Grandma

Grandma is coming today!  Not mine, obviously, but Colin's, and I don't know who is more excited: me or Grandma.  

Joe was lucky enough to get three weeks off of work, so today is his first day back since Colin was born.  Which meant last night was my first night of dealing with baby care all on my own while Joe got to sleep.  Naturally, it was also the first night that the baby wasn't content just to be changed and nurse and fall back asleep but instead was awake for an hour and a half getting changed and nursing and being gassy and wanting to be held and then nursing again.  And then woke up an hour and a half later. And then woke up two hours after that for the day.  Joy!

The good news is I have already showered and had breakfast and nursed (again) and Colin is sleeping in his bouncy seat and I am enjoying some coffee and catching up with the internets and generally holding my breath that he'll be out for a bit.

My mom gets in this afternoon and since I'm cleared to drive again Colin and I will be braving a car ride on our own to go pick her up at the airport.  She's staying until Saturday and then Joe's mom gets in to stay with us next week.  I'm simultaneously thrilled to have the help and dreading having family here for two weeks straight.  But currently thrilled is winning out, so three cheers for grandparents, right?

This weekend we took a chance on getting out of the house and took Colin to a get-together at our friends' house.  And by get-together I mean beer pong tournament, but it was during the day and I didn't partake so don't go calling child services on me yet.  After he screamed for half of the car ride there we were sure it was going to be a short-lived visit, but he ended up being so good we stayed for 6 hours.  He slept, and nursed and then was content to just be held and look around.  There were other babies there, but they were 6 months old and looked enormous compared to Colin.  And since the other babies were way more alert and active no one even asked to hold Colin so he pretty much slept in the swing or hung out on my lap on the couch the whole time while I talked to a pregnant girl about her pregnancy and a couple of engaged girls about their wedding plans.  Such a girly day, it was awesome.

Also, Joe just called and said it was really hard not to pick Colin up to say good bye before he left for work this morning.  Awww.  And at the same time: oh my god don't you dare pick him up when he and I are sleeping!