14 days…

I didn’t realize how much my life could change in only a short 14 days, but it has…

Not only am I more tired, more stretched for time, more busy, but I am also so much more in love and thrilled that our baby girl is here and healthy! To sum up these past two week I’d say we’ve been busy, busy, busy!

I do wonder at times, will I ever get out of the house again? I think maybe not…it would be easier if we stayed in 24/7, but then again, I might go insane! Emmersyn has been a wonderful baby. Not too demanding, but she definitely likes to eat and likes to eat often. I guess that’s what happens when you’re a big girl. Both of the other kids nursed every 4-5 hours during the day and Emmersyn prefers every 3. She literally wakes up every 3 hours on the dot! However, she’s sleeping great so I can’t complain. She started out (after we got home from the hospital) waking up every 6 hours at night!! Now she’s up every 4 which still isn’t bad considering I’m definitely getting more sleep than I was 2 weeks ago.

I cannot begin to express how much I love having a newborn in the house again. I LOVE having a baby and although I wish I could sit and hold her all day I don’t get to as much as I’d like to. I need to figure out my Moby Wrap so I can wear her more often! We’ve had a few doctor’s appts. already and as of Friday (the 30th) she was back up to her birth weight already. It only took 10 days. Although she had only lost 4 oz. in the hospital. Her umbilical cord also fell off on Saturday (July 31st) during her first photo shoot!

When Emmersyn was first born, I thought she looked just like Lincoln, but now I think I thought that probably because they both had HUGE chubby cheeks. Now when I look back at pictures I think that if Riley were a newborn again, she and Emmersyn would be twins. They look identical! I’m interested if she continues to look like Riley and if she’ll have blue eyes too. Looks like I’m 0-3 when it comes to the kids looking like me!

I love that Riley and Lincoln go to bed early, before it was nice because I got some time to myself or got to spend time with Ty and I still love that, but I also love that time that I get to sit on the couch and hold Emmersyn. I don’t clean the house, I don’t scrapbook, I don’t read. I sit. I sit and hold my baby until I go to bed and I love that time I get to spend with her even if she doesn’t understand how much I love that time.

Ty goes back to work today and I’m not looking forward to it one bit. Neither will the kids be when they realize that he’s gone. Man I wish he could stay home with us and not have to work. I know things these past 14 days have gone so smoothly because Ty has been home and has picked up ALL of my slack. He’s done the dishes, played with the kids 24/7, changed Lincoln’s diapers (not sure I’ve changed even one of his), cooked (if mac and cheese counts :)), cleaned, taken the kids out almost every day, and so much more. We are so lucky to have Ty and I am thankful that I’ve been able to focus on recovering and taking care of our newborn!

Speaking of our newborn, enjoy these pictures from the past 14 days: