Snapshots of My Day

After I had Adam I did a post about my crazy day with three little kids. This is sort of the same thing except in picture form. Here is a look into my life with a Kindergartner, a preschooler, a toddler, and a new baby.


Watching Curious George, at 7 am.


Good Morning!


Breakfast, theirs and mine. I am on Weight Watchers, I have to eat something a little more substantial than their favorite, cold cereal.


Adam all dressed, what this picture doesn't show is how I had to wrestle his clothes on him.


Laundry.


Nathan all ready for Joy School.


Before my shower, and after.


A diaper change, one of countless.


Adam having a tantrum.


The elusive smile, the first one caught on camera.


A quick trip to Wal Mart, with only three kids.


Unloading the dishes with my little helper.


Yes, that is what you think it is.


All clean!


They had lunch, she had lunch, I had lunch, in that order.


Jacob all ready for Kindergarten.


Another load of laundry.


Naps.


Reading stories.


The one thing I do for myself everyday is exercise for about 30 minutes. While I don't love workout videos, I do like this set I found by Lindsey Brin. She says it is like a tummy tuck with out the surgery. We will see. I do feel my abs getting stronger, which I defiantly need after 4 babies.


Snack time.


My messy house.


Checking email.


Diaper leak. Two in diapers is too many.


Brothers wrestling.


Picking up Jacob from school.


Snack time, frosted sugar cookies, nice and messy. As you can see, they like to lick the frosting off first, then they beg for more.


Homework.


Yeah! Daddy is home!


Dinner-Thai Peanut Stir Fry


Randy set up our new tent in the basement. It is the perfect place to play and have story time.


Tooth Brush time.


The children were nestled all snug in their beds, or in this case the older boys were snuggled in their sleeping bags in the tent.


Daddy finally gets some Natalie time.

Cute Moments

A couple of weeks ago I was in the car listening to Dr. Laura. I turned it on in time to hear Dr. Laura talking to the mother of three very small children. They talked about a few things but one thing really stood out in my mind. The woman said something like, "I am not enjoying being a mother." Dr. Laura's response was, "It's not supposed to be fun!" I was so happy to hear her say that. I sometimes feel guilty that I don't love being a mother every day. It is really hard work. I mean who really loves cleaning up messes and wiping bums all day? I know there are a lot of things I would rather be doing, but I recognize that this is just the stage of life I am in right now. Dr. Laura's advice to her was to look for her children's cute moments, those moments will make what she is doing worth it. Since I heard that I have been trying harder to notice the cute moments my children give me to help get me through my days. Here are some of those moments.Adam putting on his sister's head band, and then pretending he is a big boy playing a computer game.

Dressing a baby in a dress for the very first time. Isn't she cute?The best moment of all came yesterday in Sacrament meeting. I was in the mother's room feeding Natalie when I heard Jacob's voice through the speaker. He got up to "berry" his testimony. He ended by saying, "And I love my mom so much. So, so, so much." I almost cried, it was so sweet. That made every negative thing that happen in the last week disappear.

I love my kids. I don't always love every aspect of being a mom, but in the end I know it will all be worth it.