1 week home

Well we have been home together as a family of 4 for one week now.  So far things have been going very smoothly.  We have been so blessed to have my mom spending most of the day with us for the past few days which has been a big help at getting me back on my feet.  She has helped load and unload the dishwasher many times a day with all of the bottles, she has helped me get my Christmas decorations put away and she has helped with laundry.  We are so thankful that they live so close.

Last weekend Rob's parents came to visit.  They had lent us their car for the drive to Utah and were exchanging cars with us but they also came to meet Josiah.  It was so nice of them to make the drive and Rob's mom had cooked a few batches of soup and chili for us to eat and freeze.  What an amazing blessing it is to have food in the fridge that is easy!

This week has been full of adjustments.  Jeremiah seems to be adjusting well to his new role as Big brother.  He is such a sweet big brother.  He hates to see his baby cry and is always quick to respond to any whimper out of Josiah's mouth.  He doesn't realize though that taking the paci makes Josiah more upset.  :) He loves to give him kisses and rub his face on Josiah's hair.  It is very cute.  He has however also given him a few good face slaps but thankfully Josiah doesn't seem to care.

Yesterday was a big day for us!  Jeremiah celebrated his first birthday.  It is really hard for me to believe that it has been one year since our lives were forever changed.  We kind of had a low key party with my parents and Rob's parents were able to join us via face time for J's cake eating.  He seemed to like the cake though he wasn't sure about the frosting.  Rosie (my parent's dog) was thankful that we had the cake eating at my parents house as it meant that she got to clean up after the party.

Our sleeping patters are starting to get a bit better around here.   Jeremiah decided that now that he is one he can start sleeping through the night.  Praise the Lord! I have to admit this realization may have come after we banished him to the study in the travel bed a few nights and closed the doors so that we could all get some sleep as he "worked some things out" on his own in there.  It really only took 2 nights of showing him that we meant business about him sleeping and he has for the past 2 nights slept like a champ in his own bed.  We are hoping that it lasts.  Having two babies to take care of in the middle of the night was getting very old.

Thanks again for all of your encouragement and prayers.  I am starting to get to all of the Thank you notes that I need to write.  Please know that we are very thankful for all of the support even if your thank you note doesn't come to you for a few more weeks.  God has blessed us so abundantly through each of you as we have stepped out in faith to add this new sweet member to our family.

 Well Josiah thinks that I have written enough and he needs to eat NOW. So I better get to making him a bottle.