Glimpse into Our Morning

Our morning today started precisely at 6:20 am. Miss Maya wandered out of her room saying she was all wet. I went to change her diaper and turns out Juan had put a swim diaper on her the night before instead of an overnight diaper! Ha! Partly my bad since I organized the diapers yesterday and threw a single swim diaper on top of the overnight diapers box. So I got Maya cleaned up, sheets in the washer, carpet spot cleaned, nursed Oscar. And then it was time to go on my run. I am on week 11, and run the whole route consistently now! I am really proud of myself and I look forward to my 30 minutes of solitude 4x a week. 

I got back and then fed Oscar solids, got him changed and ready for his morning nap. Then got the girls some milk and colorful cheerios (separate, they don't do spoon fed cereal yet, I'm not ready for the mess!) and then I jumped in the shower. We had Oscar's 9 month doctor's appointment today. Juan was kind enough to work from home and stay with the girls while I interrupted Oscar's morning nap (he got 30 min) and headed to the doctor. It's basically a vacation being able to go somewhere with just one baby in tow.

Oscar weighs in at 18.1 lbs and 28.25 inches tall, right in line with the girls at his age. He had to get his blood drawn this appointment to check for low iron, through a vein in his arm! It was so sad, but the ladies at the lab just loved him and his cheeks and his big eyes. He just cried for a second and then we were back home.

Juan tag teamed me out and headed into work. And it was time to get ready for swimming! I nursed Oscar, got 3 kids in swimsuits, then got dressed myself. Then sunblock on all four of us. Then sandwiches made and packed up, pool toys, floaties, towels, everyone loaded in the stroller and we were off. Thank goodness the pool is just right across the street because I am always exhausted at this point already.

We met up with good friends and it was so fun to watch Amelia with her friends Addy and Lily as they would run and jump into the pool together. Amelia has really gotten brave and she will put her face under water for a few seconds as she swims even. She is really motivated by watching what her friends can do, and wanting to match it. Maya roamed the pool on her own (in her floatie) and I chatted with friends while carrying Oscar around and doing a constant scan of the pool to keep my eyes on the girls. And then it was home, Amelia dresses herself, Maya sits on the potty while I change Oscar. This conversation happened: "Mommy there's no peepies coming out" "Maya did you go peepie in the pool?" "No." "Did you go peepie while you were standing outside the pool?" "Yeah." Classy. And how did she know how to evade the first question? Then naptime for all three!

I sit down to finally eat lunch myself and get a call from Maya upstairs. She couldn't find her milk, which it was just right on the mini dresser right in front of her eyes. And then it turns out she has a poopy diaper. So I took care of that, peeked into Amelia's room to see her perfectly working in her workbook and it just made me smile.

These three kids have just thrown me through a loop. They are a lot of work. A LOT of work. But today I caught myself in a pleasant mood, and I wasn't frustrated at being woken up to a wet with pee Maya, and I wasn't frustrated when I was interrupted the second I sat down after all the chaos. And it feels good not to be upset and instead to soak it in and realize how beautiful they are and just wonderful kids. Oscar skipped his morning nap basically and was still a champ through the festivities of the morning. And Amelia, she gives us a lot of pushback sometimes, but there she was, sitting in her room, tracing letters. And Juan, how amazing is it that Juan does the overnight diaper every night to begin with, and works from home when I need him, and that the girls are reasonably great while he is working and can play by themselves? I have so much to be thankful for, and it feels good to work hard.

And now, I need a nap.