Party of four.
One week ago, we met Griffin James. And fell in love with him. And with being a mom, all over again.
After a few nights of bags-ready-by-the-door-false-alarms, he joined the world in whirlwind fashion. He woke me up at 2:30am with a not-so-false alarm contraction and to the hospital we went. To make a short story even shorter, within 3 hrs I had him in my arms.
01/29/19 (4 days early) at 5:11am, this little 8 lb 1 oz / 21 inch ball of love made us a family of four.
My mom joined us in the delivery room while Asher got to staycation with Mops and Pops Murray.
We are, obviously, so over the top in love. He has the best head of hair, the oh-so-softest baby skin and the squealiest little cry I ever did hear.
I really wasn't sure what to expect when our second baby arrived ... but it was just as special an experience as it was with baby number 1. And - honestly - it may have been even more emotional this time around. We knew what to expect which meant we knew how much our hearts were destined to expand with the introduction of this little man. We felt the anticipation of our oldest meeting our youngest and the excitement of learning how they are the same and also how they are world's different.
I have continuously heard about how difficult the process of 1 --> 2 can be. I have secretly hoped that everyone has been preparing me for the worst and that we'll somehow escape unscathed. Asher is a very easy-going kid and - though he has his toddler moments- he is flexible, independent and sweet as pie. His personality has made this switch to man-to-man defense pretty smooth -- so far. Our first week as a family of four has actually been pretty relaxed.
Asher is not suuuuuper interested in baby brother , but is also not acting jealous or needy (yet). We've been including him in the process of taking care of Griffin as much as we can, but also letting him choose when he wants to help and when he would rather play instead. We've also been talking him up to baby brother - telling Griffin how cool and interesting his big brother is to make sure Asher knows that he is just as special as this new little attention-stealer.
As far as mommy goes, I am doing well. Recovery has in some ways been a bit easier & in some ways a bit harder than it was round 1. My emotions were seriously all over the place those first two weeks with Asher and I am so very thankful that my post-partum hormones have kept themselves in check this time around.
The hubs has been an incredible partner. Really throughout my pregnancy - especially in trimester 3 - he has picked up the pieces I have not had the energy to deal with. He does what needs to be done and then some (and brings me chocolate :) ). So while I know we have a long way to go and lots of milestones to meet and challenges to face, so far - I feel pretty good about this family of four stuff.
So to sum it up ... I am surrounded by 3 of the world's greatest guys and really have come around to this whole boy mom thing.
ever yours,
lindsey
