Update

Tess is in size 2 diapers and has started outgrowing her 0-3 month clothes.  She doesn’t look like a newborn any more.  That was quick!

Everyone still loves her. 

Our kids are now sometimes doing a kids’ exercise video in the morning, since it’s getting to be not such great weather for biking and their mom isn’t up for loads of exercise yet.  It’s totally cute.  And they often can be found wandering the house saying things like: “Left hand to the sky!  Right hand to the sky!  Wiggle down, waving hands to the ground.  Stand UP!”

This also led to a very unintentionally funny moment this morning.  I looked out to where the kids were supposed to be doing their exercise, and Hannah was sitting on the couch, reading.  This led to me calling out to her (I’m not kidding, unfortunately), “Hannah, stop reading and do the video!”  Of course, I was on the phone at the time, and my friend laughed at me and said that I had a problem that most people don’t…

Laundry.  I don’t know why someone under 20 pounds doubles the laundry around here, but it’s true.  If you need me, I’m feeding the laundry machines.

Peter Pan is the most popular game in our house right now.  We watched a film of a stage production for family movie nights (we watch in 30-40 minute increments, so it took 3 family movie nights), and all the kids heartily approve.  The only drawback to the Peter Pan game is the crowing.  I’ve had to ban it from the house – crowing is an OUTSIDE activity.  Let’s just say that roosters aren’t kept outside only because they’re stinky and messy and peck everything. 

I ordered all the new fall wardrobe items needed for my kids online.  This includes shoes.  And the shoes ALL FIT.  This hasn’t ever happened to me before, and I am thanking God that this is the time it did happen!

Having people bring meals when you have a new baby is awesome, and I can’t seem to figure out how to appreciate my thanks appropriately.  Just saying, “Thank you,” doesn’t seem to cover it.  In any case, I’m starting to be able to cook again, but I am TOTALLY grateful to everyone who brought us meals!

People have been emailing about our plans.  Haha!  We don’t make many plans when we have a baby of this age.  We’ve learned that much by our fourth child.  And the plans we do make are conditional – we’ll be there unless we can’t be there, and maybe we’ll all be there, or maybe it’ll be a contingent.  It’s a good lesson in holding lightly to things, because one never knows…

After Simeon’s nursing days, I thought I’d really gathered a lot of ideas about plugged ducts and mastitis (if you don’t know what that is and aren’t of hardy constitution, just ignore this paragraph and move on), but I have a whole bunch of new things now!  A meeting with a naturopath and a discovery in the comments on someone’s blog have added to my arsenal.  It’s good to have a lot of ammunition.

Don’t take that last sentence out of context!

Both sets of grandparents have now met Tess, and they seem to really like her.  They still like the other kids, too.  :)