This last week was not as bad as I thought it would be: Kurt had to be gone for three days/two nights for work. Two things helped. First, lovely people assisting me with the nighttime routine. Emily, Kurt's co-worker, came over and showed off her experienced baby-feeding skills. And did a load of laundry for us at her apartment, so nice. The next night Nana and Papa came over and brought dinner and did dishes and just generally were the awesome people they are.
The other thing that helped: I decided to just not do any chores or work. Just none, for three days. It seemed radical to me but then it felt AMAZING. At a parent/baby group I went to during that time the leader brought up an article that said you would need three or four adults taking care of one baby to do it without stress. And I can totally see that. If ALL I had to do was take care of the babies, or do chores, or work, well, let's not even speculate because of course that's not how our culture works. Interesting, anyway :-)
Enough of that, picture time!
"Sharing" a ball
Signe attempting to pull some hair. A Freya smile - not as rare as these pictures make it seem, but I know there is a dearth of them on here.
Tummy time/Baby Einstein
Same tummy time minutes later - demonstration of Signe's rotation. So funny.
A little birthday nap with daddy. They did actually nap eventually.
Holding both. Nearly 30 lbs now, where are you biceps??
Birthday dinner: yams! They love yams. Who doesn't?
Nap at Nana's with daddy. Once she actually gets to sleep, she's precious.
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