Where To Begin

Nick will be 2 months old tomorrow.  Time has just gone sailing by and we've been busy and doing nothing all at the same time.

The kids have thankfully seen a lot of their grandparents lately.  Jon's mom was here to take care of the kids while I was in the hospital.  His dad joined us for the weekend.  They left Sunday and my parents came Sunday and stayed until the next Monday, Memorial Day.  Fast forward a week and a half, Jon left for Synod on Wednesday.  My dad came Thursday and stayed with us until the next Thursday.  It was so great having everyone's help for all of these weeks.  The grandparents were back the next weekend for baptism, along with the rest of Jon's family. 

When my dad was here for the week, he took Finn home with him.  Finn came back down with them for baptism.  Ben then went home with them and Jon's parents brought him back.  We met them halfway for lunch on July 4.  The boys each spent about 9 days away and had a great time with Grandpa.  I think they were his little shadows the whole time.  It was very quiet when Finn was gone, aside from a bit of screaming from Leah.  Ben has a problem lately picking on Finn and Leah and likes to control who plays with what.  It wasn't near as quiet when Finn came home, but there was no screaming and fighting.  When the boys saw each other after all that time, there was a lot of wrestling.  They missed each other, that's for sure.

Next week the older 3 will all go to Jon's parents for the week.  I'm looking forward to that-hopefully I can get a couple of naps in and I plan on getting a massage.  (Nick sleeps pretty well during the night but tends to be up early and is not a great napper.)  I have some organizing to do in various parts of the house.  We'll see how much ambition I have once the kids are gone.  I seem to spend most of my time just sitting with Nick, whether inside or out, and not getting anything done.  But I might as well enjoy it-I'll have years to clean and organize my house.  I need to learn to just enjoy the baby time.