6 weeks?

Yep that is right I head in tomorrow for the 6 week check up. If all goes well I will be going back to work on Tuesday. I am not handling it well. I just promised myself I was on such a roll I would continue posting.

A more in depth post on my still exhaustive thought process dealing with this "work" thing tomorrow. Hopefully after I have had more than 4 hours of sleep in 2 days.

Thanks

*Shay B*

The mom of 2 boys and a girl dun dun dunnnnn.

I was reading a friends post at her blog the other day and I left a comment. It made me think. All the thinking about that one comment led me to this blog post. See Sarah who knew that a question blog post would turn into a comment and then into this? Yeah that is my thought process... still sure you want to read here?

She is the mommy to (soon to be) three gorgeous girls. I love her girls they make me smile. I don't know her middle daughter little Eva as well as I know Lily. Lily and Leanna are friends (sadly we don't see them often enough). Lily is Leanna's and I quote, "girliest girl friend". That is what Leanna calls most of her girl friends.

It reminds me that I am a mommy to a girl. That is a hard job for me. Really it is. I am not a "girls girl" I am that rough, tough tomboy type. I hate trying to pretend I understand "girl" stuff. I don't. Drama it frightens me. I worry about her middle school and high school years. I do truly. How in the world will I handle her? Raising a gentleman. I think I have a handle on "most" of that. Luckily I married one so he will be an amazing help.

My comment on Sarah's blog I believe was close to this...

I can handle blocking karate kicks and identifying bugs in mud holes better than I can painting nails and discussing the art of princess walks (yes that was a true discussion at our house about a week ago).

Pray for me okay? Better yet pray for Leanna. I want to raise her to realize she is a princess of the King. I want to raise her to have a compassion for other people, to have respect for herself, to want to be a mommy and a sister and a daughter. I want her to be good. Even more so than good I want her to be kind. I pray (most nights if I remember to pray before falling asleep that is) that she goes past the arena of goodness but acts on it in kindness.

The problem with all of that? I am not sure I know how. Here's hoping I am doing an okay job at it.

*Shay B*

Zoo Trip

Some friends and I got together last week and all took a trip to the zoo. It was a GORGEOUS day for it. We had sunshine and a nice breeze. All in all there were 5 adults (one aunt, three mommies and a meemaw) and 7 children. All 5 and under. Plus we were there from 10 am until 2:30pm. Crazy right?

Surprisingly minus some tears at the very end of the trip (it being nap or past nap time for most of the smaller ones)a great time was had by all. Good attitudes, great listening and lots of animals were out thanks to the pretty weather.

Here are some pictures of our fun day.

The non-stroller crowd. Left to right...Craig (3), Cadence (5), Hudson (3), Aubrey (3) and Leanna (5). The giant turtles were moving.

Clearly Nolan was overly impressed by our great Zoo!

Beth's oldest Cadence.

We spent some awesome time in the Herpetarium. All the kids love this place. Hudson truly loves him some creepy crawlies. Taking a peek at one of the pythons.

Hand Turkeys

Monday was a dreary, rainy and gray day. So I was trying to think of something to do today with my older two when I got Nolan laid down for a nap. I happened to call my friend Beth and she had been making hand turkeys with her girls and her nephew. I thought to myself well here we go.

Construction paper, glue sticks, scissors and some imagination and we made hand turkeys. Here are some pictures of our fun afternoon.

Leanna hard at work.

Hudson having fun with a glue stick.

Proudly displayed on the fridge.

The momma took some time and made one too.


All in all it was a fun time. A little crazy afterwards (hey this is my personal journal too) and some attitude issues cropped up. But that night when Daddy came home. They both ran to the fridge to show Daddy the hard work they had done and were so proud of. Guess what they said..."Daddy guess what? Even Mommy made one with us!" Taking time out from washing a dish or folding some laundry while Nolan slept? Sure it meant a little more time after they went to bed to finish up some stuff. But doing sitting down and having a good time WITH them more than made up for it.

Yes! They fit again...

I can't bet you all are thinking I know ... pre-pregnancy clothes. To that thought process I scoff and scowl all at the same time. I can only dream about that right now. Hopefully soon. No the items that are fitting again? Well it's these...

Siblings...

Leanna and Hudson for the most part still play really well together. I shouldn't complain to much. They drive me up a wall and they argue and they bicker and they hit and pinch and kick just as much as everyone else. With all things considered though, I have never seen another little brother play tea party or house for hours and I have never seen an older sister play monster truck smash for an afternoon.



This was a quieter day neither was feeling totally themselves. Snuggles and movie watching was on order for the day. However one day I promise pictures of the tea parties and the monster truck smash too!

*Shay*

Survival.

Twas a rough weekend. This is how I made it through. And yes my coffee mug is almost as big as my coffee pot.