A Rough Week!

I have not had the time to update, but it has been a crazy past week. Newborn baby J. only remained with us for 5 days and was then taken away Wednesday afternoon to be placed with a relative. We were sad to see that sweet (and very easy - you forget how easy newborns are!) baby leave. Just a few hours after he left us, we got another call from placement, and 10-month-old baby K. arrived on our doorstep.

Baby K. is a sweet baby boy, but the transition has been rough on him and us, as he is old enough to know and miss his Mama and to be scared every time he wakes up and sees unfamiliar faces and surroundings. It is also tough because when a baby arrives, you have no idea what they eat, when they eat, when they sleep, what their schedule is or if they even have one, what sort of bedtime routines they are used to (if any), etc. You know NOTHING, and you suddenly have this child in your care who neither knows nor particularly likes you. In addition, K. arrived sick, and the poor baby threw up every day for his 1st three days here, including one projectile vomit incident that thoroughly coated me, him, his high chair, and everything within about a 4-foot-radius in nasty and very stinky puke. I did get a great picture of Scott doing his share of the clean-up, which was, despite the circumstances, quite hilarious. Only a man would think to clean a like this!


The morning before baby J. arrived, Javen decided to start refusing his naps and has become a fussy MONSTER from about 2PM on. He could not have chosen worse timing and has given me many opportunites to practice patience! This non-napping has continued all week and has been hard to break since his crib and K's crib are just on the other side of a wall from each other where Javen can wake K. up when he cries and screams as he has been doing. Starting tomorrow, though, I am gearing up for battle to get my little napper back. It will probably not be a fun couple of days of naptimes, but it needs to happen for Javen's good (he badly needs the naps) and for my sanity. Hopefully I will win this battle and we will have our sweet happy boy back by the end of this week!

All that to say, the last week has been tiring and at times a struggle with two fussy, unhappy babies, but as a wise friend recently reminded me in reference to trying to live out the Gospel in daily life - "fun was never part of the deal!" I do hope and believe, though, that as we and K. get more adjusted to one another and as Javen begins napping and being pleasant again, some more fun will return to the equation. Today was K's 4th and by far best day with us. He seemed to be feeling much better and starting to adjust to a new family and home and even starting to form a good little bond with me, so hopefully we are on the right track for a good week!