Hello friends!
To say I've been busy would be the understatment of the century! Holy moly. I feel like all I do is change diapers, feed Hank, change diapers, feed Hank...oh that's right, because that IS all I do! haha :) My sister in law, Marissa said it best when she said my life is like the movie Ground Hogs Day, lol. My days are on repeat.
Hank is growing like a weed! It's so fun watching him grow and get bigger and bigger! It's hard to belive I can love something so little SO freaking much! He is my world and I don't know what I would do without him. Parenting is definitely the hardest job I've ever had (and I've had quite a few ;)), but it's so rewarding, like when he looks at me and gives me the BIGGEST smile ever...even if it was because he just pooped all over his onsie, pants and myself. haha! It's true when they say a baby changes everything, because it totally does. I've learned how to eat extremely fast so I can get him what he needs, I've learned how to hold him and balance my dinner plate on him and eat with one hand, I've accepted the fact that I have to eat a cold dinner because his needs come before mine, and I've gained patience, something I've never had. Hank has definitely changed my life, but I wouldn't have it any other way! He is my heart.
I'm hoping soon he can get on some sort of a routine or schedule so I can plan my days out better. I'm such an organized, control freak that I hate not having a schedule, haha. My mother in law told me this weekend that parenting is surely going to change that, lol. He is doing really well with sleeping in his crib, and I'm loving that I get to sleep in my bed again and not the couch. He sleeps about 5 hour stretches in the night, waking up twice for a feeding, but going right back to sleep. Me on the other hand, I have to stay awake after he goes back to sleep because I have a strict pumping schedule since he is no longer nursing. After talking to numerous lactation consultants, we've come to the conclusion that he's a slow nurser and he wasn't getting the satisfied feeling from nursing cause he was so slow at it, so now I'm exclusively pumping which is SUCH a chore! Trying to keep a 7 week old happy and entertained while I pump 8 times a day is quite a challenge, but I'm trying to stay positive and stick with it because I know how important it is for him to get breast milk.
Zach is currently in ALS- so he is now gone from 7am- 6pm, then he comes home and eats dinner and goes right upstairs to do homework until it's time for bed. :( It stinks but that's only until the end of June, Hank and I can't wait to spend some quality time with him soon! We miss him!
Well, that's all for now!
Amber
