our first week with henry

everyone is adjusting well to having henry here

the kids wake up and come straight to our room in the morning to see him

and they each ask to hold him all the time

the biggest issue this week (other than the milk allergy) is that a 24 hr stomach bug got passed around

which was not fun at all

luckily michael and i missed it but his parents didn't and were so helpful despite it

i love that noah's looking down at henry in this picture

he is so happy to finally have a brother

  hazel loves that she can feed henry a bottle

 olive has been so cute with henry and loves to tell me how cute and adorable he is

 look at those cheeks!

 eleanor is mostly happy to be a big sister

she's had a hard time understanding why i won't pick her up

and hasn't been quite as soft while touching him as i would prefer

but she's doing well

 so sleepy

 i don't want to forget what these sweet little newborn legs look like

held by grandpa olson

 me and the birthday girl right after she used pen on the couch, pillow and her face...

 i love seeing noah's love for his new baby brother
it's like part of him was incomplete

 hazel loves her baby brother, too

i'm pretty happy to have the first week over

it's been tough recovering and letting my milk dry up

but between michael being home a bit and his parents being here to help, things have gone pretty smoothly