Whew...

Holy cow...going from one kid to two is exhausting. I've been completely overwhelmed lately. If it isn't one thing, it's another. I feel like I go from feeding one to the other or holding one crying baby to comforting the older one. It's definitely been trying...I'm so thankful for Dustin and his amazing help. I definitely couldn't do any of this without him. It's been crazy, exhausting, busy! I don't think I'd change it...except maybe some relaxation for myself during the day....someday I'll get them to take a nap at the same time...I hope!

Jack...

Poor Jack, he's been a little overshadowed by the arrival of Reid. He got to enjoy a ton of "daddy" time while I was recovering, but now he's been having to share me on the days I'm home with both boys. He doesn't fully understand about sharing, except his germs, and doesn't wait patiently. We are working on the "be nice to your brother" thing...it's not easy! I'm definitely thankful we are only going to have 2 children. Jack is doing well in general, he still loves school. He's been super sick all weekend with a fever and not eating at all...hopefully he's coming out of that, he needs to eat again! He got lots more daddy cuddle time this weekend since he felt so awful and only wanted to snuggle, but I got to put him to bed last night with cuddles and lots of books!

Here's one of our first pics of the boys together...what do you think?  Neither of them look extremely thrilled!

One Month Old...

Wow...a whole month has gone by...time sure does fly when you are getting little sleep!  Seriously though, it is amazing that Reid was born just over a month ago.  We have had a busy month...weight checks rather frequently to start off with, thankfully he's gaining weight very well now by mainly breastfeeding with only taking bottles overnight!!  Reid is now up to 7lb 4oz, which is terrific considering he's been sick for the past week, turns out he ended up with bronchiolitis (RSV).  RSV is scary for any parent but even scarier for the parent of a newborn, preemie.  Thankfully, he's been getting that awesome breastmilk, so it stayed mild and we did not have to go to the hospital!   He has this nasty sounding cough but overall he has improved greatly since Monday and I'm very thankful for that. 

We have introduced Reid to many of our friends this past month.  He's met our neighbors, our close friends, and new babies.  He even gets to go to a wedding next weekend!  He's a busy little boy!  I'm still not too sure how his older brother is taking all of this...just this morning, I had to stop Jack from pulling Reid off of the ottoman.  He also tried to sit on Reid the other afternoon.  I'm sure it will all get easier as Reid gets older and can hold his own around his big brother!!

Jack has been doing great...he has a blast at school, loves playing outside, and unfortunately is getting over another ear infection.  Looks like tubes are in our future...boo.  I hope it helps him avoid getting ear infections though, I feel like we have been on an antibiotic forever!

We are looking forward to some fun summer activities and hoping for both boys to be healthy this summer...it hasn't started off good!! :)

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