We're There Alright

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A MOM of 3 BOYS WHEN:

1. You have to use the doodle board to write down your to-do list.
2. You consider a 99c chai latte (decaf) at DD a splurge.
3. You leave the room to change your babies diaper and come back to find your 3 year old equipped with a bottle of elmers glue in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other and your 5 1/2 year old has set a trap with rope and the vacuum cleaner!
4. You use the bathroom as an "escape" to savor just a few minutes of peace and quiet only to realize you have yet to wash your face, brush your teeth, get dressed, do your hair or put your contacts in.
5. You can change a diaper, wrap it and make it in the trash without a single light on.
6. You realize your tea has been brewing for appx. 30 min.s
7. You have to decide between answering the front door, breaking up an argument between the 2 oldest, or letting lunch burn.
8. You realize it's dinner and this is the first time you've fed your kids vegetables.
9. You realize the best time to let the kids have chocolate is right after breakfast: because after lunch is too close to nap time and after dinner is too close to bed time.
10. You spend more time dressing your children than you do yourself.

ENJOY...because I am!

(and please feel free to add your own!)

Number 3 for # two

Today is Jack's big day.

He turns 3.

Fun, crazy, independent T.H.R.E.E.

Somebody's getting all grown up all too quickly!!!

{in the hospital with Jack. circa '06}

Hip-Hip...

HOORAY!!!

THREE CHEERS for Grandma Quinn who is flying in tomorrow for the week. One of the best parts of having a baby is a week long visit from my mom!

And what better timing. For what a week it has been!

-being without heat for a couple of days due to getting a new furnace.

-the mess that comes with getting a new furnace.

-no husband for a few days due to a complementary trip to BJU.

-the dishes and laundry and dusting that have found themselves quite at home here.

-at some point the ball pit came out this week. I guess at the moment I thought it was a good idea.

-somehow my newborn baby grew to be 11lbs. already???!!!???

All that said, a visit from my mom is quite welcome!

And, Carrie, I cannot at the moment comment on your question, "How are you adjusting to three?" I'll have to get back to you on that one...maybe in a few years! :)

But I DID watch a good movie the other night while John was away. I {heart} Louisa May Alcott and a movie based on her book, An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving just came out. It is completely in sync with Little Woman, but a different story line and perfect timing for the season. It is sweet and lovely. The perfect movie to watch with a cup of warm apple cider in your hand and a big blanket on your lap. (it's getting to be that time of year!) AND, if you have a redbox nearby...it's only a $1.00 luxury! Watch the trailer HERE.

:our (not so) little one:

"I will praise Thee;

for I am fearfully

and wonderfully made:

marvellous are Thy works;

and that my soul knoweth right well."

Psalm 139:14

[Caiden, 3weeks old]

[so, who will he look like?]

[sweet little fingers I could just eat up]

[caid: "yeah, this is pretty much my life!"]



[hope I'm handsome like my daddy!]

[my "makeshift" bath mommy made. i actually love it]

CAID-1 week young

{It's funny. He doesn't seem that "roly-poly" to me. But then I look at the pictures and it always surprises me. Maybe it's because I spend most of my time appx. 6 inches away from his face.}

{His sweet little acorn hat knit by his aunt amber. This was actually Jack's that I pulled out. I just love it for our little fall baby!}

{pure sweetness}

{alert}

{HAPPY 1 WEEK OLD}

"May you be blessed with a child

who is full of grace and merriment,

and endowed with the countenance

of its lovely mother."

-J. Karon

{I don't know about that last part; we think he's going to look like his daddy}

happenings these days...

{MY 30th BIRTHDAY}

{Lots of Lovin' & Interest in little Caiden}

{first day HOME with the 3 boys}

:though John was just downstairs working; my mother-n-law took the boys during the first couple of days we were home from the hospital:

{that CIRCLE MOBILE I made}

:so I put it all together just in time...and realized it was a bit off balance. grrr. so it is hanging in the bay window awaiting its demise! though it's a perfect spot for it right now. Caiden loves looking up at it during his wakeful time. pictures of finished mobile to come:

PROVISION

With a new baby, comes lots & lots of extras. Along side the diapers, through the night feedings, spit-up, lots of little loads of laundry come the reminder that when there is a need, the Lord uses the people in our lives to step in and fill the gap. And having a baby around these parts is always a reminder of that. These are just a few snapshots of our special provisions---gifts of love that nourish the soul, spirit and body. THANK YOU everyone, whether a meal, flowers, yummy food, special gift for Caiden or just a phone call. We are very blessed.