1/3 sick

This week has been hard. Of course I'd like to write a bunch of pretty in this space and show you I'm super duper mom but I have fallen short this week.

Gianna has had a bug. An every twenty minute, trash can grabbing bug that went from 6 one evening to 5 am the next- and still hasn't completely gone away. Whit and I were beat. This is a busy season for my work and Whit's stays busy, so juggling was a must. We kept the boys separate and took turns working sprinkled with lots of work on Alissa's part. It took all of us.

But in all the juggle I found humor in what one sick baby looks like. Gianna wanted to be held 24 hours a day and the other two still required feeding, changing, entertainment etc. It couldn't be your typical sick baby scene. There were still 3.

This also reminded me of what people must think of our household routine. What they think meeting for lunch looks like. For example... When we meet for lunch it requires the 12 hours prior to go as planned. Naps must be exact, a lunch for three must be packed, bibs, disposable placemats, foods that entertain, Riggs paci, meds for whatever, but THREE of it all. Because there are never three high chairs anywhere, this requires carrying three hook on table ones in the car just in case. And two people aren't enough because you can't carry two and the stuff while one person carries the third, hooks on the high chairs etc- with a whole lot of grace! And that's just lunch. A play date is a whole other thing. So, to be clear, no complaining here- just clearing my mind about what this house looks like 30 minutes before church... Get the picture? I don't think people think its easy but the whole " I don't know how you do it" line rolls off of tongues and I smile and say, " oh we just do it" and " oh we don't have other children, so we don't know any other way" but what I want to say is..." there are three and its a circus!!!"

So when one is sick. Balance is not there. Just like with one baby but imagine not being able to care for two other equally needy babies that want you at the very same time.

Sometimes when we are in a restaurant they are perfect and some days it's just off -just really off- I look around and I see people judging us- I tease whit about who's idea was three embryos(it was mine!) and we laugh because as nuts as we look- we love our nuts. And we work really hard at being on top of our situation- that's the best we can do.

Prayers have been a focus this week. We have been working on short ones with AMEN as a focal point ending. Becker is getting it quickly! Have a good weekend everyone!!

Lord, thank you for these sweet little souls and for entrusting us to shape them. Amen.