sweet sleepiness

At long last I feel I have enough blood running to my brain in order to put more than monosyllabic utterings to paper. Nine months of hormone surges, a huge mass of a person attached to my torso, and three weeks and counting of around the clock feedings have provided me with little quality sleep for a grand total of about 10 months! I'm just thankful I know my own name.

We are settling into life as a family of four, trying to figure out what our new normal looks and feels like. We are learning how to care for our newborn while loving our firstborn through this huge, disruptive transition in his little world. Kenny is trying to figure out how to juggle school, work, family and sleep deprivation. I am trying to figure out how to parent well while running on little sleep and juggling two all by myself during the days. I am not complaining - I actually couldn't be happier and I would not trade it for anything else in the whole world.