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March 5, 2012 · 10:55 pm

6 weeks (#3!)

It is incredibly hard to believe that I am already writing this again.  In less than 40 weeks, we will be a family of five. I will again be sleep-deprived, overly-emotional, changing about 20 diapers a day (assuming we get the oldest potty trained by then!), and staring into the face of a third little blessing. I will be kissing little tiny fingers and toes and breathing in that wonderful fresh baby scent that only newborns have, from the top of  a tiny little round head.

 

 

How far along? 6 weeks, 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: 0
Maternity clothes? nope
Stretch marks? now that would be scary at this point
Sleep: I sleep all night, and then want to sleep all morning too. 🙂
Best moment this week: Sharing the news with our friends and family!
Movement: none
Food cravings: all things chicken
Gender: unknown
Labor Signs: nope
Belly Button in or out? still in
What I miss: caffeine!
What I am looking forward to: Our first doctor appointment
Weekly Wisdom: Don’t lie down on the couch with a toddler and drift off to sleep without making sure the toddler is asleep first. You will wake up to a destroyed living room.
Milestones: I made it a whole day without snapping like a crazy woman at anyone.
Other Pregnancy Symptoms: My psycho mood swings probably make my husband want to slap me.
Other memorable moments: Tonight on the way home, it was late and Lincoln was about to fall asleep in the car. He said, “I love you Mommy.” before he went to sleep though.

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· 10:35 pm

the icing on the cake

{This post was written a week ago, but I’m just now making it visible.}

When I chose joy as my word for this year, I had no idea how much joy God had in store for me. My boys are 2 and 1 now, and they truly are a joy. So often people look at me with pity in their eyes, but they don’t know just how much fun those two rotten boys are. Even today, refusing to nap (and mommy desperately needing a nap!), I can hear them in their room, laughing and talking to one another.

Children are a heritage from the LORD,
offspring a reward from him.
Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are children born in one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their opponents in court.
Psalm 127:3-5 (NIV)
Sunday evening our church had a baby dedication ceremony for 17 little ones, and our youngest was one of those. I was very excited going into the evening, as it was a different type of event than the tradition baby dedication ceremony. We were given homework to do prior to the event, and that night we got to share with our family our hopes and dreams for our sweet little boy. We were also informed that we only have 880 weekends until he turns 18.  That definitely put into perspective how short our time is with our children and the importance of parenting intentionally every single day. It also made me very thankful for the moments throughout the weekend I had stopped just to enjoy watching my little boys be little boys.
Moments like this one.
That’s The Boy, over 150 yards from our house, headed out on an adventure with a plastic hard hat on his little head and a screwdriver in his hand. He was completely unafraid and curious about whatever was ahead of him. (That’s also my husband and the goat headed out to get him because he refused to come back to the house when it was time to leave. 🙂
And later that evening the icing on the cake came…..
in the form of a little blue plus sign….
Yes, that’s right. Baby #3 will be arriving at our house at the end of October! Of course, most of you will already know that by the time this is posted.
How far along? 5 weeks, 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: 0
Maternity clothes? nope
Stretch marks? now that would be scary at this point
Sleep: It’s great, until about 4 a.m.
Best moment this week: Stanton’s wonderful baby dedication ceremony and finding out #3 will be arriving this Fall!
Movement: none
Food cravings: Ranch dressing! On carrots, potato chips, celery….
Gender: unknown
Labor Signs: nope
Belly Button in or out? still in
What I miss: nothing
What I am looking forward to: Sharing this great news with my family!
Weekly Wisdom: If it is going to get done,   I have to do it before 2 pm. I lose all energy and motivation then.
Milestones: I’ve made it almost a day without telling anyone. The husband didn’t do so well in that area. 🙂
Other Pregnancy Symptoms: My sense of smell has gone crazy. I tried to get a drink of water this morning, but I kept smelling fishy water in the glass.
Other memorable moments:
My sweet husband was so excited that he couldn’t keep it to himself. He told all the guys at work today.

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February 13, 2012 · 11:51 pm

Chapter 12 {or whatever number it gets assigned}

The events of today will someday take up an entire chapter in  a book.

5:40 am Wake up, get dressed, change the boys’ diapers, pour sippy cups, pack car

6:30 Leave hotel

6:56 Realize the road I am on is icy and getting worse with each turn I make; Turn around

7:15 Stop for gas

7:25 Leave town a different way

8:45 Arrive home, feed animals, refill sippy cups, leave home

9:00 Arrive at church for moms’ group, finish dressing Brother, put socks and shoes on the boys, get their bags together

9:15 Drop the boys’ off at their classes, go back out to the car to get my bag and put on a little make up

9:20 Finally arrive at moms’ group, eat breakfast, listen to devotional, do some yoga, visit with some other mommies for a bit

11:30 Pick up the kiddos, put them in the car, pull the car up to the door, run in and grab the 2 tons of bags we brought in and other stuff I accumulated at the meeting….it starts snowing

11:45 Arrive at my parents house, realize the stuff I intended to drop off is still at my house, oldest son starts crying for his Pawpaw, call Pawpaw, he comes outside to see the boys for a minute. Oldest son stops crying.

11:55 Head toward our house. Oldest son starts crying again at the end of the block.

12:15 Arrive home, both boys asleep. Take them inside. Oldest wakes up, demanding food.

Then the rest of the day passed by in a blur of feedings, laundry, cartoons, mountains of toys, messes, work emails, spilled cheerios, fighting/screaming toddlers, falling snow and sleet, kissed boo-boos, random power outages, burned dinner, phone calls interrupted by the screaming/fighting toddlers, dishes, bubble baths, and lots of other stuff I don’t even remember right now.

Now that I read all that, I don’t know that today was that much different than every other day at our house. I sure am exhausted though. Good night.

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