Stay at home mom

Do you ever get mad when your husband asks what you do all day? When you say your tired and family members roll their eyes at you? Or my all time favorite " why is the house messy since you stay home all day and I work".. Like raising 3 kids is a walk in the park or the even harder part CLEANING after 3 kids... I can't even pee alone or sneak eat snacks without sharing so how does anyone think this job is easy? I don't even normally leave the house cause honestly I'd rather cut off an arm than try to take these 3 anywhere by myself... So what gives off the impression that this is so easy? cause I'm home? over worked? under paid? and by under paid I mean my only source of payment is kisses and hugs...  The life of a stay at home mom is far from glamorous but I consider it more of the ultimate career rather than the life of ease.... in my 2 years of being a stay at home mommy I have become a maid, chef, taxi driver, referee, secretary, laundromat, teacher, tea party thrower, art teacher and more. with that being said my house is not perfect.. even being home all day I just can't find the time to play with my kids, potty train, take care of baby and have a spotless house.. theres just not enough time in the day....cause even being home there is no sitting and watching desperate housewives on tv... no phone breaks... no break period.. even when nap time comes by then I'm cleaning up the mess the kids made before napping or holding my screaming 3 month old who isn't a scheduled napper yet...

speaking of the little cutie here she is!! Which to add even more to my " what we do all day" this little nugget is the most colicky baby I've ever seen in my life... But anyway while  I'm enjoying my life as a stay at home mom heres what I'm doing... PLAYING WITH MY KIDS 

teaching my kids how to play sports, group games, share become future athletes or at least a kid that plays outside rather than sitting in front of the tv...

Encouraging them opening their imagination to build and explore 

become future artists 

or future chefs 

or at least just tiny people that pee in the potty

or teaching them to love each other as siblings and friends.. To take care of each other, share and how to "love baby" cause lets face it some day these kids will be the parents in the world.

Toddlers minds are so open and ready to learn and explore and be apart of the world. How can you manage to sit for a min when these tiny people are asking 1,000 questions a day... All about stuff that they are so excited to learn and talk about... We are raising the future adults in this world and I'm happy to say I know exactly how the ones I put out are being raised. Cause I'm instilling in them each and every day a picture of what love and support looks like... I just hope that when they are older with kids of their own they remember how hard mommy tried. How much effort and love was constantly put into them to grow their dreams... That gentle hands guided them not screaming voices... That they had a support and cheer team supporting them at all times... That we made constant effort to play with them and be involved rather than staring lifeless at our phones... We wanted to be the parents most people don't ever get.. Which is extremely tiring when its 24/7... I hope they remember that I dreamed of becoming their mom so I cherished every moment of staying home with them even if 80% of the time was just being their referee while folding our giant mountain of laundry.. So in the end I don't mind the eye rolls about staying home, or money questions or rude messy house comments. Because at the end of the day I know I'm so blessed to give myself and my children an experience so many don't get to have... The chance to really be around the first few years to watch them learn and grow into the people they are going to become... But right now I'll just hope they become people that eventually learn to pee in the potty and sleep through the night... So heres playing with kids instead of having perfectly clean houses cause kids grow fast and leave but dishes will always be dirty...

Catch up

So I've been super far behind in posting... Life has been rather crazy so I'll just jump into it and catch you all up. We have recently added our third little one... yup thats right 3 kids.. We are now officially those people with the awkwardly large families.... More kids than adults to grab.. The kind of big where people will eventually have to make sure we rsvp because we take up so much space and food... That's us now the official tribe of 5 and I absolutely love it! so let me recap the past few months a bit I was due with our 3rd baby on Nov 17th ( say thank you to valentines day for your creation sweet daughter)

I won't lie I loveeeee being pregnant other than the puking of course..

So after a few trips to the ER for kidney stones and my body ending up having really bad kidney damage they decided to induce me early so they could then start working on the stones with a baby in the way and crushing my organs like college kids and a tiny frat party... 

Luckily one of my wonderful friends asked if I wanted her to do birthing pics and of course I said yes! I was so incredibly excited!!

after 14 hours of inducement misery our little girl finally arrived!! Labor was so much better and scarier this time. Having my sweet friend do our pictures was awesome like having a woman tribe supporting me! I cannot say enough fabulous things about the experience. I got to touch her head as she was coming out thanks to my wonderful midwife! It was the most amazing experience I've ever had. Then the scary part happened she went to come out and the cord was caught around her neck...so they had to put her back in enough to cut the cord.. OUCH... She came out purple and not crying and it was the scariest moment ever. They shook her a little and she belted out a scream and then I got to hold our beautiful girl.

Here are some pics of my kids meeting their new sibling. They were in love with her from the start and it was perfect. My middle daughter Mia in obsessed with her, she would hold her and feed her every min if I allowed her to. Which is comforting to know they will be best friends..