One week!

The little man made it to one week old! He's been so easy going and willing to share smiles and a few giggles already. Definitely a keeper!

Miss Maddie has been relishing her job as big sister. She has taken on the roles of lotion applier and keeper of Jack's pacifier on her own. Of course, this means that any time he isn't using a pacifier (which is most of the time), she's doing her best to stuff it in his mouth. She definitely doesn't seem to understand that he doesn't want one as much as she does!

Friday Joseps had school and Maddie stayed home with Mimi and me. She helped Mimi make a cake and thoroughly cleaned the kitchen sink afterward. Such a big helper!

While Maddie seems very accepting of her new brother and doesn't appear to have jealously issues (yet), Joseph's tendencies to act out have increased in the past couple of days. He asked me to pick him up from school on Friday, which I was happy to do. I left Jack home with Mimi and whether he was upset about that or people asking where the baby was, it set Joseph off. So I took him to get a smoothie, something that we only do on occasion. When I asked him how it was, he replied "it's really good mom. Way better than a little brother." Hmmm. ;) hopefully we will settle into our new routine soon and his emotions will even out as well. He still definitely loves on Jack and asks to hold him constantly, so I think he's just trying to adjust. 

Maddie loves snuggling with Jack, especially first thing in the morning. She used to come into our room, climb into bed next to me and "face cuddle", but now she'll give me a good morning kiss and assume her position as close to Jack as physically possible. It's really quite cute and I'm so glad she's being good about adjusting to a new morning routine. 

Mimi stayed with us all week and left to go home Saturday. It was so nice having her around to help keep the house running, entertaining the big kids and letting me focus on resting and attending to the baby. It's going to be a hard reality tomorrow morning when I have to get everyone fed and out the door on time for school by myself!

Tonight was a gorgeous night, so I opted to take everyone for a walk while Joe did some work. Other than a brief meltdown from Maddie when she got too tired to walk but didn't want to ride on the front of the stroller, it went really well. Jack's expressions as we first started out were so funny- he was just looking all around and going completely cross-eyed trying to take everything in. And then promptly passed out for the remainder of the time outside. Hopefully we will make this a nightly event as it felt really nice to get outside and get a bit of exercise, and it wears the kids out too!