My three little loves.
Today was a fun day with them. They were relatively good and happy and for the most part cooperative! We sleep trained penny this past week and I am happy to report that she is now sleeping 12 hours throughout the night without waking up! YAY!! Now if we could only get Bentley to stop getting up in the middle of the night with nightmares and just needed to be walked back to his bed.... 10 times throughout the night.
It seems so surreal that Brian and I have three kids. We always look at each other and say "can you believe we have three kids.." Where did the time go! I still remember going to the library every day after school to "study" but really just hang out together. It still seems like it wasn't that long ago. Brian really is the love of my life. He is perfect for me. He ignores my flaws and helps me when I need it the most. I love that he will interrupt me with a sweet soft kiss.. even when they kids are around and I love how he respects me. He is amazing and more than anything.. he has blessed me with these three beautiful little children.
When I think about any given day of the week, I take a deep breath. I am busy. Three little kids is busy. They fight, sometimes all day. They push my every button. They wake me up when I am not ready to get up, they need me in the middle of the night when all I pray for is ONE full night sleep. They are loud.. and rambunctious. They jump and climb on EVERYTHING. They test their boundaries.. EVERY.SINGLE.DAY and by the end of the day I am totally wiped but when 7:30 rolls around and I get a couple of hours to myself.. to regenerate and just relax, I miss them. I miss their random little hugs.. Penny's one tooth smile when she sees me walk around the corner. I miss their sweet little smell and hearing their fast feet run through the kitchen 100 times over.
I love them so so much... even their dirty feet and pouty faces.
I would do anything for them and I am so lucky to be their mother. After Penny woke up from her afternoon nap, I took the kids out to the park before dinner.. they LOVED it! They ran around for an hour and burned a wonderful amount of energy!
Bentley must do EVERYTHING his big brother does.. seriously.. everything!
And when they want to be... they really are the best of friends!
Penny went on the swing for the first time today too! And although at first she was all smiles.. it wore off quickly and was much more relaxed.
Grandma even met us at the park for a little bit! The kids were so excited to see her there!
I am so so excited for summer and that I wont be pregnant and overheating to the extreme! Im excited to spend our days at the beach and the parks! Im excited to go on bike rides and just soak up that glorious vitamin D!
I am so glad I get to spend my summer with my three little loves. I am one lucky Mama Bear!