April 29

Well, we've made it through two days and haven't broken Hays yet! Last night wasn't too horrible. He got cranked up around 1:45 because his tummy was hurting. I held him and bounced him for a while, but he still wasn't ready to be put down, so he slept in his swing until 3:30. Then he slept until around 7. All in all, not too bad, but we're tired! He had a busy day today. we had to go to the pediatrician and then the eye doctor. Everything was great at the pediatrician, but the eye doctor wasn't fun. Hays was awesome, but the exam part sucked- they have to hold his eyes open with metal clamps. It was pretty horrifying. I had to hold him while they did it, but I couldn't even look because it was too awful! Luckily, his eyes are fine and we won't have to do that again for 6 months. He was great all afternoon. He had a little crying jag tonight before bed because he was colicky, but we finally got him to sleep after a half hour or so. For the most part, he's a really good, laid back baby.
Will is doing pretty well today. He's had a couple of times where he's gotten very agitated, but they were able to settle him down. My dad went to see him and so did Matt's mom. I feel like the worst mom in the world since I haven't seen him in a few days and probably won't see him until this weekend. But I have to go to a "mother's lunch" at preschool with Mason on Thursday and we have to take Hays to the pediatric surgeon Friday so she can look at his hernia. And, quite frankly, Hays is too new and Mason is too wild to leave my poor mama alone with them all day tomorrow. Thank goodness we have plenty of family that's going to see Will. He'll know that he's loved, even if there's just not enough Mama to go around this week. Having three kids is tough, and it's just beginning!