Doing so Little never Felt LIke so MUCH

Life has slowed down substantially. My to-do list on a typical day is 

-feed Eli (multiply this by 1 million, as it is pretty much all I do all day)

-Burp Eli

-Dress Eli

-Change Eli's diapers

-Shower

-Go to the bathroom

-Eat lunch

-Run 1 errand while Eli screams in the car (off and on)

These things look simple- and yet they literally take up my ENTIRE day. 

It doesn't FEEL slow, but when I get excited about accomplishing something, I look at that list and think…WOW, that does not sound NEARLY as impressive as it feels.

Life is different. 

Like Friday nights.

I spent this Friday night on the couch, feeding my child as he went through one of his marathon eating sessions. 

I forgot to eat dinner.

We were under NO illusion that we were going to do anything that night. 

Our "big plans" were to watch a Nw Girl episode we had recorded.

We forgot to do that too.

This kid- he is powerful.

We also started adding floor and tummy time to the mix before bed. 

 He tries his best- and lasts about a minute before he starts fussing too much.

I also spend lots of time taking multiple pictures of him when he does ANYTHING or wears ANYTHING I find to be remotely picture-worthy. Like when he reenacted awkward senior photo poses for me.

When I say that changing diapers is on my to-do list each day, I should be more honest. Rico is the primary diaper changer. In the first week of Eli's life I changed 1.5 diapers (I helped with one).

I've really upped my diaper count since then- especially this last week. 

Eli gives me PLENTY of opportunities to practice. 

Yesterday, he pooped 

THROUGH his diaper

THROUGH his onsie

and ONTO my jeans.

Crap.

(ha)

I decided that since I had to change him anyway, I was going to at least enjoy it. So I changed him into this get-up. 

Since the weekend came, we've spent a lot of time napping. A LOT of time.