Home and adjusting

We are on our second full day at home. So far, we are doing well. Drake is still on the billirubin blanket for his jaundice. As of today, his levels were still going up, but it looks like he has quit losing weight. So, just like the four before him, hopefully the billi-blanket is on the way out! Dax has been having the most difficult time. He keeps coming over and asking mommy if her belly is sore and can she please have two more babies? (Shawn isn't happy about that!) He wants to help with the baby, but knows that he has to be careful and most of the time, he just looks very confused. One thing he isn't confused on is the pecking order of the house. The first night we were home, he announced, "I'm not the baby anymore! YAY!!!!" Delaney has gone from age 4 to 20 in a matter of days. She really wants to be the big girl--especially when the older two go to school. She wants to help in every possible way. However, she is still as coordinated as a four year old, and is constantly bumping into either mommy or the bassinet! Dawsyn spent the last few weeks before Drake was born saying that she didn't want a baby and this house didn't need a baby and she wasn't going to like this baby anyway and on and on and on... However, she must have forgotten all of this because she has spent the last few days holding Drake every free minute! She runs to him when she gets home from school, she insists on holding him every morning right up until it is time to leave for school and she keeps "smelling" him when she is gone and misses him. She is definitely the mom understudy in the house. Drew has taken to Drake just like all the others, he is very loving, tries to protect him, but acts like he is totally afraid that he is going to "break" him! Poor Drake has already had a baby-sitter. Drew had his 2nd grade music program last night at school. He even got to get up and read a poem. He did great and Mommy just didn't want to miss it, so Grandma Judy and Grandpa Carl babysat so Mommy could go to the program. It was the most uncomfortable hour in a hard metal chair, but the music teacher saved seats for us in the front row so I could get in and out easily. And, of course, it was certainly worth it! Tomorrow's challenge is the Lancaster Christmas parade. Dawsyn is riding her float and Delaney gets to march with her baton class. I am hoping to hobble to a spot long enough to watch the girls go by and then get back home! Thanks to everyone for the cards, emails, and all of the support. It means so much that number five is just as important to everyone as he is to us!