Way too late

If anyone notices the time you'd see it's way too late for me to be awake. This seems to be a new thing for me though. I had been struggling with post-partum depression this time around and was put on an anti-depressant. The side effects of those things are crazy beyond belief. I am dealing with the insomnia. But, aside from helping with my depression, the medication has also relieved my daily migraines! That is exciting news for me. I'm just taking the good with the bad and hoping that, eventually, this lack of sleep issue will go away.
I have almost completely healed from my crazy ankle sprain. I still have a bit of tenderness and swelling, but overall, am feeling good. I really want to start working out but I need to let this ankle fully heal before doing so. I don't want to take any chances with hurting it again. Being laid up certainly wasn't easy with the wee ones and hopefully I won't have to go through that again, especially while Mike is away!
Mike seems to be healing quite well. he has a doctor appointment tomorrow to have the pins removed from his finger. he is wishing for the doctor to tell him he can return to duty immediately with no restrictions, but knows that's a long shot. He's planning on 2 more weeks of healing based on the initial recovery time he was told. I'll let you know how things go tomorrow for him.
Alden is sleeping through the night, mostly. Now that he is strictly on the bottle, he can do that a lot easier than when he was nursing or doing both. I still am sad that my body won't produce milk, but I know he is well fed and I don't have to worry about him lacking food. He sure is filling out. He is smiling and "talking: quite a bit and has even blown the occasional raspberry!
The girls are doing well too. Elly is making some awesome progress with her speech. She is consistently using 2-3 word sentences and is communicating with me a lot better. I feel like I can finally meet her needs and better care for her. Her SLP has a wonderful opportunity to work abroad for a year and we will miss her come the end of the month. I am a little nervous about how Elly will adjust, but am pretty sure those are strictly my worries, not hers. Elly has quite a bond with L, but I know Elly will do well with whomever replaces L. Ivie seems to be turning into quite the little lady right before my eyes. She continues to demonstrate her growing independence and that keeps me on my toes some times, and is very helpful at other times. It is amazing to me to see Alden and remember that was Ivie not too long ago and to look at Ivie and know Alden will be a little boy way too quickly.
I'm going to "hit the hay" and hope that I can nod off soon. All my wee ones will be up in a few hours and we'll have another fun day ahead of us.