Bean is 8 Weeks and Life with Three

Baby Bean is 8 weeks old today.  He is still sleeping through the night.  He is smiling more and more.  He loves to be cuddled and kissed.  He has rolls on his legs and arms, but isn't chunky.... he is so long!  I can't wait for his 2 mo check up!  I know this kid has put on some serious weight since his last visit.

I really cannot believe he has been here for almost 2 months.  I wish I could press the pause button, because its going WAY too fast! 

I haven't done any more bottle feedings because nursing is going really well.  He nurses pretty fast for the most part.  He nurses A LOT.  He has the "evening" colicky thing like brother Peanut did and just wants to be held, so we're gonna talk to the doctor about that.  All he wants to do is nurse, which is why I think he sleeps all night.  He's stocking up for the evening.  It makes it very difficult to get anything done or to leave the house without him. 

Life with 3 isn't as difficult as I imagined, but in other ways its harder than I ever imagined.  The worst part of our day is when we get home from picking Bubbie up from school.  Baby Bean usually wants to eat.  Bubbie needs a snack, to get settled after coming home from school and down for rest time and usually Peanut has fallen asleep in the car on the way home from picking up Bubbie and he needs to be taken in the house and put down for rest, so its usually quite chaotic and LOUD!  Baby Bean doesn't CRY often... its usually just an annoying whine, but at 1 o'clock, you can be sure he has the full lungs cry going on!  The other part of the day that is most stressful is around 5 or 6 o'clock in the evening when Daddy STILL hasn't come home.  Usually dinner hasn't been started because Baby Bean is eating and the boys are WILD.  Now, when I say wild, that is probably the understatement of the CENTURY!  They are beyond controlling.  Last week the boys were being wild in the playroom while I was feeding the baby in the living room.  Within about 30 mins Peanut came into the living room with a bloody lip and a bloody nose..... all from their wild actions!  I could have lost my marbles!  Somedays Hubbie will come home and say - "You look like your avatar!"  Sadly, its usually JUST gotten that bad RIGHT before he walks in the door!  Before then and for the whole day, its been good, but I'm learning it just takes a few minutes for the whole day of good behavior and good things to come crashing down!  But, like I said the other day, it STILL hasn't gotten bad enough for me to wish my life away or for me to send Hubbie off to the doc to get fixed.  We have bad moments or bad hours and even a few bad days.

I am learning that with 3 kids -don't make too many plans.  I have also become much more grateful for the "good" days and the "family days" and not taking a day for granted.  I have learned to make the most of my days.  I may be kinda down some days and wishing that I could do something "more fun" that day other than laundry or feeding the baby AGAIN, but then I realize, if this was my last day with these boys, I would want them to remember our last day together as happy memories- of a mommy that cared and was focused on her task- to raise three beautiful boys to love and serve God.

So, life is good.  We are thankful for our beautiful life together and taking life one day at a time.