little moments

Yesterday Josh was working with his brother Samuel on my sisters car.  The boys got to go outside periodically & check on the guys' progress.

Then at lunch Logan asked Jack, "You wanna be on my team?"

Jack said, "Yeah, okay."

Logan said, "Okay. We'll work on my garage first.  Then we'll work on your garage. Is that a good plan?"

Jack agreed that he thought that was a good plan.

I thought it was so cute that they saw their daddy & uncle working together (as a "team") and wanted to do the same.

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On the drive to my mom's house last night Logan realized he had forgotten to get himself a ball to shoot hoops with.  He told me and Jack interrupted us saying, "It's okay, Logan. I will share with you."

Such a proud mommy moment!

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Logan has a new imaginary friend, Bi-bo, or Bible. I can't really tell what he's saying, but he talks about Bi-bo all the time. He said that he and Bi-bo go teaching together, and that Bi-bo lives at a house, and sometimes Bi-bo comes over or goes to Nanny's house.  I can't figure out if he really is an imaginary friend, or if he's a character from some TV show... Either way it's been fun to hear Logan making up facts about his new friend.

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Another "mommy of three" moment:

Yesterday I went to make the kids' sandwiches for lunch and couldn't find the jam in the fridge. I knew we had a brand new one cause I had used it the day before.  When I went to get the peanut butter, there sat the opened jam... in the cupboard.  Josh assured me it wouldn't kill the kids to eat un-refrigerated jam, so we had sandwiches anyway.

This time I remembered to put it back where it belonged!

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As you can probably see, today I did a blogging marathon- four or five posts- which is rare for me. I usually like to do one each day, ration them out, sort of.  But we are going to be out of town, so I wanted to be caught up, and also, lately, once the boys are in bed, I just want to lay on the couch & hold my baby.  Last night that's all I did. For three hours. Josh brought me dinner and I ate, fed Wyatt and cuddled him endlessly.  So if my blogging takes a bit of a backseat, don't worry. I am just on my sofa, snuggling my newborn!

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Yesterday was my first time since Wyatt was born that I went to the store with all three kids by myself.  It was really good for my morale.  I worry so much about once Josh is gone, so yesterday's experience was good for my psyche. I can do this!

We went to Target and I wore Wyatt in my {fabulous} baby sling that Kori loaned me, and I put Jack in the front of the cart and Logan in the back.  The boys were really good sports about being in the cart and once I got them their snacks, they were angels. Seriously. I was able to go about my shopping with no fighting, and even stopped at the Target "cafe" to feed Wyatt for twenty minutes and the boys were perfect.

I enjoy shopping with them because they have so many questions.  Sometimes the questions make me crazy, but I also know that's how they get so smart, so I spent my morning answering a bajillion three year old questions.  (Granted, this was a minimal shopping list day -just a handful of things, but I was really happy that I was able to enjoy myself.)

Obviously to get them in the cart, I had to lift them up, which I don't know if I should be doing only 3 1/2 weeks postpartum, but I am having zero incision pain, and my stomach feels really strong, so I went for it.  And today I woke up feeling fine, so I must be on the road to recovery! Thank goodness!

The only thing about shopping with all three kids is the crazy looks I get from other people.  I think that's something I will have to get used to!  And actually, that happens even when Josh is with me. We were at Fred Meyer the other day and this woman asked how old the boys were, and if they were indeed twins. I said they were three.  She said, "Oh my, you have your hands full." Then when we got up (we'd been eating donuts in the cafe) she noticed Wyatt in the sling and said, "Wow! Your hands really are full!  Will you have any more?"

I said, "Oh, yes."

She said, "Really? I never had kids.  You'll really have more?"

I said, "Yep.  It's already crazy. What's one more?!?" 

And we left.

People are so opinionated!  And what does it matter to them if we have more or not?  They aren't having to raise them!

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Today I was making lunch for them and Wyatt was crying & crying. But I had bacon & eggs on the stovetop, so I couldn't walk away.  Jack jumped down off the chair they were using to "help" me and said, "I'll check on Wyatt, mommy."

Then he marched purposefully into the living room where Wyatt was in his baby swing and proceeded to give him his binky and quiet him to sleep.  When the food was done, I walked into the living room to check on Wyatt myself and Jack told me, "Careful, mommy, Wyatt's sleeping." 

He is going to be my right hand man when Josh is gone and I need a helper.

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I'm sure there are a hundred more "little moments" that have happened the last few weeks, but my mind is not what it used to be (remember the jam?) so that's it for this post!