Stork'd This is what happens if you go Skinny Dipping during Adult Swim at the Gene Pool.

OMG. I cannot say how much I love my husband and children. Could life throw us any more fast curveballs? It all started when Peter was gearing up to leave for MN. My brother was out and things were a bit weird. I said something. He hasn't resonded. I  wasn't really expecting any.

Peter came home from MN sick and was thrust into a weekend trip this last weekend that was a nightmare. I think it was 12:30 Sunday night that he got home.

Monday am, I checked the bank and shit had hit the fan. Accounts were frozen, rent not cleared. I spent a large portion of the day trying to get it sorted out.Still waiting on things.

I've had a headache since Friday. Very bad since Saturday. Finn has been sleeping poorly so I haven't gotten much sleep, and am starting to feel like my body is breaking down. Massive gut pain, piercing throbbing earache and sore throat. Kids have been stuffy. Muscles are so tense they're pulling on my clavicle and makng that hurt a whole lot. It's all causing some depression. I've had a couple jags of crying. Can we restart end of July and request better results?

Egads, I didn't even update for Finn's 4 month check up. Well, I can do so now, since I have the follow-up news.

The kid is growing well. 15 pounds 5 oz at his check up, 24.5 inches long and looking healthy and more happy than when I saw her at the 2 month check up. Alas, he had a small heart murmur that we had to go see a cardiologist for.

Going out of town immediately after you get that kind of news is no fun. I sort of shut down from the intarwebs both because I knew I'd try to research it to death and I was super busy packing for 4 people for a week long trip. It took a lot of self restraint to keep myself from overreacting about the need for a cardiologist appointment and it was on my mind a lot. Almost three weeks later we had the appointment, today. The prognosis is good. They think it is merely a functional murmur and everything looks great with his heart..

I actually had an internal conversation with Finn where I had him tell me nothing was wrong and that there was nothing to worry about. I know it sounds silly, but it helped. I think the ultrasound gal looked at me a bit strangewhen I talked  to Finn about it while she was working.

I'm continuing to lose weight, but VERY slowly. I haven't kept up with weight watchers, but when I am mindful I can make it with the loss for the week. I have lost 20 pounds since I started almost 3 months ago. I am having more energy these days, which is good, without having to take a nap every afternoon, too!

Finn: Three and a half months old and we are finally getting a sleep schedule. At least for now (ie the past three days) Finn has gone to bed between 9:30-10, slept until 3:30 (or slept and woke and put himself back to sleep), had a bottle and slept until about 6:30-7. I can really feel the difference. He's still a bit cranky in the afternoons, but when I'm not ead on my feet, I can cope with  a little crying.  Weighed the boy last week and he was 14 pounds! He's working his 3-6 month clothes.  I totally love it.He's taking his mid-morning nap now so I get a chance to write and do other things I need or want to get done.

Ingrid: Geeze, she is getting so big. Compared to Finn she's a monster. Compared to most 2.75 year olds she's a monster. She's as big if not bigger than all the 3 year olds in her YMCA class. That's okay, we like Amazonian women in this household. She is thinking she is out of the nap game lately, but the day I decided to indulge her she passed out on her Backyardigans couch in the living room for 1.5 hours. She woke up a right crank, too. When she's in her room she usually sleeps from 2-3 hours. She's almost done with her Y class for the summer and I'm really looking forward to taking her over to the development pool for some splashing. I also hope that we can manage some playgroups with the Y kids this summer. We've already got 1 birthday party and a tentative playdate set up with  1 family.

Post-Partum: I've been working on taking off all this baby weight now that we're out of the baby making game. I can't say that it is easy, but it is easier than I expected it was going to be. I really like Weight Watchers, but I'd warn anyone that was going to use it that you do have to be diligent, though they give you room for error. I'm feeling much more awake having gotten a few nights of decent rest, though last night it was Peter that was keeping me awake at times, tossing and turning. I'm looking forward to summer, but not to the oppressing heat that comes along with it.