Duped again....

Week 1: I'm in so much pain... we are never having children again.

Week 2: Sleep deprivation sets in... what were we thinking? We used to be able to sleep through the night!

Week 3: Still tired... what day is it? See a woman in public who is pregnant and just feel SO sorry for her- she has to do what i am doing in a matter of weeks! Why do people look forward to this?

Week 4: Finally feel good enough to re-enter society- I think I'll take all three children to Chick-fil-a. What was I thinking? This is really it- 3 children is plenty!

Week 5: THIS happens.....

God's cruel, cruel joke on an exhausted mother. I am in love with him so much... (did I mention he has been sleeping 8 hours at night?)

I think I want 1o more just like him.

A season of sharing...

Nate had a friend over yesterday and was having a hard time sharing some of his toys. I told Nate, 'If you can't share your toys, your friend isn't going to want to come over anymore and play because it isn't very much fun for him'. That same friend invited Nate over today and when I asked Nate if he was going to share nicely with his friend he looked right at me and said, 'Well, he still likes me today'... So much for that life lesson!

Look no hands!

Alot of you have asked how I like using my Maya Wrap sling! Here is proof... this thing works. My child falls asleep within minutes in it, and he especially likes to drift off while I am running the water washing dishes or doing laundry! I am a fraud no longer- I have been doing some marketing consulting for this company for about a year now but had never once used it because my children were too big! So now I can honestly say from experience... I love the sling and now have both my hands back during those chaotic times of the day like dinner time, and even right at this very moment as I type! Now I'm just waiting for my new black one to arrive so I can take Bennett out in 'winter chic' style!

My little Peter Pan....

Yesterday Nate must have had a discussion about Heavenly Father's Plan in his primary class at church. Here is the conversation we had at lunch:

Nate: 'Mommy, are we going to Heaven someday?'

Me: 'Yes, Nate, someday we will return to live with our Heavenly Father and we will be together with our family forever.'

Nate: 'No!! (cry, cry,cry) I don't want to go to Heaven!! There aren't any toys there and I will miss all my friends! Why do I have to go? Do I have to go soon???' (now it's the ugly cry...)

Me: 'Oh Nate, Heaven is a wonderful place, but don't worry... we won't go there for a long, long time.'

Nate: 'You mean when we get old? If I get old am I going to die?? (cry, cry, very hard cry) If I die can I come back to earth when I get better??'

Me: (Now I'm crying with him...) Well, we do get older, but just our bodies grow old but your spirit will be young forever.

Nate: 'I don't want to get older!!!!! And I don't want you and Daddy to get older!!! I don't want to go to Heaven! I just want to stay on earth forever and ever'! (More crying, sobbing... )

Me: (I give up, we're both crying now and he is in my arms!) 'Okay, okay! Nobody will get older and we will live forever and ever together and we can stay on earth if you want and make a little Heaven right here.'

So as promised, I am sprinkling fairy dust over our home and we aren't doing any growing up in the Snow House! 'We'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up.... that's right!!!!