first day of school, first bath, and other motherly ramblings

today was the first day of school. i'm pretty certain i was more excited than the boys, lol. the morning could not have gone any smoother, it was just perfect.














zach, my sweet zach, i can't believe he's in preK. that little dude walked in the front door and immediately dropped my hand, walked right into his classroom like he'd been there for ages, saw what the teacher told the other kids to do with their bags and just did it, without prompting, and then went right over and sat down like he'd been in this routine for years. it was sooooo bittersweet. last night he told my dad "i hope they show me where the lunchroom is". that kid, always worried about where his next meal is coming from, as if....




















jacob, my shy one. he didn't really want me to leave, but i also think he didn't want me to know he didn't. so i kissed him and told him i'd pick him up first, that seemed to put him at ease. last night he wanted to know if he'd have homework the first day.



















and neal, who is of course too big to be walked in, hopped right out and headed into fourth grade. saying hi to everyone. he's like a magnet, people gravitate to him and everyone knows him and he knows everyone - by name.




















so with only one child, i have time to get some stuff done. mikey made his first trip to target, he'll come to find this is a once or twice a week thing - at least. i really didn't want to have him out this soon but there are a few things i couldn't go another minute without, so we braved it. luckily no one wanted to touch him, the just smiled and commented and went away - like good strangers should. when we got home he had his first bath. yeah, he's not really a fan of being naked and wet. but he smells sooooo good now.


















then we nursed for the first time since being in the hospital and he latched like a champ. i think we'll nurse when the boys are at school and at night, when the house isn't so chaotic, and i'll pump and bottle feed the other times. i'm just very pleased that things are going so well this time. my milk is in, my nips don't hurt one single bit, and it all just seems to be falling right into place.
now, i'm taking advantage of the quite, to blog, then i'm off to sort the monster order of photos that just came in from kodak gallery. it'll be 1:50 before i know it and time to collect the masses.