Lucy "gave" the kids a gift, a small play tent and some water bottles. They were thrilled.
The rest of the week has been spent showering Lucy with a massive amount of love. Caleb asks "I'm hold my baby sees-ter?" about 50 times a day, and if it isn't met with immediate results it turns into a screechy-yell "I'm. HOLD. my baby SEES-TER!" He loves her, and even though softness doesn't come super natural as a two-year old, he tries so hard to be gentle with her.
It has been so neat to watch Lydia with Lucy. They say that as soon as you have a new baby, your youngest child looks SO grown up (which is certainly true - Caleb seems SO big compared to her), but what I wasn't expecting was how much bigger Lydia seems. She's responsible and helpful and loves to hold Lucy all by herself. One of the mornings, Lydia asked to hold her and I asked if she could hold her while I went upstairs to help the boys in the bathtub. I left her my phone and she listened/read her Book of Mormon while she held Lucy. It was so helpful and I was taken aback a tiny bit at how big my Lydia is getting. I love watching these two sisters together. They are so lucky to have each other and I hope their relationship continues to bloom throughout their lives.
It has been so neat to watch Lydia with Lucy. They say that as soon as you have a new baby, your youngest child looks SO grown up (which is certainly true - Caleb seems SO big compared to her), but what I wasn't expecting was how much bigger Lydia seems. She's responsible and helpful and loves to hold Lucy all by herself. One of the mornings, Lydia asked to hold her and I asked if she could hold her while I went upstairs to help the boys in the bathtub. I left her my phone and she listened/read her Book of Mormon while she held Lucy. It was so helpful and I was taken aback a tiny bit at how big my Lydia is getting. I love watching these two sisters together. They are so lucky to have each other and I hope their relationship continues to bloom throughout their lives.
I've just been enjoying these sweet baby snuggles. David has been such an incredible support to me. He has taken the three big kids over and over and left me to rest and snuggle Lucy. I feel like I recovered the first 80% in the hospital really quickly, but the last 20% feels like it might take a lot longer. My ribs feel bruised and I get really tired, really easy. Walking up and down the stairs takes a lot of physical and mental energy. My body isn't really in pain, it's just tired and I think it will take some time to recover. David has been incredible. Bedtime with all the kids, trips to the park, the library, the store, playing with them outside or downstairs, etc... etc... plus making breakfast, lunch, and dinner for all of us! I'm not sure what we are going to do when he has to go back to work. It's just been so nice to have him home.
I feel like there aren't words to describe how blessed we are to have David. He's such a wonderful father and such an incredible husband. The kids adore him. So do I. He's so sweet and tender with Lucy, so fun with the older kids, so kind to me. We are just so so lucky to have him.
We've also been blessed with such supportive family and friends. We've had a handful of visitors over the week and had people from the ward bringing us meals. My sister Jenna, who currently lives in Iowa placed a Chilis to Go order for us and had David go and pick it up. It was the most thoughtful thing. I'm grateful to be surrounded by so many good and kind people.
We've also been blessed with such supportive family and friends. We've had a handful of visitors over the week and had people from the ward bringing us meals. My sister Jenna, who currently lives in Iowa placed a Chilis to Go order for us and had David go and pick it up. It was the most thoughtful thing. I'm grateful to be surrounded by so many good and kind people.
We've only had you home for a few days, Lucy, but we hope you love it here as much as we love having you here!
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