Mom's 1st Post!

Hello all! Carrie here -- as I'm sure you've all noticed, Chris has a hard time handing over control of the blog to anyone else. But at the moment, everyone is fed and content (for a few minutes, anyway!) so I convinced him to let me give this a try.

We are busy enjoying every moment of having the boys at home. It's hard to believe they will be 3 weeks old on Sunday already! Strangely enough, now that we are not back and forth from the hospital several times a day, I feel like I have quite a bit of free time. I'm sure my thoughts on that will change as we settle into a routine -- and once all of our live-in help goes home.....

Both of the boys continue to be great nursers, and last night we even got a stretch of sleep that lasted 3-1/2 hours! It's a good thing that being Mom/food provider is all I have planned for the next several months, because I know once the initial "they're home!" excitement wears off, extreme fatigue will hit in a big way. Last night, I found myself wide awake eating Pop-tarts at 4:00 AM.....maybe middle of the night blogging will be my next challenge!

One sweet thing that we have noticed about the boys being in close quarters together is their ability to cozy up to each other. When we lay them down, they start out several inches apart, but somehow they end up wiggling over to each other and they're almost always touching heads when we find them, too!

Ellie is continuing to adjust to two babies in the house. For the most part, she is very gentle with the boys and loves to give them kisses while they try to take naps. She is very good about telling all of us that "it's very important to have clean hands when you touch a baby" and that she can only hold one baby at a time because it's not safe to hold both. However, the other night after we took this picture of all 3 kids together, she suddenly channeled her inner Evel Knievel and attempted (successfully, thank goodness!) to jump over poor Alex laying on the floor. So, maybe a little more baby safety teaching is in order.....

Some of you might know this already, but I submitted my notice at work last Friday. So as of February 15th, I am officially a stay-at-home mom!!!!! While I will miss my co-workers (and leaving the house...), I can't wait to start this new job.

Well, someone's got to be hungry by now, so I will sign off. Thanks to everyone who's called to check on us since we've been home -- please call again in two weeks once all the grandparents leave! :)