Brad took these pictures of Eli and Phoebe "watching" TV this morning. I'm not sure how much Phoebe was really getting out of the Today Show, but Eli seemed to be interested. Can you tell how much he loves his baby sister?

Many of you have asked how Eli is handling all of this. It's hard to know because we don't know how much of his behavior is due to having a new sister or how much is due to my hospital stay and recovery. Of course, the first week my hospital stay was very hard on him. He was staying with my parents in Red Oak (which was a great place for him), but he couldn't come up the hospital to see Mom and Dad was busy taking care of Mom. My parents say that during that time he was always "extreme." When he was happy, he was so giddy he was running in circles, or he was so upset that he couldn't do anything except sob, or he was so angry that he could only scream and pitch a fit. Luckily, by the time I was in a real room at the hospital some of that had dissipated. We still have a moments that are like that, but it is getting better. Being at home has helped quite a bit and I see more and more of my well-adjusted, sweet, head-strong little boy. I worry that he is growing up in ways that I am not ready for because I can't do as much for him as I would like. Because things were so crazy there for awhile, we let a lot of behavior slide that we normally wouldn't. It's hard to get back to disciplining when you still just want to cuddle him up and "make him happy." If you wondering what I need prayers for specifically, please pray that I can be the kind of mom Eli needs right now to get us through these next few weeks.

On a side note, as I was writing this blog, Brad arrived home from his first softball game of the season having to be helped into the house by a friend of ours. Apparently, in the third inning, he fell and did something "bad" to his knee. (He had surgery on the the disc in his knee during his Sr. year at ACU and it is in the same place.) He has an appointment with an orthopedic Dr. tomorrow morning who is a friend of his and told him over the phone that it sounded like he did something to his knee. So, for tonight Brad is out of commission. When it rains, it pours! :)