Home Alone

First a few pics from our last weekend with daddy. I LOVED having him home for 2 weeks but I think this little girl loved it even more. Thanks Josh for being AWESOME!

Today is our first day home alone. Yep! Its naptime (about 3:00) and everyone is still alive! I would sure call that a success. For the past week or so I have been SUPER anxious about this. I have spent quite a bit of time asking God for patience and guidance for this day. Well it is here and has been a lot smoother than I expected. I suppose I need to let go of that whole control thing and turn things over to Him. SO much easier said than done. Its SO amazing how He truly never gives us anything we cannot handle. A true lesson for me.

This morning we went to the YMCA for "tot time" from 10:30 to 11:30. What an awesome thing for those toddlers. Kinsey ran out a ton of energy, meanwhile I was able to play with her and tend to Logan at the same time. Super fun activity for those toddlers with little siblings. We then even managed to go over to a friends house for lunch. Absolutely amazing how being around someone who has been there with more than one kid can inspire you. I love having awesome friends. Welp naptime has included me sipping on a dr pepper and watching my sweet baby sleep. Thank you God for the lesson I have learned today.

Keeping my head above water

We are a week and a half into this craziness of 2 kids and everyone is still alive. *Sigh* In some ways this is much easier than when Kinsey was born. I know what to expect with a newborn (no sleep, being a milk machine, ect....). What I wasn't prepared for is how upset Kinsey would be. It's not that she doesn't like her little brother, she just does not understand why she can't pick him up and carry him across the room, poke his eyes, shove a binky into his mouth and treat him like her baby dolls. This is super frustrating to both her and me. The end result is a screaming toddler whenever the word "no" is mentioned. That coupled with a screaming newborn because he is hungry is enough to make me want to run away. Ok.....its pretty stressful but I'm not going anywhere!
I have been so lucky to have meals set up for us for almost 3 weeks and the most amazing friends a gal could ask for. I have had multiple offers to take Kinsey for a morning and when Josh goes back to work on Monday I WILL be taking advantage of that.
Josh going to work brings up another set of struggles that I soon will have. How in the heck to you get a toddler who doesnt want to walk and a newborn in a carseat into a store? How do I keep the meltdowns from Kinsey to a minimum while I am feeding Logan and cannot tend to her every need? How do I not start in on a fresh bottle of wine at noon? Ok the last one was a joke, or not! But seriously all of these things will have to get ironed out once I am manning this ship alone. Despite being super nervous, I know I will get through this....everyone does. It may not be the prettiest next couple of weeks but we WILL manage.
On another note, Logan is just the most precious little guy I could ask for. All in all, he is a pretty content little baby and takes an eye poking from his sister like a champ. For now all he does is eat, sleep and poop but we couldn't love him more!!

We are a family of 4!

Yep!!! The time is here! Logan finally chose to make his grand arrival. Because I was 6 days early with Kinsey, and because I was so much bigger, I just assumed he would be early. That darn little nugget made me wait the ENTIRE time! We were scheduled to be induced Monday morning at 6:30am, Feb 6th. Sunday night I took some tylenol pm, planned to get a GREAT nights sleep and then wake up early and primp before heading to the hospital!
At 2:13 am I as I was woken from my sleep and thought I peed my pants. Gross. Maybe the tylenol pm was just too much for me! I got out of bed and the "pee" kept coming. Holy Smokes! I think my water just broke. I promptly woke Josh up (who had just fallen asleep because he was too excited about the next morning) and told him what happened. We called my mom to come over and stay with Kinsey, I packed my necessities, makeup, flat iron, and headed to the hospital. I had some minor contractions on the way but nothing that was too painful or regular. By the time we got checked in and settled into a room they were a little stronger. Initally I was only dilated to a 1 and a half. I know! WIMP! They wanted to see how I would do on my own and gave me a couple of hours to progress. It went too slow and then pitocin was started. Things got much worse after that and I was quickly asking for an epidural. The resident told me it was much too early, as I was only dilated to a 3 and that he didnt think the doctor would give him the ok. Well he was wrong and my Dr gave me the ok for an epidural at a 3! Life was great. We spent the next few hours talking and joking as I was feeling no pain. Modern medicine is AMAZING! Soon it was time to push. I spent 25 minutes pushing and at 12:09pm Logan was born weighing 8lb 4oz and 20.5inches long. He is absolutely perfect and I am so in love! I cant believe he is finally here and I am so excited for this new life as a family of 4!

*Now I just need to change the info on my blog (be patient I have a 5 day old!)

*Here are some pics!