Bringing the sassy back.....

It has been a week since we  brought our little angel home.  Gracie's delivery went remarkably well, and I was able to come home without any heavy pain medicine....which is a blessing when you have three little boys waiting for you at home!  Those first few days I was so tired....I had forgotten what a sweet little newborn can take out of you.  We have had plenty of "girl time" at 2am...3am...4am...well, you get the idea ;)  No really, she is the perfect fit for our little family.  The boys can run by her  swing....yelling....bouncing balls.....playing Power Rangers....and she does not flinch!  And she has that intoxicating smell that only comes with a newborn.  Every woman reading this knows exactly what I am talking about.  They should bottle whatever that smell is and sell it....someone could make a killing!  I told Ryan....if Heaven has a smell.....it is whatever is all over a newborn.  

One of my bloggy friends asked me earlier in the week if I was back to my old feisty self yet.  My first response was...who me?  And my very next response was that I was so dang tired I could not fight my way out of a paper bag.  And then....it happened...earlier in the day he asked me to do something and......I rolled my eyes! Oh Gosh, it felt sooooo good!  I mean (in case he is reading this *wink*) I should not have done that.  But really, I felt a little bit of spunk start to seep its way into my veins....a little spring made its way back into my step....and Ryan swatted my bottom a few times.  All was right with the world again :)

So I guess my fears of a few months ago...that ttwd would crumble and die once the baby came....were completely silly and unfounded.  Granted, he started treating me like I was made of glass when we got home from the hospital.  At one point I was so exasperated with him I yelled (yes really), "Quit babying me!"  To which he responded that he was not babying me...he was taking care of me...and if I knew what was good for me....I would do as he asked. Sheesh!

Earlier today I was having some fun with him....you know....poking the bear with a stick....just to see if he had any HoHyness left in him.  He grabbed me in a big hug and looked down at me....and then I saw it....he slowly raised one eyebrow and gave me that look....and I heard my mischievous giggle slip out of my mouth.  I asked him if he was ready for me to bring back the sassy back...to which he responded:  Babe, that is not a question that you need to be asking me....that is a question you should be asking your bottom.  Question answered....sassy is back...and so is Mr. Bossypants!