1. Great friends and family who have helped us out so much in the last five weeks. For example: As I type this, a friend from our church is upstairs, cleaning my bathroom. Fabulous.
2. BabyWise/Growing Kids God's Way: Thank you to Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam for giving me a clue about how to make it with two babies. They have slept 5 and 6 hour stretches the last 3 nights, due to what some might consider "Infant feeding and sleeping bootcamp" but I would just consider "completely and totally necessary for mommy and daddy's sanity." Yes, we are on a very strict schedule around here right now. :)
3. On Demand: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our On Demand. A few months ago, we considered getting a DVR so that we could let Clara watch her 2-3 favorite shows anytime we wanted her to, like when we're feeding babies. We never needed to get it, due to On Demand. Any time we need her to just chill for a little bit, we can turn on a 23 minute show (yes, I know that they are precisely 23 minutes long . . . how sad is that?) of our choice. Most of the time, it annoys me how much she likes TV, but right now, it's helping us to survive when we're feeding every three hours diligently, and it takes up to an hour each time.
4. My super studly, most amazing husband. I seriously have the best one in the world, and he's the best daddy, too. He's really not into this infant stage (really, what man is?) but he is stepping up and I can honestly say he can handle all three kids by himself about as well as I can. (Not quite, though . . . ). :) I have told him that these girls are going to be so close to their daddy, due to how much time he has spent with them right from birth. He is awesome!
5. Having my body back to a normal size. Good grief, this is a big one. My mom had twins, and she kept telling me at the end of the pregnancy, "Just hang in there. When you are done, you're going to feel like you could just float away, after the babies are out." At the time, I thought, yeah right, I am going to have too much baby weight to feel that way. Nope. Literally, I felt that way the same night the babies were born. Jeremy even commented that night that my stomach was just gone. (That actually isn't entirely true . . . there is still some "muffin top" there that I'm trying to get rid of). But seriously, the last 2-3 weeks of the pregnancy, I was just feeling so uncomfortable and huge, and it is sooooooooo nice to be normal again.
There are so many other things I am thankful for right now . . . beautiful, healthy babies who are getting bigger way too fast, my mom paying for Clara to go to a friend's house two mornings a week so that i can get a little break, caffeine in various forms, Knowing that summer and sunshine are coming soon, and my nightly chocolate fix that I am allowing myself to have right now because, "gosh darn it, I am taking care of three little girls, including 2 infants, and if I want chocolate, I'm going to have some!"
What are you thankful for right now?
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