A Bump in the Road: Beautiful Chaos

These fellows are still doing very well! Cohen had his 1 month appointment last Friday and he weighs 9 pounds 1 ounce and grew to 22.25 or 22.5 inches long (I couldn't read the nurse's scrawl). I have not updated in awhile because Cohen takes all my time! I still don't know how to explain to Chris when he gets home how I have accomplished absolutely nothing other than the fact that Cohen and I survived another day together! I am completely exhausted and adjusting to a brand new life and routine. Cohen has a schedule-just not one that runs by a clock! Cohen generally sleeps in 4 hour blocks at night but has slept through the night three times so far! He is a generally happy and content baby. The biggest conundrum for me is shower vs. sleep. Usually around 5 or 6 AM when Cohen wakes up, I can put him back to sleep for a few hours. So at this time the question is, do I forgo precious, hard to come by sleep, or attempt to take a quick shower? It's a gamble either way. If I go for sleep, I am running the risk of greeting Chris when he comes home with that messy hair, no make-up look, and " I haven't taken a shower in a day stank" (you all know what I am talking about!). This has happened. On the other hand, I can dash into the shower just to emerge a few minutes later with soapy hair clutching a towel and rushing to the upset, very awake Cohen who decides a shower is not very important. This has also happened. So, it's a toss-up.

But regardless of the 24/7 required attention which involves the lack of sleep, missed meals, ignored house chores, and not stepping outside the house for several days, Cohen is such a joy and completely worth the upheaval until we figure out this new way of life. We enjoy a continual ritual of sleeping, eating, diaper changes and playing. I am currently attempting to predict how long to wait before changing his diaper as not to go through three diapers in a marathon diaper-changing episode. I must say I am improving ! He has a million faces to communicate several things and I am currently trying to decipher all of those, as well. He just makes us smile all of the time! He sometimes enjoys baths, walks in the stroller, outings in the car, and playing on the floor with his daddy. He is definitely growing and changing too fast. He is in between his newborn and 3 month clothes and seems content in his newborn diapers which is proving to be quite expensive. Overall, he is happy and keeps kicking and cooing!

As far as an update on Chris goes, he is settling into his new role as "daddy" quite well. He comes home and takes over as much as he can in caring for Cohen. And, yes, he is still getting up in the middle of the night to change diapers because he enjoys being with Cohen so much! He is disappointed if Cohen is asleep when he leaves for work. The other update is Chris' continual realization of his lack of basketball skills. Chris' recent purchase of a basketball net has led to frustration and disappointment. Lately, Chris steals away for awhile to shoot hoops but returns complaining about his missed shots and disbelief at how horrible he is at this sport. I know this. He knows this. I guess he thinks one of these times the basketball fairy will visit him. He is generally athletic and is befuddled at this gap in talent. He ranks his sports in order of best to worst as: football, softball, soccer, hockey, volleyball, weight lifting, tennis, table tennis, croquet, golf (and some more in here) , then basketball. I guess I don't understand his frustration because I am basically unathletic. Oh, well.

And now here are some photos: