One of my dearest friends in the whole world just had her THIRD baby, so Brooklyn and I dropped Judy off at the bus station, to head back to TN and drove to "come to the rescue". The fact is, Leah never needs rescuing as she is the most competent, organized, on top of it person I know, and I was just selfishly dying to hold her little gorgeous newborn baby girl in my arms and see and learn from my friend as mother extrodinaire!
It was actually a little rocky at first with Brooklyn adjusting - as well as Avery adjusting to having a littler friend touching all her things. "Mine!", followed by Brooklyn's cries filled the airwaves regularly those first days. By the end of the week, they were best of friends though.
I also had a bit of a rough time figuring how to help such a competent person. Soon we got all got into a routine though, where I got to get the girls ready in the morning and let Leah sleep an extra hour or so.
During the day we would go on outings, have "coloring contests", jump on the trampoline & play in the backyard, rake the leaves (and subsequently jump in them and scatter them back throughout the yard), play board games, read, and and paint. During which time Leah was able to sleep, relax, feed Aspen and get her list of things done.
A couple times I even got to do a night-time feeding. This was one of the highlights. I loved holding the precious month old darling in my arms and feeding her. I love feeding babies! I also loved playing with Avery and Brinley! They are astoundingly smart and happy little girls that I could never get enough of. They amazed me in every way.
Thanks for a great week Youngs!
See Leah's blog for more on our time there (and better pictures as my camera is on the brink!)
It was actually a little rocky at first with Brooklyn adjusting - as well as Avery adjusting to having a littler friend touching all her things. "Mine!", followed by Brooklyn's cries filled the airwaves regularly those first days. By the end of the week, they were best of friends though.
I also had a bit of a rough time figuring how to help such a competent person. Soon we got all got into a routine though, where I got to get the girls ready in the morning and let Leah sleep an extra hour or so.
During the day we would go on outings, have "coloring contests", jump on the trampoline & play in the backyard, rake the leaves (and subsequently jump in them and scatter them back throughout the yard), play board games, read, and and paint. During which time Leah was able to sleep, relax, feed Aspen and get her list of things done.
A couple times I even got to do a night-time feeding. This was one of the highlights. I loved holding the precious month old darling in my arms and feeding her. I love feeding babies! I also loved playing with Avery and Brinley! They are astoundingly smart and happy little girls that I could never get enough of. They amazed me in every way.
Thanks for a great week Youngs!
See Leah's blog for more on our time there (and better pictures as my camera is on the brink!)
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