Sunday, April 10, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Family
I can't say enough how lucky we are to have the family we do. We've been lucky again to be showered by their generosity surrounding Rosa's birth, and we had more visits today. My sister flew in from DC yesterday, my dad flew up from California today, and Galen and Megan came by this evening before all the grown-ups went out to dinner...well, except us, but we're a little bit occupied right now :)
Anyway, forgive the many, many photos, but since this blog doubles as the kids' baby book, there might be more photos of Rosa being held by people in the next few weeks! We're lucky also that the people who've come to see the baby have also made it a point to play with Mateo and Tali, so that everyone has had a good time. I still have to pinch myself that we have three kids. Talk about lucky!
Without further ado, the photos:
Now, our house is quiet and Sacha and I are going to try for a little down time before we go to bed. The baby's just nursing now, so we should have time to watch an episode of something on the computer before we hit the sack. Our life is all about the basics these days, but in a good way, although we're both slightly zombie-ish.
This morning, I got up with Rosie at 5 am and made the mistake of turning on the heater, which woke up Mateo an hour early, and he was up all day after that. Big thanks to my mom for getting up with him and letting me go back to bed! I have a feeling things are going to get a little crazy after she leaves and we're really on our own!
Anyway, forgive the many, many photos, but since this blog doubles as the kids' baby book, there might be more photos of Rosa being held by people in the next few weeks! We're lucky also that the people who've come to see the baby have also made it a point to play with Mateo and Tali, so that everyone has had a good time. I still have to pinch myself that we have three kids. Talk about lucky!
Without further ado, the photos:
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| With Grammy... |
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| Playing hide and seek with toy cars among our planter garden... |
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| With Cathy.... |
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| ....and Katie! |
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| Chilling with my Dad |
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| Meeting people makes me soooo sleepy.... |
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| Celebrating Auntie Edlyn's birthday |
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| She spent most of the afternoon snoozing on my sister, which was way too cute. |
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| Meeting Uncle Galen for the first time! |
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| Uncle Galen with an armload of kiddos |
This morning, I got up with Rosie at 5 am and made the mistake of turning on the heater, which woke up Mateo an hour early, and he was up all day after that. Big thanks to my mom for getting up with him and letting me go back to bed! I have a feeling things are going to get a little crazy after she leaves and we're really on our own!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
A picture is worth a thousand....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Yep, still here, still exhausted but elated. I was just going through photos from the last couple of days and I just have to post them, because if I don't do it now, then I never will! So, here are some of my favorites:
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Zzzzzzzzzz
Whew. I am exhausted! I just finished putting Natalia down to bed and Sacha is still in there with Mateo. Rosa is sleeping in the Moby on my chest. She is, so far, by far the best sleeper we've had. I would never have been able to sit and blog with our first two, because I would have been bouncing into eternity on the yoga ball!
Anyway, Rosa is sleeping really well so far. Last night, she fed around 9 pm and then woke up only at 1:30 am to eat. She woke up for the day around 6, which seems to be par for the course for our kids, and she's been sleeping on and off all day. I think tonight might be rougher, because she's sound asleep now and will probably wake up right when we want to go to bed.
I guess having a newborn, even one who is sleeping so well, really is an adjustment, because I still feel like I've been wrung through the wringer! The transition from two to three has been easier, much easier, so far, than from one to two, but it is ongoing and still a big change. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say - just rambling about being tired, which is, I know, to be expected at this point!
Anyway, Rosa had her first bath today, which went well until she got water up her nose and couldn't breathe, leading to the abrupt end to the bath! She also has had more and more awake time during the past few days, and has seemed relatively happy when awake. She seems at this point to have such a sweet little personality and we are all quite smitten :)
We also are all incredibly grateful for all the help we've gotten so far, from all our parents pitching in with childcare during the birth to our two moms coming to stay for a week each. We are LOVING having their help and feel so lucky that they can share in this special time with us. Also, food and visits and support from friends makes us feel equally lucky. We've got a great community here.
Here are some of my favorite photos from the last few days:
Anyway, Rosa is sleeping really well so far. Last night, she fed around 9 pm and then woke up only at 1:30 am to eat. She woke up for the day around 6, which seems to be par for the course for our kids, and she's been sleeping on and off all day. I think tonight might be rougher, because she's sound asleep now and will probably wake up right when we want to go to bed.
I guess having a newborn, even one who is sleeping so well, really is an adjustment, because I still feel like I've been wrung through the wringer! The transition from two to three has been easier, much easier, so far, than from one to two, but it is ongoing and still a big change. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say - just rambling about being tired, which is, I know, to be expected at this point!
Anyway, Rosa had her first bath today, which went well until she got water up her nose and couldn't breathe, leading to the abrupt end to the bath! She also has had more and more awake time during the past few days, and has seemed relatively happy when awake. She seems at this point to have such a sweet little personality and we are all quite smitten :)
We also are all incredibly grateful for all the help we've gotten so far, from all our parents pitching in with childcare during the birth to our two moms coming to stay for a week each. We are LOVING having their help and feel so lucky that they can share in this special time with us. Also, food and visits and support from friends makes us feel equally lucky. We've got a great community here.
Here are some of my favorite photos from the last few days:
Sunday, April 3, 2011
One week!
Today...
Rosa celebrated being one week old by having more quiet alert time than she has ever had, and by sleeping and nursing a whole lot. She also got held by quite a few people and slept through most of that!
Sacha and her mom went on a shopping outing and Sacha got a new haircut! She looks great, doesn't she?
The kids and I went on our very first solo adventure with just me and them. We went to the Fresh Pot and had a snack and walked back. I felt very proud of myself for taking all three of them out by myself!
We spent time with some new friends in the morning and with family in the afternoon.
Mateo and Natalia had an awesome dance party with Apa before dinner.
Mateo was so tired that he begged to go to bed early, which I don't think he's ever done in his life....
...and we feel much the same way. Life with two young kids and a newborn is nonstop! Time for bed. Luckily, up to this point, Rosa has been sleeping great and only got up twice last night. May this continue for many nights to come, or at least until she starts sleeping all the way through :)
Rosa celebrated being one week old by having more quiet alert time than she has ever had, and by sleeping and nursing a whole lot. She also got held by quite a few people and slept through most of that!
Sacha and her mom went on a shopping outing and Sacha got a new haircut! She looks great, doesn't she?
The kids and I went on our very first solo adventure with just me and them. We went to the Fresh Pot and had a snack and walked back. I felt very proud of myself for taking all three of them out by myself!
We spent time with some new friends in the morning and with family in the afternoon.
Mateo and Natalia had an awesome dance party with Apa before dinner.
Mateo was so tired that he begged to go to bed early, which I don't think he's ever done in his life....
...and we feel much the same way. Life with two young kids and a newborn is nonstop! Time for bed. Luckily, up to this point, Rosa has been sleeping great and only got up twice last night. May this continue for many nights to come, or at least until she starts sleeping all the way through :)
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Due date
Happy due date, little one! We're SO glad you decided to come out before now and that we've had you in our lives for six days already :)
Friday, April 1, 2011
The view from today
Yesterday afternoon and today ended up being unexpectedly full of visitors, which was a good thing. It's so much fun to introduce people we love to our new little girl. And, breastfeeding is going much better, which makes everything else flow more smoothly, too. Here are some photos from the past couple of days:
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| Thank you Megan for the awesome Drizzle-inspired hat!! |
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