3.25.15 - Don & Merlene's visit

Don and Merlene came out last Thursday and left this afternoon. It was great having them here! Merlene made dinners every night, along with several breakfasts and lunches. She made Jack's favorite, tortellini, and also lasagna, Ahi tuna, and fajitas. All amazing. She made extra of some things and froze them so we could just defrost and have some real meals in between them leaving and the next friend or family coming to help. Very thoughtful.

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Don and Merlene also babysat a lot - they would come over around 7am to watch Clara so Jack and I could sleep more after getting up several times in the night. They'd also take Clara when I needed to tend to other things and Jack was working. Or when I just needed to nap. Hugely helpful. They also watched Clara so Jack and I could have a wonderful sushi date night.

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AND Merlene is particularly good at noticing what we need (even before I notice, in many cases) and just going out and getting it. She got us better tupperware, an ice container to hold all my frozen breast milk (#winning), a CD of 100 kids songs and a CD player to play it on, a crockpot, a large storage container to serve as ever-growing Clara's next "bassinet," and many other little things we really needed. AND Merlene helped with laundry and cleaning the whole time.

I mean they both just made things so easy around here--everything was taken care of so I was free to sleep and care for Clara and spend some time with Jack. Hopefully as I further recover from the C-section I'll have an easier time taking care of Clara when I'm on my own, but as I transition it's been such a relief to have help from family and friends. Jack and I are very supported and I feel so lucky.