Updates

I have not been very faithful in posts lately since the arrival of our newest baby girl, McKenna Joy. It's already been almost seven weeks of learning how to take care of a newborn AND entertaining/disciplining/keeping my cool with our 2 yr old!

We are learning many things every day about McKenna and Hannah. First of all, Hannah has adapted to having a little sister very well. To say she "loves" baby McKenna doesn't really put it into perspective. She adores her. When she cries Hannah tells me, "The baby is crying!" Sometimes this is followed by "I'm gonna get her..." which means I am running behind to see exactly what she means by "get" her. So far- so good. She hasn't tried to pick her up without me there yet. Hannah also wants to help her sister whether she actually needs help or not. McKenna will be peacefully sleeping when rudely awakened by a huge PUSH in the swing and Hannah saying "I push her, I push her." Or poor McKenna has a pacifier being jammed into her mouth when she is silently asleep because Hannah thinks she needs it at that exact moment. It may be frustrating at the moment but in the big picture it's the sweetest thing ever.

McKenna is sleeping about 3 hours on the dot at night. It's almost like she has a timer in her little body! When Matt wakes up he asks me what time she ate- I have no idea how to respond because it's like I'm just going through the motions. All I remember is that she ate and went back to sleep. Those are both good things- if she didn't fall back asleep I usually let him know cause guess what? It's HIS turn!!

While my sister was watching Hannah last night, all of a sudden she turned to her Aunt Stacey and said "I need to talk to my mommy" and started looking for me. I don't know WHAT she wanted to talk to me about- I have never heard this phrase from her but it cracked me up!! I love learning the funny things she says each day. Our household is never free from laughter.

Things are going well. Adjusting for sure. Some REALLY hard moments and usually followed by tears or frustration. But not too far from that moment will be followed by a sweet kiss and a moment to be cherished.