Officially Outnumbered

{grandma skinner reading library books with grace and jake}

its been almost three weeks of sweet comments, congratulatory emails, meals brought to our home, thoughtful gifts, and visits from family.  we feel lucky, blessed, and grateful.  not in that order.  the last of our help, dan's mom, left today.  we're on our own and officially outnumbered.

i. am. nervous.

being the mom (and dad) to three little kids is hard work and exhausting.  this evening, dan had his hands full as he bathed the girls and got them ready for bed while they asked for mom every step of the way.  they knew i wasn't available (jake decided he was starving and couldn't wait another minute).  i'm sure we'll have plenty moments of chaos in the future. 

but the small things keep us laughing about this crazy new phase of life for us.

like poor jake peeing all over his own little face before i realized what was happening.
grace bursting into tears as her grandma left today, saying "but she didn't say goodbye to sadie!" (our dog)
or madison asking me, "when your stomach gets smaller, will you still have milk in your two things forever?" :)
and just barely i pulled grace out of madi's bed because they're best friends and wanted to cuddle and sleep together.

i'll take this sleep-deprived, chaotic new chapter of life.  i think it's going to turn out pretty good.