The First Weekend Home

On Saturday, February 27, Todd's Dad and stepmother Kathy came by to see Abigail...both excited for another grandchild. For Todd's father, it had been seventeen years between his last grandchild and the birth of Adam. At 85, Charlie still gets around pretty good and loves kids! After having Adam, people visiting right after was really stressful as I was getting used to breastfeeding. But I am happy to report, I am less uptight and better at nursing...so I was able to enjoy her early visitors better.


Of course, Grandma brought a box full of clothes for Abbey!

Later that day, my brother Bobby stopped by...he was a little afraid to hold her but we sat him down and put him in her arms. He's actually a natural...



As all hell had broke loose at Butlerville on Friday, Todd had to go to the yard on Sunday. He had offered to watch the kids while I went and got myself breakfast at Wade's, but I didn't want to go to our breakfast place alone...

So Todd took Adam with him to the yard and to breakfast afterwards at Dahl's in Scriba with Terry Potter, Todd's work wife and fix-it guy. I fed Abigail and tried to do some picking up as we had discovered that Adam is even more destructive when I'm nursing...so more Adam proofing had to be done! I was going to text Todd and ask him for some Dunkin', but never got around to it. But he came home with an omelette for me...I was starving and tired and it tasted so good...

OK, so I had a minor flip-out regression a few minutes later when I saw his niece Holly and her boyfriend Ron pulled up and I had yet to shower. I hate seeing people or doing anything before I shower usually, but being all post-just had a baby, it bothered me even more. But after a brief flip-out, I pulled myself together. Abbey was fast asleep, so Holly and Ron hung out in the dining room for an hour or so waiting...they went to lunch at Garafolo's (Todd asking them to get us milk so I'd have an excuse to hop in the shower) I got to shower and they came back. And Adam was excited to have visitors when he woke up. I was so tired, but less flustered then after Adam was born.

Holly was so excited to see Abigail Marie (Marie is also her middle name), I was happy to have her come back. She always talks about having kids, but her boyfriend is a little more reluctant, so she always says our kids are her closest thing!



The weekend ended with Todd hearing one of his trucks was fixed...taking some of the pressure off of him as he had enough trucks to do his runs Monday...

Abigail slept a lot, which shocked us and scared us a little...after having Adam--the no nap wonder, we kept checking to see if she was breathing. However, sleeping in her bassinet hasn't happened yet...every time she goes in it, she wakes up. So she sleeps in her car seat.. We spent that week and most of the week after that sleeping in the living room with her carseat on the ottoman just inches from my face on the couch so I could keep checking to see if she were alive (I said my neurosis got better, not that it went away!!!). She got up a couple times a night to eat, something that kept me up most of the night anyhow.

When Todd went to work Monday morning, I was more prepared than I thought I'd be. I was worried about Adam's meltdowns when I nursed, but I dealt with them one at time. And at least by Monday he had stopped trying to smack her head!!!