All Alone, Day 1...#11!

I survived!!! I was very nervous this morning...over what? Was I really threatened by a 16 month old and a newborn? ...Have you met said 16 month old?!? HaHa! But, the day went great! Pretty much, it was still "man to man" throughout the day, except for lunch and about the last 30 minutes before Zach came home!

We had a GREAT start to the day...backing up...Benjamin has either:
A) been going through a growth spurt - it is "time" for one...
B) decided to be colicky like Keaton was...
or
C) just completely inconsolable from about 430pm - 1030pm!

It was a rough couple of days of non-stop screaming in the evenings combined with non-stop nursing! Last night, Zach gave him 4oz. of formula to give me a break (bad mommy!!! haha!) but then...I nursed him again at 1130...and off to sleep we went....until 6am!!!!!! HOW sweet that sleep was!!!

Keaton woke up shortly after and Zach got his breakfast going...

Benjamin finished nursing and went back to sleep until about 9am...

Keaton went down for a nap around 9am until 11am...

Benjamin was awake from about 9-1045am...

I fixed Keaton's lunch, he ate, Benjamin woke up and Keaton "played" with him (he likes to "hold" him and point out his nose!) ;-)

I nursed Benjamin and he fell back asleep...

Keaton went down for a nap around 130pm (didn't go to SLEEP until 230!! ugh!)

Benjamin woke up about 3 to eat...

Keaton woke up about 330, had snack...

Zach got home about 415...

About 430, Zach took Keaton to WalMart for groceries...

Benjamin started his screaming, he just wanted a brief snack and is out for the count in his swing!

Dinner's on the stove and I'm waiting for Zach and Keaton to get back from Wally World!

I survived!!!! :-D

#11 - yesterday, I noticed that Keaton got another tooth! Finally - we've been waiting on that for a long time now! Poor kid, hopefully that is it for awhile, that was a rough one to get in! (front, left, next to front tooth...bad explanation - It's not his "fang" tooth, but the next one closer to the front...)

My grandparents sent Keaton a John Deere Gator (not a REAL one...that would be awesome though!) - it's a little plasticy one and if you open it up, there's a book inside (what real Gator has THAT?!?? The book makes it so much better!) ;-) Well, I gave that to him after lunch today...and all afternoon, he pushed it around, saying "Beep Beep"...it was awesome :) The other awesome gift was the tissue paper it was wrapped in (Keaton shredded it into small pieces and handed them to me and we counted to three and threw them in the air! It was fun until he started to eat them...the fun had to end then!) and the bag it all came in (I don't even have to tell you how fun that was!) :)

It was a great day all in all.

However, tomorrow we have our first outing! Benjamin has his two week check up. I was going to try to find someone to stay here with Keaton, but I decided that I just need to bite the bullet and go! So, hopefully that'll go well! :) I'm hoping my little peanut is at least 8lbs tomorrow! I will update as soon as I can! :)