1 Week Already?

Has it already been a week since Jacob was born? Hard to believe but it's true. He's already a week old. It seems like we just came home from the hospital. This one week definitely just flew by. I always hope that time will stand still or slow down just a bit, but when I look at Josh I am reminded of just how fast time goes by and gets away from you.

Life in the Kovar household this week has been a definite adjustment. We had forgotten how much work a newborn is, not mention throwing in a 7 year old's schedule as well. Josh seems to have handled the change okay for now. We've had to do some damage control. For instance, Josh's nickname is buddy. His Peepaw and Daddy both call him buddy or fishing buddy. Well, Brent made the mistake of calling Jacob buddy and Josh was very quick and firm to remind him that Buddy is HIS name. So we asked Josh what we could call Jacob. He said Chuncky Buddy was okay. So Jacob is now Chuncky Buddy - but I don't know if we'll keep that. We don't want to give Jacob a complex or anything. For those who don't know, the Chuncky comes from the fact that he weighed 10 pounds when he was born!
Josh also figured something wasn't right when he came into our bedroom and saw Daddy, Jacob, and Mommy all laying in bed with Jacob in the middle. He promptly grabbed his pillow and blanket and asked, "Where am I going to lay down?" Of course we made room for him too, and of course Josh had to lay next to Daddy.
Usually Josh just wants one of us to bring lunch to him at school but doesn't necessarily want us to stay but on the Monday after Jacob was born Josh not only wanted Daddy to bring him lunch, but to stay and eat with him and then watch him play on the playground after lunch. How could Brent refuse a lunch invitation like that?
I'm sure some of this will wear off in the next few weeks. Josh does enjoy holding him though and so far has asked at least twice a day if he can hold him. Unless Jacob's asleep we let him and Josh always looks so proud, especially when Jacob looks up at him.
Brent and I are having to adjust to the lack of sleep. I think that's the main issue for us. I can do fine with only a few hours of sleep, not saying I'm not cranky or anything, but I prefer my 8-9 hours and coffee to be at my very best. Poor Brent - he doesn't do well without sleep at all. He seems confused most of the time without sleep and for those of you who already know Brent, more confusion on his part is not what we need! Just kidding babe :)

Anyway, to sum up how this week has gone: lack of sleep, gas issues (Jacob of course), nickname issues, house is a wreck, working on schedules, and lots of TLC for the two beautiful and wonderful boys that God has blessed us with.