Photo Every Hour: September 21st

Well, here's your first peek into our new "normal" of life with three children. Although Darrell was still home on paternity leave when I took these pictures (he goes back to work on Monday--boo!), so I'm sure life will be much more chaotic (and caffeine-fueled) in the coming weeks.

7:00 Morning wake-up call from my hungry little boy

8:00 Making pancakes with Daddy

9:00 This is what happens when the older two boys are given free range of the basement. Thankfully they do a pretty good job of containing the mess to the basement #outofsightoutofmind

10:00 Being silly with Daddy at a gymnastics open gym

11:00 Garrett is pretty much obsessed with Connor. So naturally the floor in front of Connor's swing is the best place to eat his snack

12:00 Milk Drunk

1:00 Sleepy boy

2:00 What the nursery looks like during William's "nap" time. At least he's old enough to clean up the mess when he's done

3:00 It may not look like it, but there are two boy under that blanket #sillygameswithdaddy

4:00 Laundry. So.Much.Laundry

5:00 Seriously. These boys are rarely far from Connor, especially if he's awake

6:00 Making up games outside after dinner

7:00 It may not look like it, but I assure you that Connor is in that swing. Poor kid is going to have personal space issues when he grows up

8:00 Itty bitty baby feet

9:00 Putting away more laundry. In unrelated news, I'm pretty sure Connor has plenty of clothes #thirdboyproblems

10:00 Because having three kids means that sometimes dishes don't get done until late at night

11:00 Ending my day in pretty much the same way I started it #nursinglife

Introducing...

Connor Weston!

(Another!) Big Boy: 9 lbs, 8 oz and 22 inches

I'll get into full details later, but as I was taking pictures today for my "Photo Every Hour" post I realized I hadn't introduced the blog world (all three people who read my blog) to Connor yet, and I decided he needed his own introduction post instead of just randomly showing up in my hourly photo post. And don't worry--there will be a labor and delivery post coming soon, although (spoiler!) it will probably take me longer to type than it actually took in real life. Right now though we're busy loving on our three(!!) boys and I am relishing every minute of having Darrell home!!

Waiting...

Lest you think I'm over here ignoring my blog because I'm getting all kinds of baby snuggles...

40 weeks last week... Too lazy to upload the 41 week picture

Nope. I'm just over here swelling up like a balloon, waddling around like a duck, and doing my best to will this (probably massive) baby out of me. Ready or not though, this baby is likely going to get an eviction notice by the end of the week, which truthfully, I have mixed feelings about. I so want the baby to come on his/her own and not have to be induced--but I'm also so ready to be done, especially mentally. I'm exhausting myself by thinking that every little "sign" could be an indicator that labor is about to begin(and then getting disappointed when it doesn't), and I can't take the boys anywhere without playing through a million "what if" scenarios in my head. And shockingly, Darrell's advice to "just stop thinking about it" doesn't exactly work well with my personality. At least the physical annoyances haven't been terrible, although they've definitely started to ramp up over the past few days.

Just for fun, here I am at the end of my pregnancies with the boys.

39 weeks with William (born at 39 weeks and 4 days)

40 weeks with Garrett (last picture we took even though he didn't come until 41 weeks and 5 days)

 Come out come out whoever you are--we're more than ready to meet you!!