so the last few weeks have been crazy. My mom was so great to be here the week after Ryker was born. thanks so much. loved the help. she was so great to take him all night long and let me get some sleep. (at least until he was hungry) so i got a solid 3 ish hours before i had to wake up. its better than it sounds. i can sleep really well now for that short period of time.
then we had a week to ourselves. we could get into our own schedule and be able to figure out our little guy and what he needs, what his cues are. we were getting pretty good at it. he would sleep great at night. sleep for 3 hours. half hour of feeding then right back to sleep. perfect.
then memorial day weekend came around. we had both justin and my family come into town. everyone was able to come except carlee. but she will come in july so its okay! it was so nice to have all of justins family here. it is the first time we have all been together since we have all been married. we were able to get some great family pictures. Justin and his dad were able to get a 3 generation picture with Ryker. it looks good and even some fun ones were taken.
i will post pictures eventually. i didnt take most of them so i have to gather them from the family. but they are coming i promise! feel free to haggle me for them because i might forget. lack of sleep will do that...
on the bright side i get a nap everyday. dont judge. i dont sleep.
then Justins parents stayed for a few days and my sister Alicia was here for the rest of the week. grandparents loved playing with the little guy and alicia took so many pictures! he is just so cute who can blame her. ;) he is quite adorable if i do say so myself.
so now that everyone is gone, we can get back to normal life. easier said than done... in the 3 weeks of life, 2 of those were spent with doting aunts and grandparents. nothing wrong with that! i love that everyone loves him. they want to hold him and play with him. even when he is sleeping. so because the majority of his life at this time has been spent with crazy amounts of family, he now thinks that he cant be happy unless he is being held. he also believes he cant fall asleep unless he is being held and rocked or bounced.
our first night after everyone left was less than the best. he would wake up every hour and a half. maybe hungry, maybe poopy, but mostly sad that he wasnt being cuddled. hm... i see a problem. the day didnt go much better. he has been up all morning and wants to eat every hour. my mom mentioned that at 3 weeks they hit a growth spurt. i believe it and its fine. but now he is sad because he is hungry, tired from not sleeping ever, and i cant hold him constantly. its a rough life to be a baby i know.
dont get me wrong. i still love him more than anything. still the cutest baby i have ever seen. im biased and im okay with it. i love holding him. but that means the laundry still hasnt been folded since it was washed on saturday. the dishes from sunday dinner are still in the sink, i havent slept either since he has been awake. so things are a little rough as we get back into the swing of things. we will learn together and it will be great. im hoping he will get tired enough to just sleep for 5 hours.
on a brighter note! we made it through all of church yesterday! we have been going to just sacrament meeting the last 2 weeks but we went the whole 3 hours! he did need to eat half way through sacrament, but other than that it was a total success.
i love this boy! even when he is being a stinker. thats the fun part right?
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