The Mixed-Up Adventures of the Merry Mederich's.

I have been back at work for almost three weeks now and life is super hectic and crazy.  With my new job comes a new set of customers and a different set of responsibilities.  I've been working longer hours and it's been a little tough to find the sweet spot of work-life balance.  I know that we are still in the adjustment period and things will get easier, but for now we are stretched pretty thin.  I am beyond grateful for my life partner and best friend, Justin.  He is the world's best stay-at-home dad, and our kids are blessed to be home with such a good man.  Speaking of kids, Brother Soren is three months old today.  What?!?  Is it possible that our little man is already a quarter of a year old?  Soren is smiling a bunch, especially when he wakes up in the morning.  Super cute gummy smiles.  He's starting to giggle when we tickle his neck and sometimes his tummy too.  He is starting to get intereste...

Testify:  to show that something is true or real : to give proof of something After giving birth to Soren I had the normal after-birthing baby pains.  I was sore.  I felt weak.  I thought, this too shall pass.  I started to feel better pretty fast, and I was so thankful for a rapid recovery.  Justin and I started going on walks with the kiddos and it was great, except for one thing:  lingering pain and pressure.  Sometimes I couldn't even stay standing up while holding Soren because the feeling of pain and pressure was too great. Okay, so this is pretty graphic, but after about four weeks of normal post-delivery bleeding and discharge I thought I was pretty much done when all of a sudden the blood returned.  Not cool.  One of the benefits of breastfeeding is that most of the time you don't get your period until after baby starts the weaning process.  Great, I must be the exception to the rule.  Boo!  However, I still h...

Via girl was 21 months yesterday.  Here's the happenings..... After we returned from our California trip Via was excessively moody and whiny.  It was terrible.  Like, she wanted to be held all the time and would scream and cry if we weren't "nuggling" her.  As I mentioned in my previous post, when we were out of town, and especially on the airplane, we allowed her to watch a lot of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.  It occurred to us that perhaps the excessive amount of media had gotten to her.  When we first introduced TV we did one show a day while I got dinner ready and Justin picked up the house.  After Soren was born we went to two shows a day.  One to keep her quiet when she first woke up and then the pre-dinner show as well.  In an effort to try to reclaim our sweet girl we decided to give Daniel Tiger a little break.  I can't tell you what a difference it has made!  Like seriously.  TV is the devil and Via can never watch ...