This is the first week I have been at home with the children by myself. It was not nearly as crazy as I had anticipated, but I am very relieved that it's Friday and Jonathan can be home the next few days! It helped tremendously that I have had such great help over the past few weeks. Micah is six weeks old now and changing a little every day. Things would be so different if it weren't for all the help we've received during the past month. We owe our MOMs a HUGE thanks for sacrificing their time to spend weeks with us here helping out with the kids and the daily grind. It was also great to have my wonderful hubby around while he took two weeks off from work. Even though we were all sharing a sinus infection during that time, we were also able to share some precious family time together. We haven't spent that much time together as a family in a very long time.
I've been trying to remember that although there are moments of absolute chaos, I will greatly miss this stage of our lives when it's gone. I'm not quite sure what I'll do when the kids are grown and independent. Well, that's not entirely true...I do know a few things I will do! I will sleep until I wake up on my own, shower until my hot water runs out, eat what I want without worrying about giving anyone else gas, rejoice over not having to buy boxes of diapers at WalMart, go on dates with my true love, and play tennis if I can still remember how! But then again, the house will be too quiet, too clean, and too empty. I praise God for the moments of mayhem to have all the great moments we share. For now, I will try to hold on to my husband's hand in one hand and my sanity in the other.
Tonight as I was tucking little Nathaniel under his Pooh Bear blanket I forgot all the difficult moments of the week when he looked up at me with with his big blue eyes and said, "Wuv you, Mommy!"
~Ashley
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