All Things Supercinski

It is hard to believe that one month has already flown by since Speedy made his dramatic arrival into our family. He is such a sweet little guy, and we all love him so much. If any harm befalls him, it will likely be due to too many hugs and kisses from his brother and sister.

He spent the first part of this month working on his tan and clearing up his acne.

A LOT of time was spent like this:

He sleeps about 18-20 hours a day, eats a ton (I don’t count, but it probably more than 12-14 times a day), and is growing like a weed. At birth he was 7 pounds, 8 ounces and is now up to 10 pounds, 8 ounces and 22.25 inches long. He is in the 75th percentile for both.

We are starting to get some sweet smiles from him, which I just love.

He is pretty easy going unless he is in his car seat, and then it sounds like he is being tortured. He also does not sleep very long at night, the most we’ve gotten is 3.5 hours. He also wakes up very unhappily the majority of the time.

And suddenly, Sugar is gigantic!

We sure love him a lot, and I have enjoyed him the most of all of our newborns. I guess there aren’t so many surprises the third time around, and I have a better perspective about the difficult parts not lasting forever.

Thankfully, I grabbed the camera on our mad-dash rush to Austin before Sugar’s surgery. Here are some of my favorite pictures from that time.

This is right before her surgery on Monday midday. It was an agonizing morning of waiting for surgery to begin, and I cried a lot. I sure love this girl! (This is the last picture of me pregnant, too.)

This was on Wednesday after her surgery (no pics of Monday afternoon or Tuesday, those were rough days), and enjoying her first taste of popsicle, but she only wanted the orange and red parts.

Taking a ride in the wagon on Wednesday. Nana brought Sugar that baby with long hair and lots of outfits to change into for being so brave. It really helped! She took her first steps on Wednesday night.

Speedy was born on Thursday morning, and we were released from the hospital on Friday at one. We went to Sugar’s hospital for dinner and to celebrate my birthday with some cake. Sugar was eating pizza. Her yellow bracelet says “Fall Risk” on it. That cracked me up.

Bud getting some time with his little brother:

29. Motherwit – by Onnie Lee Logan – My friend April loaned me this book knowing I would enjoy it. This book is an oral telling of one of the last black “Granny” midwives of Alabama. It was fascinating. I had many dreams about my midwife coming over and boiling sheets in my yard.

30. Little Princes: One man’s promise to bring back the lost children of Nepal by Conor Grennan – My father-in-law recommended this book to me after seeing the author on television. I really enjoyed this book. I spent two adventurous months in Nepal in 2001, when the royal family of Nepal was murdered and the Maoist insurgency escalated. (The story of that summer ranks up there with giving birth in a hotel, I should tell you that one someday.) Anyway, this book was excellent and I couldn’t put it down. I loved reading more about a country that I have loved and prayed for for so many years, and my heart was broken about this side of child trafficking. Most trafficking stories are told of Nepalese girls trafficked into brothels in India, but this story is of hundreds of thousands of children trafficked from rural Nepal to avoid being taken into Maoist service. This book tells the amazing story of transformation of the author as he seeks to reunite these children with their families. I highly recommend it.

31. When You Rise Up: A covenantal approach to homeschooling by R.C. Sproul Jr. – Thomas picked this up from our church library. It was an encouraging reminder of our goals in homeschooling our children–not to raise little geniuses, but to guide our children to the Lord. It was a bit rambling at times, but it was pretty good. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

32. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum – I had this on my “to read” list, but I have no idea who recommended it to me. It was an interesting story, but a very difficult read. It tells the story of a woman discovering her mother’s history as a young German woman during the second world war and the events leading up to it. There was way too much violence (though I know that was what was going on at the time) and this book should have a strong R rating. I probably would not have finished it had I not only had it to read when I was at the hospital with Sugar. I’m not sure if I recommend it unless you can handle some really heavy material.