Friday, April 15, 2011

More Crew pictures and our adjustment as a family of five

So we have been home for five weeks tomorrow and I can't believe it.  It feels like time has flown by but at the same time I can hardly remember my time without Crew.  He just feels like he has always been with us.  Crew has been adjusting extremely well with our family.  He is extremely happy and easy going.  He smiles all the time, loves to play with toys, likes to be sung to, and likes to interact with us.  With help from Melatonin he is now sleeping through the night for the most part (however if he does wake up I am in trouble because it is still very hard to get him to go back to sleep).  We are still doing the rocking to sleep method for the most part.  I have been trying to enjoy those moments of rocking, holding, and singing to him because I know he will grow up way too fast.  The kids are adjusting fairly well except for Hayley probably would send him back if I asked.  She is struggling with having to share me with another child and sharing her toys.  Parker on the other hand has been a better brother than I could have ever imagined.  He loves to feed him bottles, hold him, play with him, and carry him around.  He is surprisingly careful and gentle with him (although he is still four years old and can get carried away at times).  I am adjusting fairly well now that I can sleeping at night.  Although I haven't gone back to work yet so I guess I can tell you more about that in a week (I go back the last week of April).  I have found it harder to get typical chores done around the house such as laundry, dishes, and errand running.  I guess I will just find a rhythm with three and find a way to do that.  Justin has made progress with Crew and I enjoy hearing laughter instead of crying when I am out of the room now.   

Here are more of the pictures promised from the title:




Everyone loves Crew's new baby bath tub.

Parker being a good big brother.