Dear Son,
When you grow up and notice that every time you talk people kinda take a step back from you… its not your fault.
You will have come by these socially awkward close talking tendencies quite naturally.
Blame your older sisters for your lack of personal space. Because they can’t seem to talk to you without their face literally centimeters from yours.
Waking or sleeping, car seat, or bassinet or bouncy seat or swing.
Divide and Conquer
That would be the name of the game lately at the circus.
I’ll take the youngest two to the grocery store while Scott takes the older ones with him to build the new to us play set. Or Scott takes the big 3 to the year end baseball ceremony while I stay home with the babe.
At this stage of the game, tag teaming has seemed crucial for surviving and for attempting to keep the household running somewhat smoothly.
Because I am used to the chaotic and crazy lifestyle I live, I sometimes forget how it can look to the outsider. It feels normal to me to walk down the street with a gaggle of kids surrounding me, fighting or singing or playing (or all of the above). And when I combine my circus life with that of my close friend (whose blog could also easily be called Life At The Circus as she has 4 boys ages 5, 4, 3 and 3 months) well the chaos only multiplies.
I hear his cries and stumble out of bed. Cradling my son in my arms I make my way down the hall and to the couch where I sit to nurse him. My eyes are burning, begging me to let them close again. Instead I grab my phone and start scrolling through face book trying to keep myself awake while my little guy eagerly chugs down on his 4 am meal.
Funny how time dulls the memory. It’s been 3 yrs since I’ve had a newborn around the house and it seems I forgot a few things, like….
How many diapers a newborn goes through…this little man seems to poop, all-the-time, already went through the two small packs of newborn diapers we had in less than a week. Thankfully I had bought a huge box of Swaddlers size 1-2 which he can technically fit in and which totally saved the day night when we ran out of the newborn sized diapers in the middle of the night.
This week we welcomed a new member to our family.
Our sweet baby boy was born this week…
weighing in at 8 lbs 14 oz and measuring 20” long.
It was love at first sight for all of us. We really can’t get enough of him, so it seems. I can’t wait to fill you in on the labor story and share the pictures from his fist visit with his big brother and sisters.
In an attempt to make oral reading more fun, I gave my son the option of picking any location in our house to do his reading time. He chose my closet.
Would not have been my first choice, but no worries, to the closet we went… I brought a pillow for me to sit on as the floor isn’t so comfy for this 9 mth pregnant momma. My son looked at me and said, “Hey, how come you aren’t sharing that pillow with me?
This weekend I was reminded of how a little care and attention can make one feel loved and cherished. They lathered me with love as they enthusiastically rubbed my legs and feet with lotion.
Then my son found a battery powered fan and eagerly cooled me down when our power went out on Saturday afternoon. (seriously, was I living the high life or what?)
On Sunday they woke me up with breakfast in bed and flowers.
Earlier, I alluded to the fact that my daughter finally got it after her first game of soccer. As the season has progressed, she has truly gotten it, indeed!
Here she is getting ready to steal the ball from the pack.
Hmmm… notice a little blocking going on here?
And she goes in for the score!
She did it! I love the look on her face after scoring another goal!
Tonight I was reminded of the value of hard work. For the past two years I’ve had the joy of teaching my son’s beginning catechism class at our church on Sun evenings. The kids are working through the The Shorter Catechism Questions, and by completion of level 3 the kids will have memorized all 150 questions and answers. My son was in the beginning class which covers questions 1-32. Last year he came really close to getting them all, but we didn’t quite get them all.