Week Two!

Week two is complete! And just as with week one, I'm left slightly baffled that this whole newborn baby/two kids thing isn't leaving me too worn and ragged. :)

This one loves to eat, eat, eat, eat! For his one week check-up, he weighed 7 lb. 10 oz. (he weighed 7 lb. 6 oz. at birth). Most babies lose weight in their first week of life, so his doctor declared, "That's pretty darn impressive for an 8 day old!" Yes, sir! They measured him incorrectly at the hospital (at 18.5"); he is actually 20" long. 

He's still sleeping fairly well at night. He goes for 2 hour stretches at a time. And I don't know about you, but two straight hours of sleep feels heavenly to me!

The hubbs has been out of town, which (I'm not gunna' lie) isn't easy. I don't know why it never occurred to us that we were planning for a baby right in the smack dab middle of residency interview season, but c'est la vie. I'm not the first momma to have to handle two by herself!

I feel like this week I got my first real taste of what having two is like. We dropped big brother off at school and picked him up, made grocery shopping trips, delivered Christmas cookies to friends, and went out to lunch at our favorite sandwich place in town (Lenny's Subs). It wasn't difficult, except for walking into places. Carrying a baby carrier in one hand and holding the hand of my toddler in the other is super straining on the muscles. Buff momma arms soon, please! Cuz my weak little arms aren't cutting it! By the time we make it to Walmart or Target and I get both of them in the basket, I seriously feel like I've been at shot put practice! [Side note: I also learned this week that the mega-super-ginormous carts at Target are terrible, horrible, no good, and very bad. Never making that mistake again.] 

The toddler is still just as in love with his little brother--actually, more! He wants to hug and kiss him all day. I constantly am finding remnants of yogurt and goldfish on the baby's head from where big brother gave him a kiss! And the question I get asked every single day? "He wants to play cars, Mommy?" Oh, heavens! I tell him, "He's too little to play cars with you right now, but when he's bigger, he will definitely want to!" I keep finding trucks and cars tucked in with the little one. It seems big brother isn't wanting to wait. :)

So, overall, a very successful week! I'm learning to be a momma of two precious boys and figuring out our new normal. Now, will interview season be O-V-E-R so I can get my hubby back, please!?