Week 2 - Chunk Levels Rising

Week 3 picture

Our little girl is growing! Her two week checkup went off without a hitch. The bit of jaundice she was showing in her early days has resolved itself and shes gaining weight at normal pace. She's still a tiny little thing but I can already notice the extra bit of chunk, especially on her hands and feet which were pretty much just skin and bones when she born.

Jay's fourth birthday party

I'm doing pretty well myself. I'm not going lie. I was really, really, not looking forward to having a newborn. Newborns are exhausting and although they are fun to hold, their interactions with you are mostly limited to random blank stares, fussy cries, and the occasional poo smiles. This was something that I really struggled with, with Jay. You love your new little baby but that love feels largely one directional until about a month and a half in when you get that first, real smile.

This time around though, I feel in control. The system Kimbre and I have set up has allowed me to be well rested and with Jay in preschool, we have more than enough hands around the house to manage an overall pretty chill little girl. In the late evening hours when I am watching her while Kimbre sleeps, I've even had a chance to indulge in some personal entertainment, be it playing video games, watching movies, or engaging in some good old fashion self reflection (the most indulgent hobby of them all!). It's nice. So nice that I even feel a little bit guilty that I haven't used some of the extra time and energy to pick back up on the various projects and deadlines I pushed back at work when I learned Summer was going to be coming early. 

Everything in time though I suppose. For now, we're in a holding pattern. Kimbre's parents get in to town tomorrow. After that is Christmas, new years, and the start of a new term and year in 2019. There is pleanty of caos to come. As such, I think I'm going to just take the next week or two to soak in the rare quiet moments I sometimes get as a new dad to a young family of four.