I'm back!

First of all, thank you all so much for your love and support after my last blog. It was really hard in the beginning with 3 kids under 3 years old. I still have those rough moments where I wonder how I'm going to make it through the day without losing my sanity. But God is good and I am learning how to rely on him to be the best mother I can.

I'm starting to get the hang of this new life with 3 kids. Levi is now 2 months.. almost 2 and half months old. He's smiling all the time (Jordan calls him Mr. Smiler which always causes Levi to grin really big) and he's starting to coo! It's adorable! He's taking 3 naps a day which allows me plenty of time to spend with the older kids and a nap or alone time in the afternoon. However, he's still not sleeping through the night, he still gets up about 2 or 3 times to eat.

Jayden is completely in LOVE with Levi. He constantly comes up and kisses him and talks to him or gets him a car to "play" with. Lately he's been asking if Levi can sleep in his room with him. I think Jayden is ready to kick Gabriella out! Gabri is adjusting okay. She is definitely getting into the two year old phase.. if you know what I mean.. So we're having to teach her to obey and to what is okay and what's not okay. She is just as obsessed with Spider Man as Jayden is.  I think they'd watch it all day long if I'd let them.

I've trying to do preschool activities with the big kids. Some of things we've done are:

Putting pipe cleaners through colander

Picking up cotton balls with tweezers

Painting with peach pits

Somethings I want to do with the kids are:

Screwing bolts on to a screw

Rainbow pasta noodle necklaces

There are tons of things I've founded on pinterest.com and some blogs I follow.


While searching my local rec. center's website I found that they have a class for 3-4 year olds to help prepare them for preschool. It's only $24 for 6 weeks and Jayden will go twice a week for one hour each day. I can't wait to enroll him!

This past week I did something I haven't done in over 2 months.. I READ AN ENTIRE BOOK!! I can't tell you how nice it was to actually read a book... and finish it! I read The Help and I am hoping to watch the movie this weekend. Taking the time to read for myself was great. I need to take the time and do it more often. I feel like it's one thing I can do completely for myself. I can read at my own pace, I don't have to share the book with anyone, I get to mentally escape for a little while. I became an avid reader when I became a mom and I'm so thankful I did. Since I didn't care to read during my teenage years, I want to read some of the classics I've missed out on. I really want my kids to enjoy reading as much as I do. I think Gabriella will because she already loves to sit down and have books read to her.

Next of my list to read is "Three Cups of Tea" Has anyone read that yet?