His Treasure Seekers

We just wrapped up our first week with all five kids at home, and it didn’t exactly go as I expected.  Nathaniel lost a little weight after first coming home from the NICU, so my top priority became trying to nurse him as much as I could.  However, I hadn’t anticipated the depth of everyone’s enthusiasm over having a new baby, and the love pouring out of the older children was overwhelming at times (if not for Nathaniel, then at least for me).  I found myself locking my bedroom door several times a day to catch a peaceful few moments alone with my wee one to nurse without having everyone else climbing on top of us trying to stroke his hair or touch his tiny feet.

In all truth, however, I’m overjoyed that they love him so much.  There’s never a shortage of arms ready to welcome this sweet baby, and my 7-year old is actually incredible helpful when it comes to taking care of him.  I’m finding it hard to imagine going back to school at this point, but I’m hoping that the novelty of the baby will wear off a bit and I won’t constantly be battling to give him a little space or mediate fights about who gets to hold him!