Back once again!

Jamie, Alexis and I arrived home on Saturday, which happened to be Addy's birthday. Had it not been her birthday, I probably would have opted to spend another day in the hospital, but I really wanted to be home for Addy's birthday so when the doctor gave me the option, I didn't hesitate when I told him I wanted to come home.

Our adjustment has been good. I was pretty nervous about what it would be like to go from one kid to 2 (or in our case, babies) but so far it has been a really easy transition. Now, that being said, I have yet to have to look after both girls by myself, so we will see how it goes when Jamie is back to work and I'm past the point of having someone else come every day.

Alexis is a really good baby. She is so similar to Addy, both in looks and personality, but she is much more demanding. She wants what she wants and she wants it 5 minutes ago. We're dealing with a mild case of jaundice right now, but it seems to be improving. She spends most of her time sleeping, and when she isn't asleep she's eating. Since she was born, she has consistently had a good night and a bad night. On the good nights she will go 3-4 hours between the start of one feeding to the beginning of the next. The bad nights are another story. She will be up every 1/2 hour to every hour wanting to eat and she just doesn't seem to be satisfied with what she's getting, so we have started supplementing her at night. On those bad nights, she also doesn't like to be put down, so as soon as you lay her in her bed (or if you're really "lucky" she'll wait until you've just dozed off), she will scream her little head off. I will spend an insane amount of time trying to get her to sleep and then laying her down (and then starting over when she wakes up screaming) because I am not a fan of co-sleeping, but lucky for Alexis her daddy is the opposite and there have been quite a few times where I wake up and he has his back to me and is all snuggled up with the baby.

Addy has made such an awesome adjustment to having the baby here and losing a significant amount of my attention (although alot of that is because of the c-section and the fact that I can't pick her up). She adores Alexis and is always pointing at her saying "pretty" and trying to hold her little hands and give her kisses. It is so sweet to watch.

She has also taken her first steps. She has no problem standing on her own, it's taking those steps but on Sunday night she took 2 and last night she took another 2. My baby is on the road to toddlerhood.

I'm also doing pretty good. The baby blues are definitely not as bad as they were with Addy, but I do still have my moments. My pain hasn't been too bad at all, except for some left-sided abdominal pain and some incredibly painful tape burns from my dressings. But the tape burns are alot better now and I don't have much pain at all. I go see the doctor next Tuesday to see how I am doing and to get my incision checked out, but it has been healing really well. The health nurse came yesterday and that went well too, and she even told us that Alexis is gaining weight alot quicker than most babies do and she is almost back up to her birthweight.

Anyways, I'm off to have a rest, but I'll share some pictures first.