While I'm trying not to wish these baby days away, I have to admit that I will be glad when we are past the days of endless nursing, interrupted sleep (if it's not one girl crying to be fed, it's the other one having night terrors!), and fussy crying. It's not that these last six weeks have been awful or anything; Caroline has been a pretty content baby. It's just that I much prefer a predictable sort of day. And we're not there yet.
I am really thankful, though, that Caroline has slept really well in the last few weeks. She even went 8 hours between feedings the last two nights. It's probably not an indicator that she'll consistently sleep through the night now since she's only just 6 weeks old, but I'm at least a little hopeful! Her sister did.
In any case, those predictable days will come, I know. I guess I'm just getting antsy about it because I see the beginning of school looming not to far into the future, and I'm wondering how I will manage it all. I know without a doubt that it will be in the Lord's strength and not my own!
We have been so blessed by so many who have helped us - from neighbors who watched the kids when we went to the hospital to my mom who came and did everything for us for a week to our church family who faithfully provided meals for us nearly every other day for five weeks - seriously! God has been so kind.
But suddenly I'm feeling like we're on our own. The meals are over, Mom isn't here, Stephen's got to work, and school will be starting. Life as usual resumes...only it's not quite "as usual" anymore with another little one in the house. Pray for us!
Thankfully, the Lord never takes a break or leaves off caring for us. Oh, that I would trust in His kind and wise care more each day!
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