It's funny how I have less time now to do things than I did while my wife was in the hospital. Granted, my stress level has decreased but what needs to be done has increased. For starters, she's trying to do WAY too much right now, and she gets tired very quickly. She keeps apologizing and telling me how guilty she feels because i'm still doing a lot of things, but I have to remind her that I don't mind, i'm happy she's home, and it's not a lot of effort on my part. I've been trying to leave her alone in regards of the things she wants to get done, but I know she can't finish them without help. Her big goal of the week was to get the house spotless and dust-free by Sunday afternoon, but so far she has only gotten a little bit of work done. Most of her free time is spent with Smurf 3, which is preferable, but then she gets upset because she hasn't been able to clean. I've stopped waiting and just started cleaning over the weekend, and i've already figured out when I could get stuff done around everyone's schedule. But I'm going to continue to support her efforts to do things at home, but I'm pushing for her to slow down and take breaks so she's not too worn out by dinner and can't do anything.
Smurf 3 is doing very well. He's up to 3 lbs., 1 oz and hasn't started bottle feeding yet. It looks good for him to gain weight quickly once he does start. I've been debating on whether to post pictures/videos of him, and I decided against it simply for privacy reasons.
I took Smurfs 1 and 2 to the pool today while their mom visited Smurf 3 at the hospital. Smurf 2 won't put her head underwater, and Smurf 1 won't stop jumping in from the side of the pool. If he could swim, he'd go off the diving board!! I thought it would be harder to keep track of both of them, but they did well following directions and staying near me so that I could help them if needed. It definitely wore them out to be at the pool for almost 2 hours. We'll probably do it again on Sunday morning.
Work is a pain as usual.
Sleep has been... elusive. Since I only can visit Smurf 3 after Smurfs 1 and 2 have gone to sleep and I've done some housework, I often don't see him until midnight. I get back home around 1:45, then i'm up until 3 or 4 doing stuff. I get back up around 8 or 9 and start my day. I feel like i'm getting less sleep, but apparently it's the same amount just at different times. However, I am feeling it around dinner time.
I realize how much more time I need to spend playing with my Smurfs. I spent 30 minutes last night wrestling with Smurf 1 and 2 hours in the pool with the both of them. They enjoyed it and wanted to do more stuff, which makes me feel as if I'm not giving them enough play time with me. I know I don't have much extra time to give, but I might increase the level of activity we do so that they can get out all that excess energy and I can feel as if they had quality time with me. One thing we did today was to vacuum out the car. For most kids this is boring, but I turn it into a treasure hunt (removing all toys and non-garbage stuff), then I give them a hand-held vacuum and direct them where to go. Afterwards, they get to beat up/shake out the floor mats, and then they sit in the car playing with the newly discovered old toys while I finish up all the extra cleaning. They seem to be willing to do whatever chore I need to get done, so I guess i'll have them help me weed out some areas tomorrow after swimming; they'll need to take a bath anyway so I might as well get some free labor!
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