ch-ch-ch-changes!!

I was awake the other day, feeding Harvey, and thinking about how things have changed for me. For example; I think the last time I was awake at 4 am with my boobies hanging out of my shirt was the first night I spent with his dad. Now, I have my boobies hanging out all over the place, trying to plug a little mouth which makes lots of noise if I take too long doing so.

I'm still in bed fairly early, no changes there. We're up early too. Again, no changes. The only difference is that when I wake up in the middle of the night, I'm up for longer stretches than before, but not more frequently than before. It's not easy to get used to, but I'm managing.

We've both had colds, which has been horrible. Both of us have had fevers and snotty faces for the last week. As you can imagine, this makes for bad sleep, uncomfortable awake time and exhaustion, for both of us.

Ben is back at work today. He took last week off and did a side job, which allowed him to work in the shop down the street- it was so nice. He was gone most of the day, but he was close. He was also able to come home for lunch every day. It was so nice to see him, if even for only a few minutes. I hate that he has to work so far away. We're both hoping for the best and planning for more of the same. Maybe if we hope hard enough he'll be able to fully transition to doing his own work full time. Won't you help us manifest this? please...

We have a whole host of amazing friends who have been feeding us all week. A dear friend decided to take the initiative of creating a feeding schedule and signed people up to feed us. We had people dropping of amazing, nutritious, delicious food for the past week! We've had pot roast stew & rice, quiche & salad, turkey chili & salad, tuna salad, cobbler, chicken, beets & kale, quinoa, chicken & turnips, pumpkin pie, cookies, butternut squash, green beans & rice, salmon fritatta & potato soup..you get the idea. You know what else? We still have a month of food coming every other day for the next month! It's so great. Taking care of a baby is a lot of work - even more so when sick- and it's been so helpful to have such great food dropped off for us during this transition. And, we've not even dipped into the frozen food Charlotte made for us last month! Harvey is lucky to come into a great group of people who already love him and want to nourish his momma and daddy. It feels really great to have such good friends. We're both feeling so blessed.

Okay, I'm going to get the weepies: gotta go!

I'm not sure that's there's much more to tell, anyway. Or maybe there is. But, the baby has sucked most of the brain from my head, so I'm going to call this post quits for now. Here's a couple photos:

who's snuggly?

note the cute diaper cover (we're using cloth diapers, so a diaper cover is necessary or he'll get poo & pee on his clothes).