4 weeks old (almost!)

luci is 4 weeks old tomorrow!

and boy, has it been an interesting week. luci is still sick - she gets so stuffed up at night, and the saline is no longer effective. i feel so bad for her, but hopefully it will clear up on its own in the next day or two - i don't want to have to take her back to the hospital for more suctioning!

just when i thought things couldn't get more difficult, ian came down with the stomach flu. yesterday he was teaching at the school, and luci slept all day, so i managed to get a solid 8 hours of cleaning done. no kidding. laundry, floors, cleaning out the cupboards, going through the kids' clothing, etc etc. it seemed like it was going to be such a great day... and then ian came home sick. i quaranteened him in our bedroom. however, this meant that i had to care for the 5 kids by myself last night, which is difficult, especially when luci isn't feeling that great. and since she slept all day, she was pretty cranky from dinner-time on.

it was chaos! my friend crystal came for a visit, and it was great to have adult conversation again, even if it was with kids racing around us, shrieking!

after i got everyone in bed, luci and i hung out in the living room, watching tv (me) and eating (her). i decided that i had better sleep on the couch, so i brought her bassinett out here and settled in for the night.

not a great sleep. i've been up since 4:30, which is when luci started getting really stuffed up and miserable. so i'm pretty exhausted, which is probably why i agreed to let cohen stay home from school today. it's pouring rain (which i love) again, and getting all 3 girls out the door to drop him off and pick him up again in a few hours... well, that seems to be more than i'm willing to do today.

in other news - ian got a new tattoo this week. i love it - it is the cover of a leonard cohen album, in honour of cohen (the kids, not the musician). now it's my turn...i haven't even thought of what i'd like yet. no clue.







and, as usual, here are some pictures of little luci...



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ps - took the whole family to see kung fu panda on sunday - AMAZING movie. ian and i loved it. the kids liked it too! ;)