Hmmmm...life with 4 kids....has been an adjustment. And I'm still adjusting. I have my ups and downs. Rylie is a cutie and we all love her. I have enjoyed being able to breastfeed her. It's been a whole new experience for me. We have been learning together. My oldest girls only got breastfed for a few weeks and Walker I didn't at all. I am so happy that it's worked out this time for me to do this. It's been a completely different experience...one I will be sad to give up when the time comes. I sometimes sit here and think....holy crap...I have four kids. I HAVE FOUR KIDS!!! What have I done? what was I thinking????!!!! Me, Miss Niss...handling four kids and everything else?
I feel very unprepared some days for being a mom. Well, unprepared doesn't seem like the right word.
There are things I miss because there just isn't enough time in the day...or I am just too exhausted. One of those things is my husband. Some days I feel like we don't even get a chance to talk to each other. I am with the baby....he is helping with the other kids...dinner...baths for them...baths for us...bed...and by the time I get the cute little girl down to sleep--there went the whole night.
It will get better...I am looking forward to it. Can time stand still just for an hour??
I'm thinking maybe I need to make more of an effort....
I am running again and that feels wonderful...it helps me to release some stress, frustrations...helps me to clear my mind and be with my thoughts for a little while atleast. I feel like I am on my way to getting myself back...I get lost in the midst of everything sometimes...forget who I am and who I'm striving to become. Embrace myself...embrace life...embrace my kids...embrace my Nathan...remember what it's all about.
Enjoy the process, be happy and LOVE every minute....
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I love your last sentence. "Enjoy the process,be happy and Love every minute..." I think that is the hardest part of being a wife and mother. It is not the endless laundry, the bills or the mess, it is enjoying what you have and trying to savor every moment because their are never any repeats! :)
i for one.. still can't believe you have 4 kids (and i only have 3)
we both would have lost a lot of money on that bet!!!
you are a good mom & i think you do a good job of handling your time. you're a good balancer-haha
plus you have the cutest kids ever!
You are a great MOM and handle it just fine.
I just want you to know how much I love and appreciate you. You are such a wonderful example to me. Thank you for your friendship. Hang in there.
I can say that I completely understand where you are coming from. It does get easier as time goes on. I love the small and simple things that bring such a tremendous amount of joy every single day. Just remember to give yourself credit for all of your successes (i.e. kids' baths every day, making dinner, making through the shower yourself - not easy things to do with four little ones). And even more importantly is that you are better than you think. You are endowed with seeds of greatness - simply because you are a daughter of God!!!!!! I believe in you!
It all comes in time! Everyday will get a bit easier. Your cute hubby I'm sure misses you too!
I really understand this post and it's very fitting for me to read it today..."enjoy the process" etc. I feel exasperated lately in neverending mommydom and reading this put it into perspective. We (us women) are all in this together. Giving our time and our emotions and ourselves to run our household and take care of our angels. You are a wonderful mom, Anissa. I think you do a fabulous job in loving your family and I know they are grateful and proud of you. Keep yer chin up and enjoy the rain. Love you!
The first 6 months after having a baby is hard on everyone. There are readjustments that consume us but then you hit a point in which it all becomes clear and you figure out a way to fit everything in and everyone is happy again. One thing my mother-in-law taught me was that cleaning will always be there but your children will not. It is hard to remember that when you are in the thick of it but it is so true. Somethings will slide for a while but it doesn't last forever.
You are an excellent mom and your kids chose you for a reason; you are just what they needed to grow. You are awesome!
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