Getting Back to Good

It's been a little over 2 weeks since Corgan's birth, and I'm already down 24 lbs (I gained 48 during the pregnancy), my ankles are no longer cankles, carpal tunnel is just about gone (although tendonitis is starting to take over a bit), I've been able to shave my legs on my own for well over a week, my scar is healing well, boobies aren't too sore at all, and I can drive again! :) I still have about another week before I'm supposed to pick up Annabelle, but other than that, I'm getting back to my normal Keri-self pretty darn quickly! Yea!

Having my mom here has been a God-send! For at least a few weeks, I'm able to sleep in with Corgan while my mom gets up with Annabelle, she's been taking care of feeding us and taken over my housekeeping duties, Annabelle has LOVED playing with her, and she's always up for holding Corgan when he doesn't want to lay down when I need to get something done (or anytime really!). I don't know how moms do these first few weeks on their own, especially with 2 kids! By the time that she has to go home, I think I'll have the hang of this 2 babies thing although I'm sure I'll miss the extra set of hands to help with the non-fun things like cooking, cleaning, and letting the dog out. :) Grammy rules! :D

Annabelle is still doing really well with her baby brother. As soon as she hears him crying in the morning, she comes running back to my room yelling "Baby! Baby!" and wants to see him immediately. She loves petting his head (she calls it "gentle"... SO cute!) and is always sure to give Corgan kisses when she kisses everyone else if she's going to bed or going bye-bye. While Annabelle IS being great with her brother, she's testing us more and more everyday when it comes to her boundaries! She is rebelling when she doesn't want to do something (this "rebellion" may come in the form of throwing something, yelling, running away, or standing on her toys even though I've REPEATEDLY told her not to), and she even gives an evil grin (that is VERY hard to be mad at, by the way) when she knows that she's done something that she isn't supposed to!

Corgan is doing great too! He lost his umbilical cord today, and he had his 2 week check up this week. At 2 weeks, he was up to 8 lbs 14 oz. He eats ALL of the time (I don't remember Annabelle eating this much!), and actually spits up quite a bit for a breastfed baby. I may have just been spoiled by Annabelle who only spat (is that the past-tense of spit?) up maybe 5 times EVER, but he spits up nearly every time that he eats. He poops in nearly every diaper too, which I don't remember Bellee doing. He's gaining weight great though (and any yellow coloring that he did have is totally gone), so I guess everything's good in the eating department. Corgan loves to hold my finger, especially while he's eating. He's got quite the strong grasp. Like Annabelle as a newborn, he has great neck strength and holds his head up often. Corgan is starting to get a little baby acne. Annabelle had it really badly (all over her face and chest), but so far he only has a few spots on his cheeks. He is still a little baldy, but has more hair than he did 2 weeks ago. Now that his belly button has emerged, we should be giving him his first bath soon (be on the lookout for pictures!), so the little hair that he has may be falling out soon. :) Of course I'm biased, but he's really a beautiful little boy, and reminds me SO much of Annabelle as a newborn!

Keith is enjoying his little boy. He's taking a little while to get back into the swing of holding a delicate newborn, but that's understandable since he's used to rough-housing with his indestructible little girl! During the middle-of-the-night wakings, he's isn't able to feed Corgan (of course), but he's been a big help with getting me water, grabbing burp clothes, positioning pillows, and finding gas drops... especially in the beginning when it was painful for me to get up.

A few new pictures have been uploaded on our photo gallery. Unfortunately I keep missing out on adorable pictures of Corgan dream-smiling and in absolutely adorable sleeping poses, but hopefully I'll get some more of those soon. It's much harder to get the big camera ready for those pictures, so I'll have to start keeping my little camera handy. :)