A glimpse into our lives...

Awww, so cute!

I just had to put this up for all to see. Of course, I did have to bribe Lorelei and Allan with candy to get them to agree to sit that close to one another and smile. But it brings a smile to my face when I see this candid (sort of) photo. When you have your own children you get to know all their expressions, I can see from this picture that Allan was saying "cheese", Lorelei was giving her nicest smile and poor little Charlie was wondering what was happening and was on the verge of going from fussing to crying. Oh my little loves!

It's Funny in Hindsight

 
A short story to keep you entertained this week.

I had my 6 wk postpartum checkup a couple weeks back and had to take all 3 kids to the appointment where Steve was to meet me and pick up the older two. I packed snacks and then had to wake Allan and Charlie from their naps (which I generally make it a point never to do) and load everyone in the car. All this takes a half-an-hour and I was worried I was going to be late. The whole 45 minute car ride has at least one of them is crying at a time. I finally arrive and call Steve to see where he is and he is having trouble getting out of work, which is 10 minutes away. So I decide I don't want to be late for the appointment so I will take everyone inside and check-in and he can come inside and get them.

While we are getting out of the car Lorelei dumps her whole snack on the floor. She starts crying and I brush it out of the van floor out onto the ground. I get Allan out and he comes around the side of the car and sees Lorelei's snack on the ground and starts crying really hard too. As I get Charlie out I am chanting at them, "Stay on the sidewalk, don't move there are cars." Then I smell that Charlie pooped. So we head into the Doctor's office with the older two crying. We got to one side of the room and they spot the toys and I am saying to them, "Don't touch any of the toys, we want to stay healthy." Allan of course has no self-control and is touching everything. Then I pick up a crying Charlie out of his car seat and realize he pooped through all his clothes all up his back. So I took them all to the side of the waiting room where there is a partition and proceeded to try and change his diaper on the floor. There was no way I could take them all into the bathroom with me and keep them from touching everything in sight.

So I was making quite a scene out in the waiting room and then I get called in by the nurse. Of course I asked her if I could have a moment and thankfully my husband showed up to take the older two. I was all flustered, but we made it into the exam room with Charlie in just a clean diaper.

The moral of the story is that motherhood is mostly guts and not glory!

Eggs - A Little Life Lesson

"Look Mom, look!" I heard Lorelei saying from out in the back yard.
I went to the door. "Look Mom, the Easter bunny must've left this."
All hurried and out of breath, hair blowing in the wind, she showed me a tiny blue egg.
"Oh honey, that isn't what you think it is."
"What?" she says and drops the little egg.
A little crackle noise sounds from below and a tiny yellow yolk emerges from the egg.
A tiny tear crosses her cheek.
"Mom, what is it?"
"It's not a candy egg honey, it is a little bird egg."
"That's a bird?"
"No, but it would have become a bird if the egg stayed in the nest with it's mother to keep it warm."
"Oh..." she says with a sad look on her face.