Carline thoughts

Wow, where do I start?  It has been a very busy month of January with school delays because of the cold and days off because of snow.  Being a mom of three, with a full time job isn't the easiest thing either.  You never know, what kid will be sick, whose diaper needs changing and what appointment will be next, but we make do.  Some days we just fly by the seat of our pants and go with the flow.  My routine this year after work has been to go to carline to get Jay from school then to head to the little one's daycare.  We do Jay's school work in the car and eventually make it in to get them.  Once we get home, my second job starts of washing bottles, getting dinner ready, straightening up anything that needs to be straightened and hoping no one hurts themselves.  Or cries hysterically for something.  Sometimes we have practice of some sorts to go to or we just hang around the house after that.  By 8:00, once the kids are in bed, I'm ready to relax on the couch.

As I look back and think about this last month, I think back about how far Jay had come with his reading and everything he is doing in school.  He is always excited about little things going on.  Just last night, Garrett was quizzing him on the kids in his class.  Each kid is associated with a number.  Garrett went through all twenty-two numbers and sure enough, Jay could tell us everyone, and even added in who was bad or good.  It's the crazy things kids remember.

Mason is thriving, although not really talking much, he is making more sounds.  He can say "no" and motion all done.  More exciting this past month, he has gone potty.  Both pee and poop on the potty.  We know potty training will be a process and will be more tricky since he can't really talk much, but we are up for the challenge.  My hope is by October when he is three, he is totally potty trained.  I think we have some time.

And my girl, Taylor.  Sometimes I think poor Taylor with all these boys.  Last month at her four month visit she rounded out at 11 pounds 6 ounces.  A tiny thing.  She has begun sleeping through the night with occasionally waking up at 4:00 to eat.  If she sleeps the whole night I usually feed her around 5:30 before I leave.  And in the last week, she had begun to really talk.  She laughs and giggles at her brothers and makes all sorts of noises.

It's crazy how fast time flies and how each one of them grows up.  I'm always looking forward to the next thing my kids learn how to do.