3 kids in 4 years

The morning started by waking all three kids up to go to school. Let me just say how much it sucks to have to get up when everyone is still cozy and warm in their beds and make them get up! I found Anna with her underwear around her waist, that is with her whole body through a leg hole. Not sure how she managed to do that, but at least she still had her diaper and pajama pants still on! That girl never stops amazing me with the things she manages to do and get herself into. Today during music class she was climbing on my lap (with Sydney in the sling) and hung upside down and continued to flip backwards; meanwhile the class continues to sing the good morning song. Anna does her own thing, always has and something tells me she always will! As I type this she has taken the bowl out of her little potty and is standing in the hole.

I should knock on wood before I say this, but Sam has been excellent! He has been listening so well! A stranger actually came up to me in the store yesterday to tell me how good of a little boy he is and how you don't see that very often anymore. It made me feel good to hear from a stranger that "I am doing a good job!" It is the little things that you need to hear sometimes. We are starting to get into a routine and have a system down when we go places so the older two know the expectation and have been really good! I guess all we needed was to put a little structure back into out lives. Sam has also been asking us how to spell certain words and sounding out letter sounds! My little boy is growing up so fast! Too fast!

Sydney is talking and smiling like crazy! She is repeating "Ahh Goo" and "ohhhh" after me! She is becoming a little baby already, no longer an infant! She loves to watch the other kids now and will "talk" instead of cry to get our attention. She is struggling with taking the bottle a little, but she will take it when she is in the mood to take it, either that or she realizes she is just going to be hungry without it.

I came to several realizations over the past couple weeks, one being that I have had 3 children in 4 years! All of which have been natural drug free births. And I have been pregnant or nursing for all but 6 months over the past 5 years! These things made me stop and think about things and to stop being so hard on myself, give myself some credit, and to be proud of all that I have accomplished in the past 5 years. It doesn't make it any easier, but it does put things into perspective a little more when I thought about it. I watched "Kendra" last night. Now I must say that I had no interest in watching her show until this season when she had her baby and read that she could not lose weight even with working out post baby. Suddenly I have an interest in this woman because we have something in common, and something I could relate to. I sobbed as I watched her show because I felt her frustration and pain. You would think being the third time I could deal with all the emotions and changes from having a baby, but it is something that never gets easy. And I must say something I did not have to deal with after having Sam, my son. It feels good to have something in common with a playboy centerfold! What can I say, it is a journey. All I have to do is think, "3 kids in 4 years" and my attitude automatically changes.....for a little while anyway!