Right Now

Right now I am:

- fighting an almost 2yo back into bed. Over and over. And over. Seriously, I have lost count on how many times I have put him in bed. IT'S ALMOST 11PM!!!

- I'm exhausted

- in need of a shower.

- grateful for soccer tonight so the 3 big boys went to sleep nicely (well, when Isaac is too tired he fights it but Benjamin has given Isaac a run for his money in a lot of things and fighting bed is one of them).

- grateful for friends

- grateful for friends that are like family

- grateful for family

- grateful for Jill (I know she is family). She read books to the boys today. And put Benjamin down for a nap. Before i had to go get boys from school. And kept Luke when I went to get the big boys from school.

- missing Katie. 7:30 is so early for Ben to wake up, especially if I was up since 6:20 with the baby and then checked on the big boys to make sure they were up and going for school. And I have to load up the boys to go get a DC. And I'm making dinner. And we haven't played Pinochle since we beat Matt and Bryan.

- missing my mom. Sometimes you just need your mom. And I like having my mom around. Especially when I have a baby.

- missing my dad. Because I think my dad is great. And Bryan needs a buddy to go to home improvement stores with. We are a sight with our 5 boys and I am not a lot of help. And then to have help with the home improvements. And to watch sports with. I watch but it just isn't the same. And Bryan cooks when people come to watch sports with him.

- missing Matt. My boys want to swim tomorrow. That means I get to sit out there and watch them.

- okay. I'm missing family.

- apparently, I'm emotional. Must be needing sleep and having a toddler refuse it is frustrating and confusing.

- wishing I was eating ice cream. Butter crunch to be exact.

Busy but not really

I have been wanting to post about the new addition to our family for a month but I wanted to include photos.

And I want to blog about everything that has happened for the past month. But with photos.

So I will just blog about random things and hopefully I can will blog about Luke soon- he deserves his own blog post.

Soccer:
I enjoy it. I like the boys being a part of a team and learning to work together. I love cheering from the sidelines. I especially love how tired the boys are from running for an hour that they go right to sleep without a fight. I don't love the rush of eating dinner, getting to soccer practice, and then rushing through the bedtime routine. But one negative in all the positive, I'm sure I will be a soccer mom for a while.

Schedule or lack of:
I have forgotten how having a new baby messes up your schedule/routine. I mean, I remembered how you adjust but I forgot how hard it is for me. I feel like I'm a pretty easy-going person and I have recently learned that I like need a schedule. I forgot how I don't really go anywhere with a baby that takes me us away from the house for more than about an hour or 2. My sleep is even more ridiculous than usual. I forgot how much I like sleep. I am a little scared for summer and the lack of schedule that comes with it.

Grateful:
I am so grateful for family.
The family I was born into, so many came (and all my siblings wanted to come) to celebrate Adam's baptism and Luke's baby blessing.
And the not-so little family of boys I share with Bryan, those boys are pretty darn cute.
And my ward family. I don't like being the center of attention. I prefer to hide in the background, hide in Nursery. But us having a baby has brought some attention. In our ward the last baby born before Luke was 17mo. And no one is pregnant. And we had our 5th boy. And so many people have offered to help. Watch boys. Meals. Clean (!!!- I know crazy that I didn't take them up on it right?!). And just asking how things are going. And to look at him. It has been nice to have so many concerned about us, especially with our parents not an hour away anymore.


I don't really have anything that we have been "doing" or anywhere we have gone to report on. We are learning how to be a family of seven(!) and enjoying all the company we have had/have.