Living with my adorable monsters

[3littlemonsters]

So, I started out wanting a big family. Lots of kids to run around my feet. I would never tire of hearing "Mommy" being called at all hours of the day and night. I would have a clean house, dinner would be ready for my husband when he walked in the door, I would put make up on everyday, and I would never scold my children.

Now, baby number 3 is here-my house looks like New Orleans after Catrina, I don't think I have showered in 2 days, and my best friend is Dominoes.

My boys (and girl) are the best things that have ever happened to me. I am growing up with them literally, every  day.

And now that my oldest is 3 and starting to communicate with me so well, It blows my mind of the thoughts that run thru his little head. This sounds crazy, but suddenly he is this little person, with this great big personality-WHO NEVER STOPS TALKING,

This is the child, who a year ago I took to a speech therapist because I was worried he wasn't talking and was already 2 years old. The second we got into that office the boy started to talk- I swore up and down that this was the most I had ever heard him speak EVER-but that therapist looked at me like I was a nut. We got home and I was actually proud of him, I prompted him to speak for my husband and nothing. Ahhh-there was my fist glimpse at his defiant nature-I love him for it!

My second son was born only 11 months after the first. Even though i know its not true iIalways feel he got cheated. He is quieter and more passive than his brother so he usually gets bullied around,Then here comes # 3 a GIRL, who is just  totally in the spotlight so he has become our little Jan Brady. This makes him resort to some crazy extremes to get my attention i.e, pulling off the wallpaper, coloring his face with markers-add this with your terrible 2 typical behavior-and boy what a cocktail!

Our newest baby is so quiet and calm that its scary, I am hoping that she won't be as high maintenance as her brothers but we will see she is only 9 weeks old.

But, I am finally learning  that my house doesn' t have to be totally clean, that my kids don't have to be little geniuses by 2 , and that I don't have to be a supermom.

I already am, at least to them :-)

[MzBritt13]

Jan. 20, 2007 at 3:36 PM You should get a medal just for surviving the day! I am about to have my 3rd child in about 6 weeks, I also have a 7 yr old & a 2 1/2 yr old & there are days i am completely freaking out. I think we all want that perfectly clean house, with dinner ready at 6, with a crisp dress & heals waiting on our husbands... too bad reality is more along the lines of the house is clean if you can't readily trip over anything, clean pjs qualify for being dressed up, &  make-up & clean hair in the same day usually equals a special occasion! But I would take my kids over all the "pampering" I left behind when I chose to stay at home. They are only so small for such a short time one day I'll have a beauty regimen again!