Family Time

This past week has flown by. We had a number of visitors and house guests. Last Wednesday, Elin and Max flew in town. Max was disappointed Eli was not home when we they arrived, they whole day Max was asking when Eli would be home. Elin cooked us dinner every night, it was great and I aquired some new recipes. Unfortunately the weather was not the best when they were here. Our cousin Roselle was supposed to arrive on Thursday, but her flight was with American Airlines, so it was cancelled until Friday. Eli and Max were able to play all day on Friday, they played well together, then would fight the age difference was apparent. Keenan had the baby acne pretty bad this week, I avoided taking pictures of him, so sad.

Mom and Dad arrived Friday night in time for dinner. Eli and Max were so excited to play with them. I was exhausted all weekend. I did not get as much rest as I needed. I have been weaning from the pain meds. Saturday I tried to sleep in. Aaron and I spent most of the morning in bed. I did get out and took Elin and Roselle to the plaza to shop. I was just going to drop them off, but I did hit some stores with them.

Sunday Elin and Max took off in the evening. I think they were both ready to leave. We really appreciated their help all weekend. I felt bad we were not really able to do anything really fun together.

Monday my parents left after breakfast so Roselle and I enjoyed the nice weather and went to lunch at Blue Koi. It was great! Then we did a little shopping before we picked up Eli from daycare. That evening, we met my friends for pedis and dinner to celebrate Rhonda's b-day. Rhonda wanted to eat at Cheesecake Factory. We had a lot of fun.

The next morning, I took Roselle to Hi Hat, my first "walk" since the surgery. It was not a long one, we drove part of the way. Her friend picked her up after lunch, she was going to spend a few days with their family before heading back home.

I really enjoyed the family time, but was excited to have the house to myself. I need the alone time, especially to nap!

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

That was an awesome game! KU finally won the NCAA Basketball Championship! Aaron and I had to watch the game at home since we had no babysitters around. I was pretty tired since I really did not get a nap. Keenan was a little fussy, so I was rocking him for part of the game and when Chalmers made the 3 point shot to tie the game before end of regulation, I jumped up and cheered and the first thing Aaron said was "Don't drop the baby!" KU played well thru overtime and we won! We won! What a great game! We wished we could have celebrated in Lawrence! Aaron was saying that we'll be telling Eli and Keenan 20 years from now how we remember when KU won the championship game in 2008, Keenan was just a little baby and Eli was in bed asleep, we'll be telling them all about the game while sharing some beers at the Wheel or Free State. How funny.

Awesome Game!

Last night Aaron & I were able to escape parenthood for a few short hours. We left the boys with Nana Bernie and went to our friends' Ben & Emily's house to watch the KU vs. UNC game. Ben had rigged up his projector in the family room so everyone had great seats! The first half was unbelieveable, then the beginning of the second half was scary, then the last part of the game we were able to redeem ourselves! It was great to watch Roy's reaction during the game, we all had to laugh at his frustration. Watching the commentators after the game was annoying because it made it sound like our win was a fluke, like UNC just did not play well. Monday's game should be interesting, we're the underdog again. I just hope we can play as well as we did in the first half!

When we got home Nana had fallen asleep with Eli and Keenan was in the bassinet beside the bed. I was supposed to feed Keenan around midnight, but neither one of us woke up and when I did wake up it was almost 3AM. Keenan slept for 6 hours straight! Then I was awake again at 4:30A and 5:30A, he was catching up on what he had missed.

Tommorrow and Tuesday I'll be on my own, Eli will be going to daycare, so it should be fine. We have plenty of leftovers in the fridge to tide us over until my sister comes. Elin informed me she has been planning a menu for us which I'm excited for! I love being cooked for! It really helps us out! My cuz Roselle will be coming on Thursday and my parents on Friday night, we'll have a FULL HOUSE! It'll be fun though.

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Here's Eli with the t-shirt the Gassens gave him.

Funny Video

This video is of Eli having fun in our hospital room. He was able to entertain himself climbing in the cabinets.

Eli's a Big Brother

Eli has been adjusting pretty well as a big brother. He addresses Keenan as "Baby Keenan", he comes into our room in the morning and looks into the bassinet and says, "Baby Keenan's sleeping" and he likes to look at him and pat his head and gives him kisses when we ask him to.

One Week Old!

I've survived the first week! Actually Keenan is a very good baby, he's just hungry all the time and has the worst oral fixation. He gets so pissed when his pacifier falls out of his mouth, and when he's trying to nurse and finding his target he moves his head in such frustration it's funny to watch. I've forgotten how funny babies look after they eat. Keenan has the "drunk on milk" look after he eats, and it's so cute and funny.
Eli has adjusted pretty well with the new addition. I think having Aaron's parents and my parents around the first week has been really helpful. Also, Aaron is such a big help. He has been taking care of Eli, bathing, getting him changed, etc. while I concentrate on Keenan. I cannot imagine doing this without him! Eli has been going to daycare this week, so I've been trying to catch up on sleep during the day.

I realized again how much postpartum sucks, this might be TMI, but my incision sight hurts (getting better), I'm bleeding, my boobs hurt (especially when my milk came in), I developed a rash where the cloth tape was over my incision sight, I still look 5 months pregnant, and I'm losing sleep, but it's worth it right? It'll get better. I'm really happy I've been able to successfully nurse since I got so frustrated the first time. I also forgot how many calories you burn when you nurse-- supposedly it's like running 5 miles a day! Hopefully it'll help get me back into shape.

My parents are here until the end of the week, they have been cooking for us and helping me around the house and with Eli, so it's been great having then here. Aaron's mom is coming on Friday when they leave, she is great to have around because of her expertise in mother/baby. She'll have her scale so we can make sure Keenan is gaining the appropriate weight. Elin and Max are coming on Wednesday, and my cousin Roselle is coming on Thursday. Looking forward to it!

Well, I'm going to try to take a nap now!