It’s been nearly four months since we welcomed our newest little addition. Bringing him home and watching him grow alongside his siblings has been one of the greatest joys of my life. And if I’m being totally honest? It feels very different than the first two times I had a baby. It almost feels… more…
Parenting is often just surviving one day at a time. Some days go surprisingly smoothly, and at the end of the day you can look around and think, “Wow. Everyone behaved, the house is relatively clean, and nobody cried.” Other days… by bedtime you’re seriously considering burning the place down instead of cleaning up the destruction…
We are now truly in the thick of summer vacation with four kids. Despite all the planning and the activities we’ve scheduled to keep the little ones busy, it’s mostly just beautifully chaotic around here. My poor partner works from home and is approximately three sibling arguments away from a nervous breakdown, I’m sure haha….
I’m sitting here at my computer this morning trying to figure out what to write. I want to write about nights with my baby because that’s what’s feeling heaviest right now. But honestly, my brain is a little mushy after my third night in a row of very broken sleep, and putting words together is…
