Just the 6 of Us: Life As We Know It

So now I'm beginning to realize why whenever my friends have had baby #3, their blogs suddenly become severely neglected...often for months/years at a time. The problem is that when you are outnumbered, minutes of alone time are few and far between. It is hard to believe so much has happened in such a short period of time. Our church plant is now a reality, October is over, I have a baby who is now 3.5 weeks old, we all survived a nasty bout of croup, my parents have vacated the state of Colorado and I am truly on my own as I attempt to manage 3 children during the day.

I am still striving to adjust to my new life, as I now know it. The idea of what makes a day successful is changing. So what if we're twenty minutes late to preschool? Did we all eat? Do we have anything clean to wear? Is everyone still alive and accounted for? Do I choose to nap or shower today? I rejoice in the small miracles...such as everyone all napping quietly at the same time or the fact that it looks like dinner will get on the table tonight.

So since my opportunities to update this blog are getting more and more infrequent, I'm going to do my best to do a big update now and then try for once a week. We shall see. So where did we leave off before? Oh yes, the hospital! Let's see how far I can get before someone starts crying or sneaks downstairs.

Our hospital stay was super short this time. After just 24 hours, we were ready to head home (which was a whopping 5 minute drive). Some people really relish staying in a hospital, but I'll take my own bed any day.