For Thursday, October 30th
Well, I'm getting very little sleep these days, but I have a pretty good and very cute reason ;)
I'm so thankful today for:
1. My amazing husband. As if having a second baby didn't already make me feel more in love with him, he's been incredible in every possible way: he's done virtually all the cleaning and cooking; chasing after Carter; nearly all the diaper changes; and everything else you can imagine. He gets up in the morning and goes non-stop. I don't have to ask him to do anything either, he just does it. My wish for all the good, deserving women in the world is to have a husband half as good as mine.
2. Again, my cousin, Nicole. She came over and helped Jeff and I with the boys. Her being here allowed me to take a sitz bath, take a shower, and have an hour and a half long nap. It felt amazing to be clean AND have napped. It's the really, really, really little things, people! While she was here, she just went right ahead and cleaned the kitchen. No one asked her to; she just did it. How amazing is that?? Love you, Nin.
3. The health care system here. We are just so fortunate, truly. I went to the hospital, had a baby, stayed one night and I won't get a bill in the mail. THEN, the health region will send a public health nurse to my house to do as many home visits as we need two weeks postpartum. She came out Thursday, weighed Grayson, checked his heart rate, lungs, took his temp, and looked him over, and she also checked me over - blood pressure, temp, and a quick peak at my in-need-of-healing bottom end to see how I was doing. There was one thing that had me a little concerned on Thursday, and the nurse completely put my mind at ease about it. It just really is pretty amazing that a nurse will come to your home and check on you and your newborn, and I just feel so lucky to live in a place where that is the level of care I receive.
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