Our first Full Day

As you probably noticed from yesterday's all-too-brief post (but cute, no?) Elias and M. were discharged from the hospital yesterday!  YAHOOOOOO!!!

So today begins the real period of sleep deprivation.  You know, last time, we could feed Asa and he (and we) could go back to sleep, until rather late in the morning, if we wanted.  No longer!  Asa still gets up at 6:30, and although he often wants to snuggle in bed, "snuggle" means jump up in between us, talk a blue streak, and thrash/kick/tickle/flop.  Not very restful.

Two words: YAY COFFEE.

All things considered, today went well.  Asa did not appreciate being left, yet again, as we took Elias to the pediatrician - in fact, eyes full of tears, he said, "Don't leave me, please, Mummy."  Heartbreaking.  But we did leave, just for an hour, to see our beloved pediatric team.  Despite a little jaundice (which they're hoping will just work its way out, although photo therapy is an option), he's doing amazingly well - nursing like a pro, sleeping pretty well, pooping and peeing and doing all the things a little guy should do.

And Asa cheered up tremendously with a lot of attention in the afternoon.  It's certainly not Elias that he's mad at, but us: if the baby is crying, Asa will run over and say "Don't cry, baby brother.  I love you too, baby brother!"  And before bed, he insisted on going to give "Baby Yi-as" a kiss good-night.  We, on the other hand, are finding ourselves with a clingy, demanding two-year-old... pretty much as expected.

So life goes on.  We'll try to go to Asa's swim class tomorrow, so that Nonni can see her boy swimming like a champ, but we'll get back into his full routine next week.  We welcome visitors, but with some space so as not to overwhelm Asa.  And we'll continue to adapt to being a family of four.