I had a moment of quiet cause Ellie decided to drink twice as much formula for dinner tonight than she normally does and is completely zonked out. I might regret the decision that I allowed her to go to sleep at 7 tonight instead of keeping her up until about 10 (we normally keep her up from 7-10 pm every night so that she will sleep a decent amount at night- her day's and night's were confused the first couple of weeks we brought her home).
Back to my first sentence- WE ARE A FAMILY OF 5!!!
The past 5 weeks has been a huge life change (obviously)- We are navigating through bridging 2 vastly different age groups (Ellie a newborn and Eli and Ryan tween/teen)- For instance, if we are to do something as a complete family- floating down the river would not be the choice anymore- It would look more like going to the river- the boys will swim and I will sit on the shore (in a very shady spot) and watch........Still totally great to do- just different- Lot's of thinking through for Matt and I on how to create our new 'normal'-
I was eating breakfast this morning and heard Ellie start fussing- She was just waking up and still in her bassinet in my room......I never even said a word to either of my boys- I saw Ryan jump up and and say 'Miss Marie is crying!' (They both call her 'Miss Marie)- He went and got her, laid her on his chest and she slept for a good half an hour more cuddled against her big brother-
What a blessing to be able to say that we are finding and creating our new 'normal'
Eli Ben, Ryan Chase, and Ellie Marie.......You bless the socks off of daddy and I!
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| This picture is totally unrelated to my blog post- I just found it and thought it was adorable- I am guessing it is about 7 years old- From left to right is our nephew Jess, Ryan, and Eli |
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| I think Ellie is trying to tell us to 'Talk to the Hand' :) |
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