Synchronization of Us

Pre-Kids i had no idea just how tiring being a mother could be , being a mother and rushing from place to place trying to fill everyone’s requirements is darn exhausting.

But in a good way

Lets see , its just coming up 2pm and its been non stop.

7am - Rebecca gets up , i try to pretend she has not and curl up with Ru (who im also pretending does not have a dirty nappy)

7.30 - Finally move and do the nappy, tidy the bedroom and bathroom (this always amazes me, how come the house is tidy when i got to bed but requires so much cleaning the next morning? ) . Make toast for me and the kids. Eat toast while feeding Ruaridh .

8.00 - Get Eilidh up , would normally let her sleep later but we were going out soon. Give her , her toast and go and get Ru and Rebecca dressed and ready for the day. Then give the girls a bowl of cereal

8.30 - Girls eat cereal and i give Ru another feed. Then get Eilidh dressed for day and they both get there “yoghurt sweets” (morning treats for getting dressed quickly and not fighting)

9.00 - Run about like mad , cleaning up breakfast dishes and doing a washing load. Have a very quick clean of every room . Thankfully my mum shows up (she was dropping my niece at school nearby) and together we get the kids ready to go out

9.30 - Leave the house , girls in double pram and Ru in the sling and walk to the mums group.

10.00 - Finally get to sit for a while, girls run around and play . Ru sleeps/feed/watches the world . Eilidh played with flour and turned into a ghost . My mum sticks around for a while and we chat.

11.00 - Kids are happy playing and my mum has left, help clean up the hall after the flour mess and start to get the kids ready to go home.

11.30 - Finally leave and go to the bakers and pick up something for lunch then head home.

12.05 - We get home and eat lunch

12.30 - Time to get ready to leave again ,get Rebecca into new clothes (old ones covered in flour) and do hair/shoes/jacket again . Leave to take Rebecca to nursery

13.07 - Home from nursery, Eilidh gets her nappy changed and goes for a nap. She is shattered and the minute i lie her in her cot is sound asleep. I sit on the computer and feed Ru.

14.09 - NOW, Ru fed and fell back asleep but is now fussing wanting fed again . He will more than likely feed for about 30 minutes or so then go back to sleep.

15.00 - Will get Eilidh up and more than likely see my sister and niece as they stop by.

15.30 - Pick Rebecca up from nursery.

15.45 - Spend the next few hours doing the cleaning , making dinner , playing with the kids and feeding Ru.

18.00 - Dinner time - making a beans and smoked sausage meal with potatoes and garlic bread. Hope DH will be home in time to join us. After dinner its bath time for all three kids (yes together) and get them all ready for bed.

19.00 - All gone well both girls will be sound asleep and Ru will be taken a quick feed before settling for the evening

Now it will be ME time, hopefully a nice long hot bath - reading this book just now and really enjoying it. Then DH and i will curl up together and watch (hopefully) an episode of Lost.

Its my perfect day, the kids get to have fun and noone is bored BUT i have time to stop and relax myself.

You know what, i think this sahm mum job really rocks

This is a key word around my home just now. Im trying to balance so many different “balls” and for the most part actually managing to not drop any.

Its hard you see, i have three children with different needs not to mention nobody has invented the self cleaning home yet . I seem to go from one thing to another and i know the poor girls get neglected a little . I have been trying to end the day with them, yesterday we done sticker and autumn leave pictures then danced and horsed around . Today i was not needed as Courtney had them involved in a game that i would only have ruined.
Sometimes i feel torn in a thousand different directions , tonight while trying to feed the girls while cleaning the kitchen and keeping Ru happy. After the baths all THREE kids were in tears - this is the part i hate more than anything , all kids upset and me unable to do anything about it .
Ok sure i can fix all the problems but just not at once, by that point all three were just so tired that only sleep would help. Its now 6.55pm and all three are sound.

For the most part i think i am managing well , the house has not caved in around me yet and the kids seem to be adjusting to everything really well. Im still feeling like the luckiest person in the world and have random moments when i cannot stop the tears (of happiness ) .

Ru is just growing and changing so much , he is at least 12lbs now and finally settling down with the feeds - he can go a few hours between feeding and does not scream if anyone else is holding him. We dragged the play mat out yesterday and he loves it, he lies and bats at the toys in amazement ( i think mostly accidental as he moves his arms and legs alot normally when awake) . He makes these cutest baby noises and the first proper smile is only days away. He loves the sling and to be cuddled full stop, we co-sleep at night and as a result i get plenty of sleep (mind you last night he slept in his moses basket till 3am and might have went longer but he woke me making noise and i just grabbed him in beside me). He is the perfect addition to our family.

The girls are also amazing, Rebecca had her first proper speech therapy class today. Im so glad she is finally getting the help she needs in that area. Lately though she is seeming so grown up , the way she carries herself lately seems to change .Im guessing its nursery making her seem older, she is also finally out of nappies (well accept for night time - she was more or less toilet trained before the hospital thing but that really set her back) .
Eilidh is just Eilidh, a wonderful and funny little girl with boundless energy and wit. She is in a major NO phase right now and just entertains everyone with her chatting and giggles. She to is seeming so big at the moment. She was standing the other day with a skirt on that was a little short (she had ,had tights on which disguised this but had taken them off) and had put on her wellies - watching her from behind i just got a vision of her in 14 years time as a teenage girl with the to short skirt and knee high boots and just wanted to cry .

