I’d like to thank Snickers Bars and reality TV

Team Eastman is surviving! Very busy! Very little sleep! Emotional dials all turned to 11! Everyone having a bad hair day! But! All maintaining collective sense of humor!

Mac is still nursing successfully (I’d high-five you but my hands are full) and seriously, I’m going to write a post about that, swear to god. Just not today.

Owen is totally awesome with the big brother and the responsible little boy gigs (when he isn’t having complete meltdowns and earning multiple instances of Time (The fuck) OUT. We now have many pet fish and a new pet turtle and it is Owen’s responsibility to feed them and Jeezum Crow, you guys, he is awesome at feeding fish. I’m still terrified he’s going to catch the salmonella from that turtle, but he hasn’t yet, so that’s good.

We went out for our first four-person-family outing on Saturday, 8 days post-partum, to the grocery store and not a single panic attack was had. I would high-five myself but, you know, hands full. We tried to go to the park Monday, all four of us, but it’s a little too far away and 92 degrees is a little too hot for me and I forgot that I’m not supposed to resume normal physical activity yet and so nearly passed out on the front stoop of a very nice old person’s rowhouse. But I didn’t pass out, I just turned around and walked the baby home. Made it in time to leak all over my shirt and the baby and the couch.

And Tuesday? Dried my hair, put on lip gloss and we, all four of us, did go together to CVS. Big day out, I’m telling you. And it was Iain’s last day of school and now school’s out for summer, and we, all four of us, have a good eight weeks to get to know each other better. So.

Yay! Zzzzzzzzzzz.

June 21, 2007 | Filed Under baby, daily grind, family unit, motherhood, toddler

Comments

6 Responses to “I’d like to thank Snickers Bars and reality TV”

Ty on June 21st, 2007 11:40 am

Man, could you have timed that better? Have baby, have hubby home for 8 weeks…Nicely done!
LetterB on June 21st, 2007 11:51 am

Yay! I rarely get lipgloss on and I have no excuse. You are an inspiration. School ends tomorrow for Matthew and I cannot wait. Just wish I had my newborn already but oh well. Stork has other ideas.
kerflop on June 21st, 2007 12:36 pm

I’m so very late in congratulating you on the gorgeous new cormac. I’ve been reading, just too full of paint and furniture crap to formulate any cohesive response. Not that this is cohesive. Far from. Anyway, Congrats! Hooray!
Anne on June 21st, 2007 1:35 pm

I, too, am very very late in sending my congratulations.

So, without further ado:

Congratulations!

Your new baby is so beautiful. Hang in there with the lack of sleep.
hello insomnia on June 21st, 2007 4:28 pm

I can’t believe you’re primping so soon. If I want lipgloss, I have to eat something greasy.

Go Team Eastman!
Elizabeth on June 23rd, 2007 11:53 am

Drying your hair? That is amazing! Keep up the positive attitude (I remember I was a bear with having to wake up every two hours).

I also have to agree with Ty, you couldn’t have timed the birth of your second better!