The New Normal...

Okay, so I got a lot of reassuring comments that things will return to a new kind of normal... Here's my new normal so far...
I nurse around the clock every one to two hours, while that's going on, my poor son is watching Baby Einstein. While I juggle trying to get two kids dressed and ready for the day, I am also cleaning up poopy blowouts from both children. I think I average about 14 diapers a day (I am pretty sure there's no question as to whether or not Mercedes is getting enough to eat!). If I can manage to get myself dressed by noon, I probably don't have my makeup on until right before Jon Mark gets home ( and let's be honest, that's if I ever do get it put on). By the time Jon Mark gets home, I'm so tired that all I want to do is go to bed, because I know that in two hours, I will be up for at least 45 minutes nursing.
That's how it's been recently, but I have to give a shout out to all of the people (especially family) that have helped me out so much. I couldn't have made it this far on my own. I know the above sounds like complaining, I'm really not complaining, Mercedes is an angel baby. She rarely cries so far. And Joshua is such a good big brother and big helper! It's just been an adjustment that I am slowly adjusting to. It does get easier each day. And the more I venture out of the house, the better I feel (even though it is twice as difficult to go anywhere). Needless to say, I wouldn't change my circumstances. I love being a wife and mother, and love that I get to stay home with my children. While it is a huge responsibility, it's an awesome/great/rewarding one as well. I think my sister, Vanessa, put it best... "having two children just kind of rocked my world as I knew it." Here are some more pictures of Mercedes.