Janaury - the rest of it

If you will notice the way the last two entries are dated you might get a feel for the way our lives are playing out right now. Slow motion on January 7th, and since then, you might as well roll all the days up into one entry because they all kind of feel like the same day….

Tucker has been home for two weeks. I spend an hour every three feeding him (he’s a lazy eater!), and the other two hours I spend making food, cleaning up food, or wiping one of three bottoms that require a Mommy’s help to get completely clean. And at night I sleep between feedings, once Tucker stops making noises and I poke Freeman to stop snoring.

Freeman took another week after Tucker’s birth to really shake the flu completely, then the kids came down with something, and I was diagnosed with strep throat 3 days ago, and have a migraine that comes and goes that I can’t completely shake. We are all trying to get over some illness or other and are all rather sleep deprived. Freeman is in the busiest week of the year at work, and is putting in 12+ hr days. I am ignoring my moldy toilets, my goal is keep us fed and in clean underwear. Other than that, I have no goals at present. Ambitious, aren’t I?

Surprisingly, we’re doing ok. Just another day in paradise, right? Freeman digs in and cleans/cooks/wipes bottoms when he is home. I do what I can between the all-time-consuming infant feedings, and you know, life is pretty good. I’ll take the moldly toilets, sore throats, migraines, and poopy bottoms if it means I get to be with this family that I love so much. We have 3 healthy children. We have a sweet, perfect, fresh-from-heaven love in our home. This phase will pass, and with it will go the sweetness of a new infant, so I won’t wish it away too quickly.

I should record how grateful I am for the help of extended family as well. Mom and Dad Linton had the kids for the two days we were in the hospital, and Mom has taken them since when I’ve needed to take Tucker to the doctor, etc. Teresa took them for a day, and Kristi did too. Thank goodness for family! The ward brought meals for the first week I was home, thank goodness for the church family, who we don’t even know, but have still been supportive!

We also enjoyed a visit from Grandma Janet a week ago. She came for a long weekend. The kids absolutely loved having her here, and she was so good to play with and read to them. We loved having her and were grateful for her help!