Three weeks in

Here we are at almost three weeks old, it's been a whirlwind time getting to know our girl and figuring out who we are as parents of two. What I've learned so far is that my capacity for love is vast, this new addition has made me so grateful for my little family of four, we feel complete in ways I never knew were wanting.  I am learning about the impermanence of all things children, what matters one moment will pass, and Nolan will wake from his nap and still love me even though I couldn't meet all of his needs earlier in the day. Nursing two babies is not easy.  It's been a steep learning curve for me, I am trying to listen to my limitations and meet somewhere in the middle with Nolan's needs. At the beginning he wanted to nurse all the time, now that I have milk again, he has been so interested. I quickly learned that his schedule of nursing didn't work for me because with an infant who's also on the boob every waking moment it seems, there was no time that I was not nursing. I had some first hand experience with feeling like a milk machine.  Now we are down to nursing in the morning, which is for my comfort as much as his, because Frances cannot possibly keep up with my supply overnight, and a few minutes after nap and before bed.   He still asks for "Na Na nursh?" all the time, but we talk it through and he seems ok.  It feels like all I do is nurse and all I talk about is babies.  

We did have a nice visit with my parents and Nolan got lots of special attention. Here are a few pics of the past week.

Our smush face snuggler.

Tom- Tom holding a quiet (rare moment) Frances. 

Towel tent with sawhorses! Oma and Noley even read books under.  He is definitely a little boy now, with boy needs for mischievery and adventure.  My heart swells for him all the time as I witness growing up!

Yawn

Snoozer 

These cheeks are filing out! 

I even had time to pick tomatoes make a few jars of freezer sauce. 

Baby Fig is all about hands and gestures.

And sleeping on my lap, if you squint you can see Arnie at my feet, his self assinged guard spot. 

And there she is wrapped up, only lasting a short bit, enough for me to hang a few pieces of laundry in the sun. 

! Apologies in advance for formatting funniness, I'm doing this on my phone and its weird!