Day which?

The phrase those of us who worked shifts and/or flew missions in the Air Force used to use to describe this feeling is "bleeding." As in, "man, I just got off a 20 hour and I am bleeeeedin' - gotta crash bad." My friends Hans and Rich have both told me I'll end up negotiating with Carmen for 10 minutes of sleep, here and there... and I can see why.
Even though I have a very long-standing dislike for staying in places other than my own, I'm so glad we were able to stay another day in the hospital. Several people (myself included) recommended that we take advantage of the nurses while we can, so last night we let them take Hunter for a few hours between midnight and 0300 or so... three hours of blissful rest, which I am sure will be difficult to come by in the next few days (weeks? yikes!). I know that the sleep deprivation we both underwent in survival school probably won't even hold a candle to what we're about to undergo. But I console myself with the knowledge that millions of people survive parenthood every day :)

Baby Hunter is taking a little nap right now (so is mom -- good!). Both of them have started to get the hang of this whole breastfeeding thing, which is making us all very happy. He had his circumcision this morning. Unlike some of my insane friends I didn't watch... not a chance. It was bad enough just knowing it was going to happen. He was so nice and peaceful and non-fussy when they brought him back, but Carmen still burst into tears. We've both become much more emotional. I'll admit that even before he was born I found myself getting teary-eyed during certain commercials/tv shows. It makes me wonder if there isn't *some* kind of hormonal change in guys, too. Triggered either by the state of mind, or in reaction to the woman's pheromones.
We took a few more pics last night and this morning -- I'm uploading them to flikr now, so by the time you read this they'll be available.
We get to go home today, yay! So much to do at home... but I'd like to get C & baby H down for another nap once we get there, and then putter around cleaning things... maybe run a couple errands that need to get done. I've had at least 4 cups of coffee once I decided I wasn't going to get much more rest this morning.
T-shirt slogan idea: "New Daddy: Cruisin' on Caffeine." Maybe that only seems amusing to me right now *because* of the sleep deprivation. I'll have to re-read it next year.

Anyways... check out the new pics if you are so inclined.