Life as a Family of 5

Life has been pretty good so far. A little chaotic and crazy, but fun. The big boys are adjusting to their new little brother. Daniel continues to want to hold and love on Alex as much as possible. Sometimes to the point he just wants to hug and squeeze him so tight and gets very upset when we have to set limits about how he does this. He has been very sassy and emotional at times, but that isn't really new for him. Ryan has had a harder time I think. No longer mama's littlest love, he wants me to pick him up all the time and I can't. His tantrums, non compliance and screaming have all increased quite a bit. But he's also 2, so there's that. Oh and Ryan is huge. He seriously must have gone through a growth spurt while we were in the hospital. The kid is huge. Watch out Daniel.

It has been so great to be home and also have Randy home. He has primarily taken care of all of us. Chef, housekeeper, chauffeur, wardrobe coordinator and referee, among other things. He is going to take off at least one more week. Not sure when I can start driving but I can't lift anything heavier than Alex for 2-4 more weeks.

Alex is getting bigger so fast. This newborn phase really does go so incredibly fast which has allowed me a different level of patience than I felt in the past. He has been a good baby so far. Eats all the time and while we are still perfecting that latch, he is doing much better. He has been cluster feeding at night which has resulted in decent sleep. He typically wakes once or twice at night. Although, last night he went from around 10:45-5:00 this morning. Nice! I'm sure it's not a habit, but I'll enjoy it when it happens. He had a two day appointment after leaving the hospital and was already gaining weight and was back up to 8 pounds 14 ounces.

This week the boys seem to be doing a little better. This morning they chased each other around, wrestling and filling my heart with the sound of deep belly laughs while Alex napped on my chest. Not a bad morning. And while I know there will be many mornings that will be filled with stress and maybe some yelling, the mornings I will hold on to are the ones like today.