Settling in as a Family of Four

Moriah is almost 4 weeks old...its time for an update!

How do I describe the last few weeks...challenging. Wow, I feel like having 2 kids is MORE than twice the work of having one! We are adjusting well though, and getting into a really great routine. Moriah sleeps all night, except for waking to eat once around 3am. She eats and naps well for the most part during the day, and is generally happy when she's awake. I can tell she's growing, but probably not as fast as Shadrach did. She still fits into 3 month sized clothes, whereas he was in 6 month size when he was 1 month old. :-)

Shadrach is a GREAT big brother!

This is one of my favorite pictures, he likes to hold Moriah's hand while we're driving. One of the things I was a little worried about was if he'd bug her in the back seat when I was driving and couldn't do anything about it...but he takes good care of her. He actually is always very gentle, and loves to give her hugs and kisses. He is adjusting pretty well in all aspects. He doesn't seem to be jealous at all when I'm with her, which I was also a little worried about. The first couple of weeks he seemed to misbehave a little more often than normal but the past week has been much better. And I know that is to be expected, his life has just change dramatically!

I am feeling good, and getting a decent amount of rest. I am healing very well, although I am probably doing more than I should physically. I don't have a choice but to pick up my 40lb 2 yr. old once in a while even though that's a no-no. Mark has been working A LOT so I'm home by myself quite a bit. Honostly, the hardest part is making sure Shadrach gets to play outside a decent amount every day. It would be so easy just to let him watch TV and play inside all day. Actually, that kind of happened yesterday :-) But thankfully Moriah likes to be in the baby carrier, so I can put her in that and walk with Shadrach to the playground. He loves to just run around and climb!

Here are a few more pictures to bring you up to speed!

About 3 days before Moriah was born:

Moriah taking her first bath!

Phototherapy for Jaundice.

First family picture!

First bath at home.

It's a Girl!!

Baby Moriah Joy Salazar was born yesterday, August 4th @ 1:41pm. She was 8 lb, 11 ounces and 20 1/4 inches long! Big baby but not quite as big as Shadrach. Good thing she has an older and bigger brother to keep an eye out while daddy bulks up and shines hit shotgun!

Prayer Requests

Please keep Moriah in your prayers. She seems to be perfectly healthy except they think she may have some jondice (spelling?). We will find out later today if they have to put her under the uv rays/photo booth thing. I guess she has a moderate amount of jondice and they are waiting to see if it increases or decreases to see if she needs any kind of treatment or not.

Also pray for Kristi, she had a c-section! She is recoving well and we plan on going home Thursday together as a family.

For Shadrach, that adjustments would go well as far as adding a new member to the family. SO far he is doing really well and seems to like his new sister!

For myself, that I would get some rest and some work done for this weekend @ Cross Church!

Thank you guys so much for all your prayers!!!

In His Mighty Grip,

Mark

Prayer Request!

Family & Friends,

I have a prayer request for you all. Kristi is going to Scripps Mercy hospital at 11:00 am Monday, August 4th. At 1pm the c-section will begin and Baby Moriah will be born. Please pray for a healthy baby, Kristi's health and for Shadrach as he will meet his Baby Moriah for the first time! As soon as I get pic's and able to get to a computer I will post them as well as give you an update. Thank you so much, I thank you in advance for your prayers.

In His Mighty Grip,
Mark C. Salazar
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