What We've Been Up To

March? Really? March? When did that happen? And what happened to February? Oh well. Here's an update on our little family:

Sweets, oh Sweets. She turns four next month and she acts like she's 13 sometimes. Is that normal? She loves pretending to be a princess and a ballerina. She always wants to put on shows and she loves paining and drawing. The last couple days, as anyone that follows me on Facebook knows, she has been really making wonderful messes. A full bottle of syrup all over the kitchen/dining room floor. A full tube of toothpaste all over her and the bathroom. I love her so much!

Bumpkin is growing like a weed. She's decided that naps are a thing of the past. She loves her new little sister and is always trying to help. She is in the throws of potty training, which makes life a little more interesting, but she's starting to get it. I hope. She is also becoming a real two-year-old. When she gets tired, tantrums abound. And I mean full-on tantrums. And she is just so dang independent. She has to pick her clothes and put them on herself or, as you guessed it, tantrum. Oh the joys. But she is a little sweetheart when she chooses to be.

Bug is growing so fast. She has rolled over a couple times and she smiles. Heavens she smiles! I love it and soak in all I can. I can get her to giggle too. Oh, and the best part, she sleeps. All. Night. Long. Yep folks, 12 hours of blissful sleep, for her anyway. Gotta love it! And she is just so cute! It's such a joy to have her in the family.

I've been doing okay. Three kids really drains me. Just trying to juggle all their needs and trying to give them equal attention and love, it's tiring. I'm also still grieving for my brother. It's interesting. I'm really discovering that the knowledge I have of God and an afterlife doesn't take the pain away. You still hurt and mourn. But it does ease it just a bit. I know I'll see him again, but that doesn't mean I don't miss him. Life has felt kinda hard lately. Just a lot of things have piled up that just make me exhausted and make it a struggle to get through the day sometimes. What keeps me going?