mostly.
In other news, Thomas is tired of wearing diapers but is not ready to use the potty yet, so the only way I have been able to change his diaper is by letting him sport undies over it. He thinks this makes him a big boy. He asked me to take his picture.
Next week is Luke's b-day and then Jack's right after, so we are looking forward to that and better weather.
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