Our First "Real" Week

We had our first "real" week as we tried to get back to reality with a new baby, John's return to work, and Aiden's continued progress with his leg.  Bear with me because we had lots of pictures from the week and lots of things I want to remember so I am posting them here.  

First off, Finn is doing very well.  He had his first pediatrician appointment early this week and he was already back to his birth weight and he had grown about an inch.  He is eating well and is overall an easy baby.  He eats about every 3-4 hours and gets up around twice each night, which is not too bad.  He is very tolerant of all the noise in our house as well as the well-meaning, but not so gentle hugs and kisses from his brothers.  Luke is by far the most interested in Finn.  He loves to hold him and help with just about anything I ask him to do.  

John returned to work for the first time in awhile.  His office has been very tolerant and accommodating of all that we have had going on.  He has worked quite a bit from home in order to help with Aiden while I was pregnant and then he was home for the first week with Finn.  This week was a bit of a learning process for me and for the boys since we are still mostly homebound and trying to figure out how to manage with a newborn and three boys that need to burn lots of energy on a daily basis.  The boys have been very tolerant of being home for nearly the last month, but I think we all miss some of our favorite activities.  To help with this, John took Luke, Liam, and Aiden to the Zoo over the weekend.  This is a smaller zoo in St. Paul where they also have several amusement park rides which the boys would probably rather do than see the animals.  They had a blast and it was good to get them out of the house for awhile.

Aiden surprised us this week when he started walking again!  This has been a much longer process than I think either John or I anticipated.  Aiden has been in a lot of physical pain and has dealt with a lot of fear from his fall.  After a month of rehabilitation, he took a few steps.  This really boosted his confidence and he has since started walking nearly everywhere now.  He walks with a significant limp right now and drags his left leg a little, but he is putting some weight on it and getting stronger.  He is willing to attempt almost anything at this point and has really been a trooper to keep working so hard and not get frustrated watching his two older brothers run around.

Lastly, Liam lost a tooth this week which isn't big news considering all the other things we had going on this week, BUT it was big BIG news for Liam.  After watching his twin brother lose two teeth, Liam was so excited to lose his first tooth and get a visit from the tooth fairy.  

All in all, it was a good week.  

Can you find Baby Finn??

Early morning with Daddy and the boys

New Shirts from Aunt Jennifer!!!  Super cute.  They also have numbers of the back as you will see below and the writing is in their favorite color.  Finn's shirt says "rookie" with a #4 on the back.

All four boys with the new shirts

At the Zoo.  The boys refer to the shirts as "jerseys" with the cool numbers!

Liam was super excited about getting his "Drivers License" after driving these little cars

Teacups with Liam and AJ

Aiden driving the cars

Teacups for everyone

Luke was more than excited that he was tall enough to ride the screaming dragon roller coaster!

Big Brother Luke

Liam and his first lost tooth!!

Sleeping Finn

Not everything went as planned this week.  This was one of many small mishaps.  While I was taking a shower to get ready for Finn's first pediatrician apt, the boys were supposed to be eating waffles.  Somehow, someone, dropped a full bottle of syrup on the floor and the top just happened to pop off and spill everywhere.  Not sure how this happened exactly and neither were the boys, of course.

Luke loves to hold his brother!