Our Own Beds :-)

We just got back from Olivia's first appointment with our family physician. She is a little skinnier than when she left the hospital, but otherwise is doing great. I'm not even sure how much skinnier she is, since she apparently also shrunk an entire inch (and for a c-section baby that seems odd to me). So, we go back next Wednesday for another weight check and from there we will have a more consistent idea of how she is growing. She is eating every couple hours round the clock, so I'm sure she is getting some nutrition.

We arrived home yesterday around dinner time after our whirlwind adventure around the state. It was so nice to sleep in our own beds last night. Amazingly enough, we only had two kids crying in the car at the same time for the last 3 blocks of our trip. Better yet, they both slept the first 45 minutes and most of the last 45 minutes too (besides that little sob fest at the end). And Maize was really excited to see us - so excited, in fact, that Abby has a little cut under her eye from getting a dog "hug". As happy as Abby was to have her dog back, she was more happy to have her own toys again. She especially enjoyed introducing her new Cinderella doll to the princess castle. And we had a Sleeping Beauty doll waiting to give her when we got home too, so she has been playing non-stop with her princesses and the castle.
















Olivia is on night two of wanting to be held from 3:30 am to about 6:00 am. It makes sleeping a whole lot more difficult when you only get to sleep until 3:30. Poor Steve didn't know what he was in for when we got into bed last night. He'd been staying in a separate room at mom and dad's house with Abby, so last night was his first experience of sleeping and waking on Olivia's schedule. Luckily Abby didn't seemed phased by the crying and other baby related noises.
















I am finally staple free and feeling much better now that I don't have little metal spikes in my belly. Now just a couple more weeks of taking it easy and I should be back to normal. Luckily I have a super helpful husband, a wonderful family, and great friends. We were pleasantly surprised to come home yesterday to a re-stocked refrigerator and a counter top with food and snacks. We have some pretty wonderful friends up here in Sault Ste. Marie and we are so thankful for that. They make being farther away from family a whole lot easier.
















Olivia and I are going to be on a little house arrest until she reaches her original due date to try and give her a chance to build up her immune system (April 14th), so we are going to have to find some ways to keep the cabin fever at bay. I'm open to all suggestions...