Luke: 4 weeks

Luke is 4 weeks old today.

I can't believe it has already been 4 weeks, but on the other hand, it feels like he has always been here.
Time is funny like that.
I decided to do a little project & take a picture of Luke everyday of his first year of life.
I have named it "The Daily Luke"
Here is a snapshot of his first 28 days of life.

{Days 1, 2, 3 & 4}

It has been 4 weeks of change for our family.
Getting used to having a newborn again is brutal when you haven't had a newborn in your home for almost 4 years. I forgot what it is like to wake up every 2-3 hours at night.
So, so, tiring. But the baby snuggles are worth it.

{Days 5, 6, 7 & 8}

The girls are 19 months apart & I remember how hard that first year was. Claire's first year is like a blur. I thought this would be so much easier because Kate is 5.5 and Claire is almost 4.
In many respects, it is easier, because they play so well together and are self sufficient.
But, they are SO obsessed with Luke (which is a good thing) but they always want to be touching him or holding him and they aren't *quite* old enough to do that without supervision. And, last week, both girls had a runny nose/cold and it was hard to tell them they couldn't touch him/hold him. I didn't want him getting sick, so I wouldn't let them hold him for a few days and that was hard.

{Days 9, 10, 11 & 12}

Add in the fact that besides a new baby, we have a lot of other change that has gone on the past few weeks....Kate starting Kindergarten last week & Claire starting Preschool this week. There is a lot of new things going on for them, which makes their emotions (and mine) a little out of whack. When I had Claire, Kate wasn't in school, so it was very "relaxing" having a newborn because we had no agenda and could lounge around the house. But now, with both girls in school, there is a lot of rushing in the morning trying to get out of the house on time, dropping the girls off and picking them up.

{Days 13, 14, 15 & 16}

With the girls, my days were spent in 3 hour increments, waiting for the next feeding. But with Luke, it is a lot of scheduling when I can feed him because I need to make sure it coincides with drop off & pick ups. It's been a little nuts trying to figure out our new normal.

{Days 17, 18, 19 & 20}

The good news is that Luke is a super chill baby (so far!)
He goes with the flow, isn't too fussy and is overall pretty mellow.
The good thing about being the 3rd kid is that you get toted along to everything, so far Luke has been to our anniversary dinner, 3 birthday parties, a block party & a baby shower.
He is definitely getting socialized :)

{Days 21, 22, 23, &24}

I have also realized that with 3 kids, I just can't get it all done & that's okay.
I am trying to cut myself some slack. My house is messier than I want it to be, I have been making sub-par dinners and Claire's birthday party is Saturday and I have never been this unprepared for a party. I have a little guy who loves being held and that is more important than the other stuff for now.

{Days 25, 26, 27 & 28}

These past 4 weeks have been beautiful, crazy, emotional, and exhausting.
I am sad his first month has gone by so quickly.
I better start planning his 1st birthday party.
Kidding. Kind of....I already have his theme picked out.
Yes, I have issues :)

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