Homecoming

Our life as a family of 5 began in earnest when we arrived home with our precious bundles in tow.

All of a sudden we had to consider two lots of newborn routines simultaneously - nothing any of us was prepared for! I learnt "on the job" about trying to keep the babies in a routine, which included feeding them at the same time... which meant as soon as one of them woke we had to wake the other one. It was devastating to wake one sleeping baby, but oh, I regretted it when I didn't as the girls would operate in relay for the rest of the day and none of us had a minute's break!

***Oh good grief! I began this post almost a year ago... my, how things have changed. Will send updates soon... maybe.***

Mum and Dad loved their roles as grandparents and tried to get involved as much as possible - which often consisted of looking after Margaux and doing the nursery pick-ups and drop-offs. I think they quite enjoyed spending time with her and making sure she knew she was just as special as the babies.

I rested where possible, but very quickly realised any duties I didn't have to perform (which was almost everything) was quickly taken over by anyone else. 

Thomas took his two days or so of paternity leave and was back at work in the blink of an eye. Mum joined me for the night shifts, which was a blessing. Sometimes we would have them awake, fed and changed within an hour and a half, but that was a fairly infrequent occurrence...

I'll do a photo compilation for the next post (or more!) - I just want to get this into the blogosphere for now!