Friday, January 30, 2009

I'm resting!






















New pictures!!
Today I am recovering from the nasty stomach flu that has been going around. Levi had it for three days last week and Andy's had it since Sunday. I got it Wednesday night and yesterday Andy stayed home from work to take care of the boys so I could rest all day. Today he took Levi to Carrie's house so I could continue resting and hopefully get better faster.

It's amazing how much easier it is to have just a newborn than a newborn and a toddler!! I don't think I properly appreciated the quiet when I had it with Levi :) Ezra is continuing to do well. He is growing and eating well. It's really neat to see how good Levi is with him. He wants to help take care of him; change his diaper, hold him, give him his pacifier and the like. When Ezra cries Levi will sing to him to try to get him to stop - it's adorable! He has figured out how to put together my breast pump and likes to get it out sometimes and tell me he making "baby's mote". In case you are wondering, "mote" means "milk". It used to be "mup" but now it's "mote".

For the most part Levi is pretty easy to understand, even by people other than myself. I remember being so worried about his language development back when he was 15-17 months. But now he talks like a champ - although if you talked to him on the phone he mostly says "hello, uh-huh, and bye-bye". But as soon as he gets off he's back to talking in paragraphs!

Since I am supposed to be resting today (and I actually am!) I finally broke down and joined facebook. I'm not sure how much I'll be on it with keeping up with the boys and working on MOPS and SNAP stuff but it is actually a lot neater than I expected it to be! Hopefully I can connect with some of my family!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Baby Ezra is here!!




We've had a busy week! Last Tuesday the 30th we moved into our new house and spent the next four days working 12 hour days to get the place mostly unpacked. Then we headed to Cinci for Andy's family Christmas on Friday, returning home late on Saturday. Sunday and Monday were filled with more unpacking and back to work for Andy. Monday night I went to the grocery store for the first time in a month to get food for the house at 9pm. When I came home I did a little SNAP stuff, while watching the OSU game and we headed to bed around 12:15.
1:45am Levi woke me up and wanted to "go downstairs!" and I had this feeling that my water had broken. After coming to terms with the fact that is really had broken - three and a half weeks early! I started running around the house trying to figure out what to pack in our bag while Andy was with Levi trying to get him back to sleep.
We got to the hospital around 3:30 and by 5am I was in a birthing room. Ezra William was born at 9:33 am (thank goodness for epidurals!!) and weighed in at 7lb 4oz and is 19.5 in long. He's a great eater and nursing is going really well! We are headed home from the hospital now and are looking forward to the challenge of having two children!!
Praise God for a healthy, new baby boy :)