A typical Saturday...

Usually involves washing - there are so many more bodies to clothe right now, it's a full time job just to keep up. Of course on Saturday there are more hands to hold Nathaniel, giving me a little more time to iron. I love my washing space in the Kitchen. It's always full of washing and rarely looks as tidy as this, but the picture shows the ideal. I feel so blessed just to have this space, it's great.

I quite enjoy ironing. I love the smell and the look of clean freshly ironed clothes. It's a shame no one else quite appreciates their clothes being ironed. In fact thats not quite true, they appreciate it when they have nothing to wear and their drawers are empty!

Sweet little boy

This little boy is just so sweet, I could eat him up! However trying to get anything done round here is impossible. He wants to be carried around all day. I'm so glad a purchased a good baby carrier, or my back would be killing me. Today however, despite having him strapped to me all day, I've accomplished very little. I've been trying to work on the family budget for the month, but it's still not finished and I'll have to go and get the boys from school soon. Never mind. All is forgiven as soon as you look at that cute little face!

I guess I'm also a little crabby today, which is ridiculess because last night Nathaniel slept for the longest time ever - 11pm til 5am. I'm sure that as soon as you get a little more sleep, your body realises what you're missing and craves more. I'm not expecting this to be the start of sleeping through the night - though that would be lovely. We'll just wait and see.

My little boy

Well, here's the reason I haven't been blogging for a while. His name is Nathaniel Jason Robert Beale, and he is 5 weeks old. He was born just a day before his due date absolutely perfect timing! All went well with the birth - contractions started around 1am and he was born at 8:30am, just 45 minutes after arriving at the hospital. It could have so easily been a birth in the car, but luckily we just missed the morning rush hour traffic, and crossing my legs really helped.

Arriving that quickly meant no time for any pain relief, so I'm pretty impressed with myself. I noticed that Nathaniel was bright and alert the moment he was born, and was actually quite fussy. He definitely was going to let me know exactly what he thought and what he wanted - and actually still does!

So during the last five weeks we've been getting to know each other and trying to create a new family routine. Each day is different depending on the amount of sleep from the previous evening. Jason is currently taking the boys to school in the morning before going to work. Having two cars is really great right now, I love having a more relaxed morning. That doesn't mean I get to have a lie in, are you kidding? With 5 boys in the house (Dad and Jase included)? I literally work from 'son' up to 'son' down! But I couldn't be happier.

I miss blogging, scrap booking, and photography, so I'm going to make a little more time for those things. But I really do feel very fulfilled just washing, ironing, cleaning and running around looking after everyone else. Life is good!