Happenings

As mentioned before, today was Audra's dance recital. I almost had to miss it due to a check-up scheduled for Camille (more on that in a minute), but was thankfully able to change that so we could go. I would have been really sad to miss her recital! As it was, it took all of my energy and necessitated a nap upon return, but it was great to be able to watch her perform.

Here's our little ballerina in action:

It was our first time taking Camille out, so we had to stock the diaper bag for a newborn (a feat in and of itself), but thankfully she slept the entire time- not a peep came from her. It was wonderful! And, Claire was also fantastic. She danced in the aisle for the first little bit, then played Angry Birds the rest of the time. She was in Heaven.

And, here is a little update on Camille.

Just like our other two kiddos, Camille is having a hard time gaining weight. This is nothing new for us. My milk takes awhile to come in, so for the first few days Camille wasn't getting enough to eat. Our insurance does this awesome thing where they send nurses to your house to make sure the baby is doing OK, so per usual the nurse came over and weighed Camille and she had dropped weight. She got as low as 5 lb. 11.5 oz. And another visit was scheduled- for today right during the recital. Luckily, the nurse was accommodating and switched the time so I could go to the recital. Even better, my milk came in last night/this morning and Camille started gaining weight. She was up to 5 lbs. 14 oz. this morning, and is now doing really well. She is eating great. She still mostly just sleeps and sleeps. Except at 3:30 am. That is her "party time"- oh, lucky me. Nights have been hard- but what is new about that? Newborns are always tough, there's no way around that. Hopefully now that she is eating better she will start sleeping better at night.

Which brings me to Ben. Thank goodness for him! He has been so great- he does EVERYTHING. Dishes, laundry, playing with the kids- even taking Camille at 6:30 in the morning when I can't handle being up anymore. I am so lucky to have him- he is the greatest. He has one more week off, and then I have to step up. I am not looking forward to it.

 I'm not doing too great. This recovery has been harder than Claire's. Audra's recovery was terrible, but I didn't have older kids to take care of so that helped. This time around I feel nauseous, light-headed, tired, and in a lot of pain. Plus with the milk coming in- well, that hasn't been great. Again, thank goodness for Ben- I seriously lucked out with him.  But, once again, this all begs the question: why do we women do this to ourselves? This SUCKS! But, I guess in the end you end up with something pretty great, which makes it worth it: