My Theme Song for Motherhood Today: 'I Will Survive'

"At first I was afraid....I was petrified!"

Haha... this is the song stuck in my head all day.

I love being a mom but it is HARD.

and I never want my blog to be sugar coated and saying it's all snuggles and giggles.

Although it's a lot of that......

It's also a lot of poopy diaper explosions... temper tantrums....

time outs... picky eaters and sick babies.

BUT...luckily God gives us grace to get through those hard days....

and our 3 kids give us lots of sweet moments.

LOTS and LOTS.

QUOTE OF THE YEAR:

three is exhausting....but awesomely exhausting.

It was love at first sight.

(I've almost stepped on this baby doll numerous times and had a panic moment

I was about to step on micah even though I knew he wasn't on the floor.)

Micah gets his fair share of snuggles in our house.

The other day I had some mommy and sophie time.

She helped me clean and pack up our old house and she was loving being my "big helper."

she vacuumed..and held open the garbage bag for me...

She hugged my leg and said "mama this is so fun

I love you so much I could just hug you and kiss you!"

I melted.

 micah is a cuddler.

Sometimes he doesn't want to nurse...

He'll just snuggle in with a smile.

Baby giggles make every day better.

He is my real-life cabbage patch doll.

One of the best parts of having a third baby is seeing my oldest, sophie, interact with him.

She is so interested in how he grows and what he is learning to do.

 Some days we stay in our pajamas for a long long time.

moe's kisses.

now I'm hungry.

I feel blessed beyond what I ever imagined for my life.

I also have been so tired I was nauseous.

haha. that's motherhood I suppose. :)

Trying to soak up this time of our life... and to look past the hard moments/hours/days and see the beautiful gift that these three are in my life. I remember drawing my "family" when I was little. I always was so wanting to be a mommy. I wanted to know what they would look like!

and now when I look at their faces I feel like I've always known them.