Three and Me

I just barely posted about savoring moments and wanted to blog anyway today about having three children. I know I've been blogging more lately, and I hope you all feel free to skip anything that bores you. I just wanted to journal a little bit about this transition.Three kids! How did we even get here? I love being a mother and love all of my children. I was really curious about how the transition to three kids would be and pictured myself blogging about it a week or two after Maisy was born. I guess I pictured myself doing that before all of the complications. For the first six weeks I hardly felt like I had three kids. Yes, I was going to the hospital daily. Yes, I was spending time with Gracie and Gunner, but I was never (or hardly ever with three kids all at once).

I guess the most surprising thing about having three kids for me has been how different it has all gone than I expected. Maisy is over 2 months (10 weeks on Thursday) and I have still not had to venture out by myself with all 3 kids. Maisy has been home for one month this week.Being quarantined has taken away any expectations I might have had for myself of still making it to play groups, doing singing time, handling 3 kids at church, or braving the grocery store. Having a winter baby also helps me feel more content to stay at home. Especially when it is too cold or too snowy to venture out anyway.

In addition, Maisy seems to be a little calmer than the average baby, probably because her heart wears her out. In short, I feel that my opinion of 3 kids not being such a hard transition could be attributed to all of these other factors. I like having three kids and am interested and terrified to see how it goes at church, the grocery store, and anywhere else. I'm also interested to see how bedtime, naptime, mealtime and other times go when I don't have Justin around helping me so much. Today is day 1 by myself though and it has gone pretty well. My two hardest chores seem to be pumping and getting laundry done. The older kids are playing well and Maisy is watching me blog.

I guess what I should have said from the beginning about having three kids is- ask me again when I have to load them all in the car and go somewhere. For now, I'll spend my days reading stories, practicing letter writing, blowing up balloons, trying to get more smiles and hope for the first belly laugh :)