The week of April 30, 2012

My first post. Not sure how often I will actually have time to do this but hoping I might capture some memories for my children to someday treasure. My wonderful mom convinced me to try it as there always seems to be something happening in our house. I am a mom of four wonderful children and married to a great guy who currently happens to travel a lot for work so a lot falls on me during the week. Seeing how I was told I would not be able to have children, I try to remind myself to cherish every little, precious moment. This week seemed particularly crazy. Started off with Coming downstairs Tuesday morning to discover Kate had made herself a cup of coffee in the Keurig! That day became a grumpy one for me as I had been up most of the night with grace. She was in terrible pain from her tonsillectomy. By the end of the day, I knew I had not been a good mommy when my sweet daughter wrote me a note telling me that she was sorry I had such a bad day and she hoped it wasn't her fault. But "tomorrow would be a better day" she told me. This little girl of mine is sooo wise beyond her 7 years. This week I did however, get to spend a day with my hubby just the 2 of us. While the circumstances were not ideal as we were heading to a funeral ( my sister-in-law chris's mom). We haven't had a long car ride without whining, crying, screaming, vomiting, snoring, etc for a long time! While we were gone, my mom had the kids. She had to manage a basketball game that had gotten out of hand with Connor, Alec, and neighbor boys. Kate disappeared on her and gave herself a shower. Abby jumped on the counter and devoured 3 whole bone-IN RAW chicken breasts so there went most of dinner. Needless to say, I think my mom was glad I had arranged for a babysitter to take over at 7:30! I am so blessed to have this amazing mom! I pray everyday that she is with us for a very long time. Not only would I be lost without her but so would my kids. Thursday was a somewhat normal day of PTO meeting, mowing the lawn, laundry, and what was an attempt to trim Kate's hair. God forbid I should spend $10 to take her somewhere! My cut looks amazing compared to the cut she decided to give herself when I left the bathroom for maybe 15 seconds! She is a handful in her terrocious threes but we love her to pieces. When our neighbor came to pick up his kids tonight (we had been watching them) Kate informed him that she sleeps with her mommy and daddy every night. And that she does! We have a midnight visitor every night and know that in 10-15 years we will be begging for those snuggles again! Connor was the same way and even now at 9 I want those "midnight sneaks" back. Today, Jeff bought him his first cup for baseball. He came to me and asked "does this looks like it fits right mom?". I said "that is definitely a Daddy question". He then went on to ask me why his "thing sticks out so far and is hard in these boxer cup briefs". Again, a "daddy question". Despite what he thinks, I canNOT do it all. So, just another blessed week in the Andrews household. Thankfully, my little Alec was quiet and even keel this week! I love his little face!