Our first week

Its been such a fun week together as a family. Nate used vacation time and took the whole week off and its been wonderful. Aliyah still has her days and nights mixed up. During the day she sleeps so soundly in the pac-n-play and I have to wake her every 3 hours to eat and force her awake just to eat enough. At night she nurses every few hours and doesn't like to settle often into her bassinet and ends up sleeping on us a lot of the time but we'll get there eventually. It is fun when she's awake some so we can see her eyes. And it is helpful sometimes for her to be sleeping during the day when we're on such a eating/napping schedule with Max so we still get to eat some normal family meals and such. The best part for Max has been having daddy home. He has just had SO much fun with daddy this week we will really miss him when he goes to work on Monday. My mom will be over most of the week to help out but I told her she has her work cut out for her. Max has been awesome otherwise. Even the crying doesn't phase him and he likes showing baby Ally his cars and trucks (which the collection seems to grow every day between Grandma and daddy!). He likes to check on her in the pac-n-play and can say Ally pretty clearly.
Luckily for me, she's not a marathon nurser like Max was and we're usually done (even with multiple diaper changes) in a half an hour so that helps a lot! The only problem is keeping her awake sometimes so she can finish.
I really look forward now to the 2 week mark. That's when we can introduce the paci (which I think she'll like cause she's a sucker) and can introduce a bottle which eases my mind some. I just hope she takes both of them well.
Otherwise I'm still feeling good, so much better than after Max. Besides the normal loosing sleep at night we're pretty lucky with her so far.

I have some humorous instructions, like not lifting anything heavier than her and limiting stairs which with Max and the only bathroom being upstairs is obviously not a possibility but I'm trying to take it easy so I can heal up quickly.

We're just so blessed and so happy to complete our family!