All By Ourselves

This morning Shelley and Matthew headed back to Utah, so we had our first day by ourselves, and I'm happy to report that we survived!  Man we had a lot of fun with them and will miss them, we are so thankful for such supportive families that are always so willing to help us out.

I was worried about being alone by myself with both of them while Josh took them to the airport, and then making sure we didn't bug him when he got home, but it didn't take too long to find my groove, and the day actually went really smoothly.  I got into the rhythm of get Shane occupied, feed baby, play with Shane and baby, put baby down to sleep, get some things done, wash, rinse, repeat.  Here we are tracing letters while Marissa looks on

Hanging out and helping big brother with puzzles

Man I could stare at this pretty face all day! (And thanks for the adorable outfit Heather!)

And Shane made some HUGE progress today.  I had Marissa doing tummy time, and she started to get fussy.  Shane took me by surprise when he reached over, patted her back, and said "You're helping Marissa" (he talks in the 2nd person ha ha).  So I asked him to do it again, and he did!

Then when I picked her up he laid down on the blanket so I put her back down next to him,

And when she started crying again I said "Marissa's sad.  Can you kiss her better?" And he did!!!

A couple times!  I pushed my luck a little after and tried to put her on his lap, to which he responded "No thank you baby.", but I will take what I can get!! 

In other good news, these are my maternity clothes packed up to be put away because I tried on all my regular jeans yesterday and they fit!!  (now here's to hoping those shorts I pulled out will get some use here soon...)

I think it may have something to do with this hungry little girl.  Breastfeeding rocks.  (And makes for some interesting conversations with 2 year olds).  I took her to the doctor yesterday and she has gained a pound since she was born.  She is around the 95th percentile for weight and head size, and off the charts for height.  Not sure how come we make such big babies, but we sure do love em!