just perfect...

of course i'm biased. but i think she's just perfect...
her ten toes...

five fingers on each hand...

and that pefect little face...

and i'm in disbelief she's TWO weeks old already!! it's crazy. evaleigh had her two week check yesterday. she was 9lbs 3ozs and 21 3/4 inches long. she's gained back 13ozs in the 10 days since she's been seen last. they want it to be at least an oz a day...so she's right on track. which also means nursing is going well. sometimes i get worried about if 'they're getting what they need'. the weight gain clearly shows she IS!

i have to say...she's been the most perfect newborn. she has gotten up between 3-4 every night to eat. and that's IT! last week one night she slept til 6!! so i've been getting a TON of sleep. which is so very helpful to me during the day when i need to function and take care of five kiddos. and taking care of five...has been...so far...no different than four. only thing that has changed is every 2-4 hours i have to stop and feed evaleigh. she eats somewhere between 2-4 hours during the day. usually 2 1/2. which is fine. especially when she sleeps so well at night! she's my biggest spitter though. all the kids have progressively gotten worse at spitting up. but it's manageable. and nothing TOO serious.

anyways. last week i pretty much stayed at home all week. that was nice. but by the weekend i was going a little stir-crazy. so we took the kids to a park on saturday night. only for a bit because shaun got called into work. he had an AWFUL week at work last week. he normally doesn't get called in during the week much at all. last week he was called in twice. once at 2AM and the other time at 8PM. not the best times in the world, but oh well. i guess. the stinky part is that he doesn't get paid 'more' for being called in. he just gets called in and that's that. because it was his weekend to work he also is on call the entire weekend. normally he gets called in maybe once. this weekend he was called in both days. so he had a long weekend too. and was feeling really drained by sunday night. only to start all over again this week. we are both looking forward to his weekend off this week!! i'm so thankful for him and how hard he works to support our family. and thankful he has a job. i remind him that he truly works for God and no one else. that helps BOTH of us keep it in perspective. :0)

the rest of the kiddos are adjusting great to the baby. dustin points to her all the time and says "BABY!!" all excited. caitlyn likes to make sure everything is just 'right' for her. blanket. nuk. etc. amelya and breigh need to be reminded to PLAY because they want to hold her. it's so much fun!! i love it. it's hard to remember what it was like without her around. :)

as for me. my back is still hurting. i've been going to the chiropractor and she said my lower back/tailbone/sacrum is all very tender yet. so hopefully that heals up soon. some days are worse than others. but it'll get better eventually. my carpal tunnel is also getting better. my hands still fall asleep at night, but the pain is at a minimum. and i'm thankful for that. hopefully within a few weeks that will be gone as well. i stepped on the scale the other day. i was 182. i was 210 at delivery. so i think 28 pounds down in 2 weeks is pretty decent. i started out at 177 before getting pregnant. so technically only five pounds and i'll be down to 'pre-pregnancy'. we just won't talk about how i want to lose 35-40 more after that. :0) plus i'm not starting anything til after six weeks. i want to heal and seriously...it's not that big of a deal to me. shaun and i plan on doing the wii fit together...and i am trying to talk him into doing the 30 day shred with me. i started it before i got pregnant last year...and it worked well for me in the two weeks i did it. we'll see what happens!!

so yeah, that's what's going on here. it's taken me mulitiple times at the computer to post this. so i'm going to quit now. i'll try and hop by your blogs later!!