The short list of what I've been busy with:
1. FIVE. Um yeah. I had a baby in May. Ben sleeps really good through the night. I remind myself of this fact while he: 1) vomits repeatedly (darn that reflux!), 2) insists on being held while napping, and 3) pretty much insists on being held when awake. He's not my worst baby, but he's not my best either (Peter, I knew you were freakishly good!). But hey, Ben sleeps through the night, and has since about three weeks. (For real! And it's okay if you don't believe me--I've had those kind of babies too, and I wouldn't have believed me either.)
(Ben's first day home. I also need to take more pictures.)2. Little League, FIVE boys at home all summer long, swimming lessons, vacation bible school, AYSO, doctors' appointments, piano. It's a good life, the life that's busy, right? I kept telling the boys we would do fun stuff in a couple more weeks--just until Ben was a little older. Next thing I knew, summer was over. Now we've added homework to the excitement.
3. LAUNDRY. Most recently, bedding--sheets, blankets, mattress pads. Every couple days. For those of you unfamiliar with boys, I'll let you in on a little secret. It's very common for boys to not stay dry overnight. Eventually they outgrow it. I hope. I really, really hope. In the meantime, we are walking drunken sailors to the bathroom every night around 10:00 and hoping for the best. And washing a lot of bedding.
4. 24. Holy crap, where has Jack Bauer been all my life? We signed up for streaming Netflix and watched three seasons this summer. During a "season," we watched multiple episodes every single night. We had to take a break--saving the world is so exhausting. Whew. Now I sorta wish I had special ops training. Had I seen this show before May, there's a very good chance numero cinco would have been named Jack (the Jake/Jack fact notwithstanding).
5. Diet Pepsi with vanilla syrup (sugar free!). This iced glass full of goodness is my favorite thing about the afternoon (or morning). Shhh! I'll let you in on something: this just might be the savior of my sanity.
More posts coming sooner . . . I need to write stuff down before I forget it.
