Well, my husband is gone for training and will not return home until Tuesday. I have just finished dinner with my boys and put my daughter in her bouncer. The boys are watching a movie while I check up on some things online. It has been a very rowdy 2 weeks and this mom is ready for a break. After the movie, it will be the same as every other night, bath time for the boys while I feed her then read books, brush teeth, say prayers, pick out a night-night movie, and tuck them in. After all that, bathe the baby and get her off to bed so I can hopefully have at least an hour without kids.
Sounds so terrible, but when my husband has to leave for training, I’m fine for the first 10 days, but then I get upset and tired because taking care of 3 kids 24 hours a day alone is very exhausting, and requires a break every once in a while. I love them all dearly but I am so ready for my husband to get home and help out again. The good thing about the weekend is not getting up at 6 am and making breakfast, packing lunches, getting bookbags ready, and zipping out the door to catch the bus. Instead, it’s sleeping in till 8 and then making breakfast and relaxing with my kids. I love them so much.
I guess the real reason I feel the need to vent via blog is because it might not be 3 kids for long as I just took a pregnancy test this morning and much to my surprise, I saw 2 little pink lines. Crazy as it seems I have an 8 and 5-year-old as well as a 5-month-old baby. So a new baby is going to be a challenge. All my kids are a good 3 to 5 years apart in age, but if I am pregnant again, Olivia and this new baby will only be 1 year and a few months apart. So as soon as she gets over being a baby and moves into being a toddler, I will have another little one. There is something to be said about babies. I love them very much so. I forgot how much I missed having one as it has been 5 years. Now I remember and it’s not so bad. We did want 5 children before we were 30 so I guess if I am pregnant, we will have 7 years to have the last.
This is going to be a bright thing for us I can feel it.