I caught a glimpse of the calendar this morning and remembered that today is er... was my due date! How weird... I thought for sure I'd still be pregnant (if I had decided against the induction on the 16th) by now, and even a few days after. Instead, Simon is a week old (and a day!) and we're settling into life with two children.

I spent part of this afternoon swapping out my maternity clothes for my regular clothes in the closet. It was like welcoming home old friends. Oh how I missed them. Some of them, I still can't wear, thanks to my temporary porn-star chest measurements... and I'm just in the last two days comfortably wearing my bigger size shorts and pants. But it feels SO good to say goodbye to the elastic and the panel pants. Whew. :)

Simon is more and more alert every day. He smiles at us (seems like it's for real, but yeah, yeah, it's probably gas) and reveals a dimple in each cheek. It's so darn cute. He's still eating well and sleeping well and just along for the ride in this crazy family.

Everyone keeps asking how Benjamin is doing with being a big brother.(And I do mean EVERYONE... even the lady at the deli counter in the grocery store.) I'm a little tired of answering the question because the fact is, he's doing GREAT with the baby. Doesn't seem to be annoyed with us holding him or giving him attention. He LOVES to hold his baby brother, talk to him and touch his little fingers and toes.

Tom and are making a huge effort to give Benjamin one-on-one special time with each of us, which I think hels. I've been giving him his bath at night, which he loves, and when I take a nap, he usually snuggles up with me and takes one too. Tom has been playing with him a ton and taking him outside a lot. None of this changes the fact that he is three years old, learning to be picky and opinionated, VERY whiny and on top of all that, he has HORRIBLE allergies and seems to feel pretty crappy most of the time lately. None of this seems to have anything to do with Simon being here though, so my answer to the original question is that he really is adjusting wonderfully.

I have some pictures to upload a little later... but for now? I'm off to go put the maternity clothes in the attic! Goodbye to them for another couple years, at least! :D