June 10, 2009

I Didn't Forget!!

It has been a LONG time since I’ve updated the blog. Well, not really so long as it feels… Life continues to be crazy. We’ve still not finished moving unpacking. There is so much to do and I have thought more than once how I do not have any time to get the things done I would like to, like updating the family and friends on the blog…

The beginning of the month was exhausting. The recovery from birthing was difficult, but more difficult was not having a baby to bring home with me when I finally left the hospital. Coming home was a bittersweet experience because of that. I missed Brian and Elise so much, and really felt horrible that I could not bring Jimmy home with me. The next month or so was spent by pumping as much milk as I could for him, and going to feed him at 4 a.m. every day, and having Brian go at 8 p.m., that way, Elise wouldn’t feel so estranged to either of us. The days were long and difficult. I cried a lot and needed a lot of hugs. Thank you to everyone who was there to help me through it!

It took apx. 4 weeks to get him out of the NICU and home to us. In a few days we will have had him here for apx. 3 weeks. I took him to the pediatrician, and he is putting on weight well, and growing like a weed. One pound and one inch since we’ve had him so far! He is a sweet and sleepy baby. We are so blessed to have him home with us. Jimmy is a tiny little thing; skinny like me, and SO different from Elise.

Elise is adjusting. It was hard for her to have me gone for so long. She has become much more disagreeable since I went into the hospital. She goes around practically singing ‘no mama, no! no mama, no!’ She has started pushing boundaries as much as she is able, throwing fits that never seem to end. She is so adorable most of the time. Her vocabulary is expansive now, asking questions like where’d daddy go, or what’s that? If you answer her, and tell her the right answer, she’ll say ‘yeah’. If you ask her back, she’ll either tell you the right answer or she’ll say ‘I don’t know’. When she makes mistakes or something doesn’t go her way, she will say ‘oh my goodness’, or ‘oh my’. She’s so much fun to talk to.

One of the biggest questions I get is how is she taking to Jimmy. Elise, well she loves him to pieces. She loves all babies really, but is so quick to run in to his room when he cries and shove, and I really mean shove a pacifier into his face, or pat him…and when I say pat, it’s really more like hit…but in such an innocent way. If he still is crying she’ll come tell me ‘mama, baby sad’. She always wants to hug him and kiss him. She is such a nurturing little girl. You just can’t leave her alone with him, for fear she’ll pick him up and drag him on the floor like a doll. She tries so hard to help with him…she even tries to pick up the car seat to help bring him to the car. She’s great at finding pacifiers, or diapers and wipes for him if I ask her. She’s a great big sister, and will be a great momma someday. She turns 2 this week. Lots of big changes are coming her way. She’s ready to be potty trained, to transition her crib to a bed (she can climb out of her crib now), have a haircut for the first time and also get her ears pierced.
Where on earth does the time go???