1 Week

So much to catch up on!

Lincoln is officially one week old.  How'd that happen already???   I'll go back and try to sum up the last week.

I stayed at the hotel hospital until they kicked us out on Saturday.  I have pretty easy recoveries so I just hung out there and enjoyed the peace and quiet, got a massage, watched HGTV and Food Network all day, ordered cheesecake off the menu several times and didn't do a lick of laundry or dishes.  It was great.  But alas, finally we had to go home.  Of course that means the traditional photo-in-the-carseat so here it is:

We got home and the girls were so happy to see us Lincoln.  Liliana in particular has seemed to really take to him.  She will sit there and just look at him and comment on how cute he is.  She has also started to play with baby dolls a lot more and rock them and sing to them, and tuck them into bed and such!  My parents even found a Cabbage Patch doll tucked into their bed!  Of course the girls have also been up to their usual shenanigans.  They got ahold of some boxes and played train:

But the best part was within an hour of us getting home, they were torturing poor AJ!

On Wednesday, Lincoln had a pediatrician appointment.  He has already gained back his birth weight plus 3 oz, so he is now 7lbs. 4 oz.   He also shrunk 1/4 inch which is apparently common when their pointy heads go back to being rounded.   He does have a condition called hypospadias  (he's going to hate me someday for telling the world that!) so we are going to have a consult with a pediatric urologist to see what our next steps are.  He may need surgery, he may not.  His case is mild so we'll see.

Here is an adorable picture of him:

And of course THIS is what he really looks like most of the time.  He loves to eat and at this age and stage I am happy to oblige him - which might explain the weight gain already ...

Amongst all of these goings on, we bought a side of beef!  So AJ and my dad made a very long drive to go pick that up yesterday (if you want to read all the nitty-gritty details about that, go HERE).  By the time they got home, my mom and I were dealing with a swirling madhouse!  Kids were everywhere, into everything, fighting, crying, whining, tantruming.  It was ... great.  It bodes well for the future.  My parents were a TON of help for the last 2.5 weeks that they have been here.  Today they went home and we were on our own for the first time today.  Overall it went well but there were still two of us.  Tomorrow AJ has to go back to work, so then the real test begins to see if I can do it all on my own!

Rating:  4 Lollipops