We’re starting to figure out what our new normal is.  It’s taking Maddie a while to get used to having a baby around.  She’s genuinely concerned when he starts crying (and she’s already picked up on saying “baby” although it sounds more like “ba-ba”).  She’s also getting better at being gentle to him, although that’s going to be a long process.

Chloe and Josiah are finally settling back into their old selves.  Having me gone for so many days really threw them off, so it’s taken a few days to readjust.  We’re just about there…

I’ve had on and off days of sleeping great at night.  It’s about 50/50 right now.  He’ll have a really excellent night and then a bad night.  Although I should say that overall he’s meshing into a routine quite well.  For the most part he’s on a 2.5 – 3 hour cycle, which is great.  And, other than being tired, I’m recovering splendidly well.  I haven’t had to take any medicine since Tuesday–except one day when I had to take Advil for a splitting headache because I fell asleep in the chair with my neck all weird…).  I still have a dull throb of pain, but nothing that’s not manageable.  And I decided on Tuesday that it would be smarter for me to stop taking medicine to keep that dull throb so I am aware that I need to take it easy.  I figured if I feel totally normal I might overdo it.  Oh, and as a side note, I’ll have you all know that Tim still moved the lawn today… 😉