Well, it has been a long time since I have written down my thoughts and I figured it was time to share with you a glimpse of what it is like to be outnumbered!
I'll be honest with you. For all those well-meaning individuals who assume we have gone of the deep end having our kids so close together, three is not much different than two. For now that is. I am quite certain that once Malakai is crawling and interacting and able to fight with his brother and sister, that will change. But for now, all it means for us is one more person to be aware of. One more diaper to change. One more mouth to feed. One more cry to listen for. I mean, we already do that all day long, so it honestly is not that different.
However, there are of course moments when I am busy nursing or changing Malakai and my older two take advantage of my busy hands. And those are the moments that I will hereby document.
Exhibit A
A moment of neglect in which I got Selah dressed after the bath and was feeding Malakai while Caleb played. When I returned, Selah had apparently decided to go in for a second dip. Wow, that was a great night!
Exhibit B
A moment of silence. Have I not learned that this is a BAD SIGN????? Caleb and Selah went into the bedroom and shut the door. They were playing so well, I let them at it while I enjoyed a moment of serenity. Let's be honest, I knew they were too quiet, I knew trouble was imminent. However, it was too good an opportunity to pass up. I thought, "how bad can it be, they are only in the bedroom." Sigh. Live and learn. Or in my case, don't learn.
As you can see, my kids are much too smart to not take advantage of my busy hands. They know that I am busy and they know they can pretty much do whatever they want when I am nursing. This makes for some interesting scenes to come upon when Malakai is done. But, so far it has not been anything dangerous, and for that I am thankful. A mess is fairly easily undone. And if you can believe it, those things haven't been happening lately thanks to the fact that Jonathan is on paternity leave. We may be outnumbered, but life is a lot easier when he can watch them when I am busy with Malakai!
Anyways, other than typical meltdowns and such, life is progressing as normal. And because I don't leave my house without Jonathan, disaster is, at the moment, nearly obsolete. So until the next imminent household disaster...