I guess my kids are all growing up , one of these days im going to turn around and they will all be grown and have families of there own. Im just wanting to enjoy these days while they last.

Please stop will you? Im freaking sick of this weather - non stop rain and winds. Had to cancel another play date today even though its a 5 minute walk to my friends house, Rebecca just blows away its that bad.
I can cope with snow ,cope with cold and really anything accept for this horrible rain. Makes everything so depressing and ugly. Doing the school run involves wrapping three kids up in layers of clothing and hoping to not get lost in a puddle of mud in the way there.

Sorry this post is a bit crap, actually wanting to blog and finding something to blog about can be difficult sometimes. I have about a dozen posts in my head but all to long and in depth for what im feeling right now. How about i just leave you with some links instead?

I have been wanting to share there two blogs with you , both girls i have known for years through email groups and have recently started blogging. Please drop by and say hello to Courtney and Carrie.

Also i love these two blogs for a bit of a giggle , check out Cake Wrecks or Fail Blog to cheer up your day

Lastly visit Little Elvis’s daddy at Pregnantly Plump for your chance to win a wonderful CD of weather music for kids. May sound a funny concept but trust me the songs are great, my girls adore them.

Also i would like to over my condolences to Tracey over at The Roberts Family , she is a wonderful women with an amazing family . Her father passed away suddenly this week and i know she would appreciate the prayers and good thoughts.

This was posted on a email group i belong to and i just had to share. It describes my life pretty well at the moment

Today I left some dishes dirty;
The bed got made around 3:30.
The diapers soaked a little longer,
The odor grew a little stronger.
The crumbs I spilled the day before,
Are staring at me from the floor.
The fingerprints there on the wall,
Will likely be there still next fall.
The dirty streaks on those windowpanes
Will still be there next time it rains.
Shame on you, you sit and say,
Just what did you do today?

I held a baby till she slept,
I held a toddler while he wept.
I played a game of hide and seek;
I squeezed a toy so it would squeak.
I pulled a wagon, sang a song,
Taught a child right from wrong.
What did I do this whole day through?
Not much that shows, I guess that’ s true.
Unless you think that what I’ve done,
Might be important to someone,
With deep green eyes and soft brown hair,
If that is true…I’ve done my share.

I have tried to find who wrote it but just come up with Author Unknown

No special words or pictures, i just needed to acknowledge that my little Ru is now a month old. I fall more and more in love with him each day, i look at his amazing face and just cry.

My life is complete

I don’t think words are needed for most of these shots

Rebecca has always had alot of hair, and i have always adored it. For the last year or so she had needed a hair cut but i have not been able to bring myself to get it done. I hated the thought of just loosing any of it . I finally gave in and she got her first ever hair cut (well she gets her fringe done every few weeks but this was the first time the rest of it had been touched. ) .
A friend came to the house to do it and im happy to say Rebecca was wonderful . As for her hair - well honestly apart from looking so much healthier you would not know it had been touched, still nice and long and just adorable - why was i so fussed about it?

And look how long someone else’s hair is getting .

We are growing out her fringe and its normally pulled back but she is just up from her nap in the picture (hence the reason her hair is so messy )

(Does’t he look so big in this one?)

I hate having to come up with a title sometimes , as i have about a minute to blog while the girls destroy the living room and Ru is not needing fed im doing this quickly.

- Ru is now official . Finally got around to registering his birth but changed the spelling of his name a little from Ruairidh to Ruaridh . He is doing really well and is now at 9lbs 9oz but is dealing with his first cold.

- I just realised its just over a month till Eilidh turns 2 , how the heck did that happen? No idea what to get her for her birthday.

-Had a talk with Rebecca’s teachers the other day and they feel she could benefit from some physical therapy to help with movement and such. Im thrilled because she has never been able to move in the same way other children can (its hard to explain, her movements including walking are not as smooth as they should be) . I have always been told everything is fine when i talk about it , i still think she has a problem with muscle tone and the nursery agree . Will talk with her health visitor about it and if she will not do anything the nursery will make a referel .

- When Rebecca is at nursery this afternoon DH and i are going to an appointment . We have made a big descion on the baby having front (as in no more babies for us ) and this afternoon taken the first step towards making it real. I think 3 kids in just over 3 years is more than enough for one family.

- Look at this post . How right was i?

Its been almost a week since my last post but i do have a good excuse

Being a mother of three has so far been an amazing experience and im enjoying it more than i could ever of dreamed. At the moment computer time is not of any importance and i spend each moment basking in the magic of babyhood. When my snuggle bunny (and yes this one likes to snuggle oh my ) is settled my other monkeys grab some mummy time.

I don’t think i have ever felt as happy and content as i have the last few days. After all with these three adorable kids around how can i be anything less than thrilled?