I've forgotten how utterly exhausting this stage is. (3w4d)

But at least she seems to have ditched the middle of the night parties. (Thank the sweet Lord.) Here's how she looked after one of those all-nighters. She looked like I felt:

She did, however, tease us two nights in a row. One with two four-hour stretches and one with a five-hour, which felt like heaven. Two nights ago was every two hours, though she didn't really seem all that interested in eating. She'd nurse for a few minutes and then doze back off. Last night was every three hours, but with full feedings. I'm completely content nursing her around the clock as I'm already *ahem* below my pre-pregnancy weight (everything hasn't gone back into its proper place yet, but still ...). I do, however, prefer the three-hour cycles as opposed to the two-hour ones.

She went back to sleep a little while ago for her first nap of the day. So I decided to forgo my shower until after the next feeding so that we could get some homeschooling in. (Our first since August 18th!) Hayes flew through the math as usual and it dawned on me that I probably should have skipped over the first 20 lessons of math but I was worried that he'd miss out on some sort of foundational learning. I would be wrong. He could totally zoom through the next assessment (at lesson 30) but I looked through the worksheets and Saxon's introducing addition problems before then so I'll have to peek through and see which ones are really necessary.

I'm glad to have gotten some schooling done as it makes me feel productive. But skipping out on my shower means that grocery shopping is going to have to wait until later in the day. Plus we have dancing tonight ...

The good thing is that Lisa is bringing us dinner so that's one less thing I have to worry about. Man, I sure love all these dinners. It makes life insanely easier.

The other thing I have to do is prepare for Eleanor's Baptism this weekend. Her gown is pressed, thankfully, so there's nothing I need to do there. But we're now hosting the party afterward since Mom and E couldn't. And I've got a ton of stuff to get done around the house. I cleaned the kitchen cabinets last night so that's off the list. But I've got plenty to do otherwise, including weeding and re-mulching some of the gardens. Whoo boy.