A day in the life.....

Well it has been just 5 days since Joel returned to work. It was like judgement day for me. I was fearing the worst. Worrying myself on how I would possibly manage 2 children, a house, getting to and from anywhere, etc. But I am happy to say things are (knock on wood here) going extremely well!  Mika has been sleeping better at night, waking only 2-3 times. (For many this would seem outrageous, but at this point in the game it is a HUGE victory for us) Maddy is also waking 2-3 times, eats and goes right back to bed (in her crib in her own room) which is wonderful.  Since I am so used to getting up multiple times throughout the night this hasn't been an adjustment, it just feels like it did before. 

Maddy has changed a lot already, being up for greater periods of time and being more alert. We have a midwife appointment on Thursday to check her weight, but on Saturday (at birth) she was 8lbs. 1oz, the next day she was 7lbs. 14 oz., Tuesday she was down to 7lbs. 13 oz., and by Thursday she was..... 8lbs 8oz! What a little piggy. She was cluster feeding in the evening but she has stopped that. She is feeding more often, but she is not glued to me like she was for the first week.  Breastfeeding is going extremely well. With only one nurse trying to "correct" my technique (I humored her, but went back to doing it my way as soon as she left the room), Maddy has learned to feed from me. 

Joel's parents took Mika the Saturday after Joel left which allowed me to get many errands done. I had some grocery shopping to do, I wanted to look for a sling, get stamps to mail Maddy's birth certificate papers, etc. I got everything I could done and headed home for a nap. I woke later than I wanted to, but then headed to Martin and Barb's for dinner. We spent that night at home then woke up and headed to Lilac. I packed to stay a few days as I figured it was easier to bring clean clothes home then need clothes. Although the night went better then I expected, by the end of it, we were all sleeping in the bed together! We enjoyed the day out there, went into Steinbach for lunch and then decided to head home. Which actually ended up being to my mom's since they came in too and she invited us for dinner. I skyped with Joel from my parents and showed him his 2 girls.  Mika was all about giving daddy kisses and waving to him. We got home and I wondered if the night away or seeing daddy would completely ruin our nighttime routine. Turns out it didn't, my girls slept well! 

We had a quiet day yesterday where I spent most of the day playing and cuddling Mika while Maddy slept, then cuddling Maddy while Mika slept. I got a few things done around the house and set up a little pool for Mika for today.

We have made it outside once already and I hope to get Mika out once more after her nap. I can't wait to have a deck where Mika can play instead of the mud pit that is our backyard.  I don't mind her getting dirty, but I swept and mopped today so keeping the floor clean for at least a day would be great! Maddy was sleeping so I just set up the monitor as it is too warm for her anyways.

So life is going well, I have managed to shower everyday, keep the house clean, do the laundry and even eat supper! I think this is really going to work. Now to go feed bug before peanut wakes up.......