Day 4 as a Family of 4

So far life is changing and transforming pretty well.

Quinn has tough moments, but for the most part she still loves McKenna and is happy to help and just play like normal. And after a 3 days potty training relapse before I left for the hospital, she is back to having no accidents. (Thanks, Grammy) We do all we can to spend quality time with her. Tonight Tim and I left McKenna with Grammy and just took Quinn on a date to get snow cones. Then sometimes at night Quinn will curl up on the rocker and lay across the boppi like a baby. We rock and talk and sing.

Tim and I are getting along great ... and most people who are honest with each other would say that is a big deal. He's been waking up with me in the night to help or keep me company. We're both always tired and a little delirious, which is pretty funny. We've always been good at laughing together. He took two extra days off work, and it is nice to have him around ... especially when he remembers to tell me that he is staying home because he wants more time with me and not because "Well, I really need to mow the lawn."

My mom is here for the week and is a great help. She has been a trouper even though she got sick right after she got here and then cut her hand and had to go get stitches. No complaints from her. I feel like I should be helping her. She also takes great pictures, which is so fun. At the end of the day she'll had me a CD with all the pics from that day. I don't even remember her taking most of them, so it is always a nice surprise. And they are about 10 times better quality than the ones from my camera. (I'm buying a Nikon CoolPics on Monday when I get paid. New baby gift to myself.) And then when she went out shopping while the 4 of us napped today, she came home with the exact diaper bag from Gap that I have been saving for. It is gorgeous. She is gorgeous.

As for McKenna, she is tired. She sleeps most of the time, but she loves to be up for about an hour in the middle of the night. Not ideal, but normal, I guess. My mom used to say that her favorite time of the day with me as a baby was the middle of the night because it was the only time she had with just me. I feel that way a little bit. There are times when I should be rocking McKenna to sleep, but instead I just stare at her or talk to her. I am a lot less anal this time around about feeding schedules and stuff like that. But let me tell you, it has only taken a few days to learn from experience that the Baby Wise system is amazing and makes life so much more easy. I tried winging it for the first few days instead of using the exact system like last time, and it was not cool. I'm going back to a 1) Eat 2) Play 3) sleep ... pattern for McKenna throughout the day. When I feed McKenna and then let her fall right to sleep, she wakes up so mad about an hour later and needs to eat again. But if I get her to stay up for at least a few minutes after the meal, she will eventually fall esleep and stay sleeping until her next meal. I need the breaks. It works for me.

Now the last members of our family that deserve updates are .... boob 1 and boob 2. They have grown so big that they basically deserve there own chairs at the dinner table. I had to search the house last night looking for a bra that would fit. I'm crossing my fingers that this will only be a 3 or 4 day adventure. I bought my current bras in a size smaller when Quinn was born. I am not sure how it is possible that they could be bigger when I am almost 20 pounds lighter than last time. I guess the bright side is that they make my tummy look small ... or at least smaller.

Most of you know I do not care much about my weight and all that Jazz, and that is why I am a bit confused why I am upset at how large I still am. Hello? I just gave birth on Monday. But it is killing me that I have nothing to wear that even covers me. Maybe that is a sign that I should just stay in bed and enjoy my baby. Sweat pants it is.