A Few Thoughts

Newborn babies go through a lot of diapers. We do laundry first thing in the morning every two days to stay on top of the diaper situation.

See? It's a lot of diapers. For just two days. This morning we totally ran out and we had no disposables either so the poor little guy ended up in pink. They were the closest to his size that we could come up with. Still not close enough though - he made a mess of his carseat during our shopping trip this morning.

 

That being said, I have been very impressed by how well our regular cloth diapers hold everything in. I don't think we've had any... spillage while using those.

 This is Tiny Baby Jacob. That space he is taking on the couch is just so small I had to take a picture! I can't believe how little he is and how fast he's growing. But I'll still be pretty relieved when I can get a good night's sleep again.

 People often ask how Elinor is dealing with being ousted from her position as baby of the family. She has handled it pretty well. I think she mostly shows her dissatisfaction by refusing to sleep at night, but there has been no open unhappiness directed at Baby Jacob. In fact, she is the kid most likely to worry when he cries and to bring me diapers or wipes when I need them.

 She does sometimes miss being held though. Joseph tries to accommodate all the childrens' needs.

 He's sort of a super dad. People have told me that I don't look as tired as I should and I'm pretty sure it's because of Joseph. I told him the other night that he's the one that looks as tired as I should. And he laughed, a little ruefully.

Whenever I have an extra second I pull out the pieces for El's quilt. I might be a little obsessed with the fabric and I hope to be able to finish by Christmas.

Emily has been having her own adventures at school and on the playground. The other day she slipped on the monkey bars and bumped her lip and teeth pretty good. Her top two teeth are still sensitive and pretty loose and she had one of the most impressive puffy lips I've seen.

 On Sunday we accidentally told Emily she could do her own hair for church and this is what she came up with. We thought she was kidding but she was absolutely serious and was crushed when we told her she had to take them out.

After she reminded us that we had promised she could do her own hair we allowed her to wear them to the first meeting of the block. I gave her a more sensible hairstyle for primary though.
I really couldn't look at her that first hour without laughing though! It was funny to me how earnestly serious she was about taking responsibility for her own hair and then how outlandish the results were. I love her!