He's Here!!

I'm sure you've all noticed my little hiatus lately. I promise I have a good excuse. Let me just show you. Lucas Jude was born December 3rd at 3:20 in the morning. He is our biggest baby yet! He was 8lb and 6oz. Even though he's our biggest, he seems so teeny, tiny. After an exhausting night of labor, Joel and I slept on and off the rest of the day. It's funny how quickly your body remembers the newborn sleep schedule and somehow allows you to function off of such little sleep.We were able to go home that night. Some people love staying at the hospital after having a baby because everything is done for you and you don't have the responsibilities of the home. I'm definitely not that way. I miss my bed way too much. I go home as soon as I'm able to. Now, that I can look back on my first few days home, I'm realizing I probably should have stayed!Our second night home proved to be the start to a horrible few days. Levi, our now middle child, puked all over his bed. Joel and I immediately went in there, took Liam out to the couch, and tried to comfort Levi. He cried for an hour straight while we cleaned and tried to help him feel better. We ended up deciding Joel would be with Levi all night since I wouldn't be able to. My mom is still in town, so she took Liam. Then I had Lucas all night. We were very lucky to have all three of us that night. The next day... Joel got sick. We decided to quarantine Joel and Levi to make sure all the germs stayed in one room of the house. Levi started feeling better pretty quickly, although the first week after the flu is never fun. He wants to cuddle mommy all day. It just figures our family would get the flu NOW! We rarely ever get sick.I'm pretty proud of our little family. With everything that's been going on, everyone is adjusting to our new normal and I love it. Liam wants to take care of everyone, Levi is proud to be a big brother, and Lucas is such a happy little guy!