107+3Weeks

Well, this week has been full of ups and downs - while we have a very cute little baby addition to our family, we are completely sleep deprived and feeling very run down.  Mum has taken pity on my poor tired self and has taken Arley for tonight, so I am rushing through this post so I can get into bed and sleep for the next 11 hours before Carmen wakes up :)  Arley is not a great sleeper - well, some days he is fantastic, but I stress the word DAY.  Most nights he sleeps in short spurts and needs a lot of feeding and resettling.  And some days he is terrible too, and spends all day in the sling attached to my chest.  He also likes me to bounce on the exercise ball (which was the bane of my life when Carmen was a newborn), but hey, whatever it takes to make him stop crying!  Carmen is getting a little more used to our new life and is not nearly as demonic as she was last week.  In fact, she is quite sweet again most days, as long as she gets some quality alone time with one of us.  However, to save our sanity, at least for the time being, she is starting with an extra day at school this week (tomorrow, in fact!), so she will be going three days a week.  I think we will keep this up until life becomes a little easier, unless she really doesn't take to three days.  They tell me that she is still rather solitary at school, but that she is happy there.  She refuses to use the potty there and is still in a nappy (although well potty trained at home), but she does nap there now :)  I think an extra day will be good for her right now, as when Jeffrey is working I don't have the time to spend doing fun things with her like she does there.  They tell me she is very artistic too, and has my genes :)  Swimming also started up again this week, and Carmie has moved up a class, however she was far too excited to listen to instruction, so hopefully she will do better next week.  Anyway, wish us luck getting through this next week.  We are just taking one day at a time.  And I know I sound horribly tired and depressed, but we are happy with our little Arley too!

I had a bunch of different really cute photos from this week-end, but the camera somehow erased them all (again).  I think a new camera is in order.  Below are some links to some videos from this week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQaVLrMpHKA&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKQlKZCMeCY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNjXU6EBZwI

Three week photos