It's been almost 3 months since Jack was born, and today I just wanted to sit down and write a little about each of my kids, and a little about how life has been for us.
Thankfully adjusting to 3 kids has been relatively easy for me. Yes someone always needs you, you don't know where the time goes everyday, it takes 3 times as long to get everyone out of the house, so many diaper changes, feedings, tantrums, whining and fighting, and cleaning is never ending! It reminds me of this meme I saw going around facebook.
But Jack SLEEPS! He only waked up once a night to eat and goes right back to sleep. Getting a good nights sleep helps me out so much. So yes, even though having 3 kids under the age of 5 right now is exhausting, I'm more apt to handle it because he's such a good sleeper.
Kate is obsessed with Jack. She's always holding him and carrying him (heavily supervised of course) and playing with him. She is always making sure he is taken care of. "Mom did you feed him yet? Okay good." "Mom, Jack needs a diaper change." "Mom Jack is CRYING! You need to pick him up!"
Max loves him a lot too, but his interest in the baby is always very
short lived. He'll come and snuggle with him a little everyday, give
him and hug and a kiss, but then he's off to saving the world from bad
guys and monsters again.
Max is at such a fun age right now. He is a hilarious little boy. He loves all things boy. Cars, superheroes, Transformers, Power Rangers, fighting, making messes, he always has a sword in his hand, Ninja Turtles, legos, blocks and singing the songs of Frozen. Haha. Kate rounds him out a bit.
He is also very much TWO. Holy moly he can be a picky eater, whiner, and tantrum thrower. He is definitely the child that is testing my patience these days, but that's what he's supposed to be doing. He is two, and I love him for it.
I also tried to potty train him a little while ago. I tried for about a week and a half, but his utter lack of initiative made me throw in the towel. He never went by himself once, and I've got too many other things going on to keep putting on the potty every half hour. I'll try again after our Disney trip.
That's right we are going to DISNEYLAND at the end of this month. I'm so excited! We are actually going to be there on Kate's birthday, so that will make it even more fun! I can't wait! Kate has lots of princess dresses she can pick from to wear, and I just had to make her this Minnie Mouse dress!
I'm going to make the boys some cute shirts to go along with it, and hopefully I can find all the pieces to Max's old Mickey costume that he wore at the same age as Jack to Disney.
Kate and Max still sleep in the same bed. They are best friends. It's going to be interesting to see how their dynamic changes with a 3rd sibling and Kate going to Kindergarten at the end of July. I hope they remain close. Ack! A Kindergartener! I'm already emotional just thinking about it.
We sure love this cute little guy and all the changes he's brought into our family. I LOVE having a baby again. He is so so snuggly and I just hold him all the time. He's so squishy and chubby. He's only 2 months and already I have had to pull out all my 3-6 month and 6-9 month clothes. I love it!
I love my kids so much and every day I'm so grateful that they call me mom.
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