First Bath and Jeff's B-day

I can't believe my sweet little babe is two weeks already. I can't believe we ever existed without her. She is such an angel and we feel so blessed to have her. With my other two I suffered from postpartum/baby blues and I really just don't feel like I enjoyed this tiny stage cuz I was such a wreck emotionally. With Brielle I still have my moments but I feel like I'm really able to cherish this stage a little more and just soak up her tiny sweetness. 
      This first pic is just a pic to show how tiny she is. I wish there was a way to really capture her tininess. But this is an attempt.
      So as to how this little lady has changed our family- Skylee just adores her. She comes straight home from school and wants to hold her all day long. She really would if we didn't have to change diapers and feed her and have her sleep every once in awhile. She can't get enough of her little sister and helping me out.
      Jaston doesn't seem to react much to her. Every once in awhile he will come give her a hug or a kiss or want to hold her for a few seconds but overall he just does his thing and doesn't seem to mind her. We will see if that will last.
      Jeff loves her too, of course. He loves to hold her. Brielle seems to be much calmer with him since every time I hold her she thinks she wants to eat. So when I need her to just chill I hand her off to Jeff and she snuggles down and enjoys her Daddy.
      I wish I could hold her all day long too she is so sweet and snuggly right now. I am tired but she really is a good baby. She eats great, is pretty good about staying on a three hour schedule and at night usually goes a bit longer- typically four hours but she has done as little as every 2 hours waking up and has even done a few 6 hour stretches (those were heavenly nights!). But the nice thing is she usually goes right back to sleep so it's just getting up to nurse and then she'll go back down. The past few days she has been acting like her stomach is hurting her a little. Trying to figure out that one. 
    As for me physically I'm feeling most of the way better. My stomach hurts still occasionally but I think it's because I'm using muscles I haven't used in nine months and my body isn't loving it. I am pretty much back down to pre-pregnancy weight but still can't fit into most of my pre-pregnancy pants- go figure. i think it's from my hips widening. Not sure if they will ever get back to normal... I was so stressed about not being able to lose the weight with this third one cuz I've heard it's so tough but I really lucked out in that department. Problem is keeping it off cuz I want to eat the house down. I'm assuming it's just from nursing but I seriously can't get satisfied and I crave high calorie foods ALL the time. I'm hoping it calms down. At the moment I'm trying to find higher protein snacks so I really don't consume all the chocolate and cookies I crave all the time. We have been so blessed to have people bring meals in this week but man, those desserts are calling my name all day long :) Overall I feel the labor/delivery/recovery all have gone much more smoothly with Brielle despite the pregnancy being WAY tougher physically. So that's pretty much an update of our family in the past two weeks. It's crazy how life can just completely transform in such a short time. We feel so so blessed and are so grateful to have Brielle a part of our family!

Here are some pics. These first few are Brielle's first bath. She didn't love it so much. She hates to be cold and the unknown is really not her favorite. She got much calmer once she was in jammies and snuggled up again.

This is a pic I took today. It is Jeff's birthday and I gave him a Blu-Ray player for his gift. This is him and the kids watching Wreck-It-Ralph (one of the only blu-ray DVD's we have). He's such a good Daddy and a wonderful husband. I am truly blessed to be married to this amazing man! Love you babe!