two weeks

 some things to record about our two week old eleanor

first of all

we think she's swell-eanor

the kids still ask to hold her

every chance they get

eleanor has slept in bed with us since we got home from the hospital

we've never had a baby in our bed before

but it's definitely her preference

we'll see how long it lasts

she also prefers napping in the living room

in either her car seat or swing

i think she likes the noise

she is really easy going

noah has called her ella since she was just a couple days old

michael and i decided if we nicknamed her, it would be ella

but we aren't really nickname sorts of people

so we've stuck with eleanor

and noah calls her ella himself

which i think is pretty darling

hazel noticed, "that baby sure likes breast milk"

and is happy to be my helper holding her, getting a diaper, etc.

olive is kind of a maniac lately

which is attributed to the fact that she's nearly two

and also she just doesn't get 

the whole soft, gentle, quiet thing around eleanor

but luckily she's not jealous so that's good

now that noah is six we no longer have 4 kids 5 and under

we currently have kids ages 6, 3, 1, and 2 weeks

michael and i agree we feel like we have one extra ball

in our juggling act as parents

i feel a little overwhelmed unless 

olive is napping or noah is at school

three i can handle, four is a little much 

our sweet friends and family have taken care of dinner so far

today's my first day of making our dinner

and it's already in the crockpot

slowly but surely i'll get the hang of this thing

called motherhood

of four