Here we are

The other day Mark and I went to the store with all the boys to get groceries. We were walking from the car to the store, Mark was carrying Beckett in the car seat. I was walking with Finn holding his hand and Ethan was walking by Mark holding his hand. I looked at the sight of us and had one of those "I can't believe we have three kids" moments. I can't imagine my life without them! I also can't remember what life was really like before them.

There has been dirty laundry in the basket everyday all week and we never seem to get caught up on the cleaning or dishes. But the boys always get their nap in and dinner has been a home cooked meal every night for awhile (okay, that is mostly because I refuse to take three boys out to eat due to the chaos). I consider myself doing pretty well just getting those things accomplished.

I will admit that I'm running on a lack of sleep, but then again, I haven't really had a good nights sleep since my almost 4 year old was born. Speaking of him, Ethan turns 4 in about 10 days. We haven't decided yet what we are doing for it. My dad's birthday, Ethan's birthday, and Mark's birthday are all within 2 weeks of each other, so we may do a combined party or something. I'm constantly surprised by how often people say Ethan is "well behaved". Everytime I pick him up from church class or preschool, the teacher says how he is such a great helper and listens so well. I gotta say that he doesn't act perfectly at home, but at least he acts well outside of home:)

Last weekend Mark's mom came for a visit. It went fast but I think she enjoyed seeing Beckett and getting to know him. The boys get a little crazy when we have people sleep over or stay with us, but it is nice to have people stay anyway. We did some shopping last weekend and Ethan got to buy a new toy story game for our Wii. We are working out a "earning game time" schedule this week where he does certain things around the house to earn time on the Wii. Finn is fighting his sleep schedule lately, but it has been better the last 2 days. And Beckett is just wonderful....did I mention he is perfect:)