I love being able to be a stay-at-home mom. I do miss working but I love being able to see each stage of my children's life. They grow up way to fast and I don't want to miss out. Sometimes I feel bad for Zach cause he misses out on a lot. Especially by being in the military. Sometimes its hard when I see them do a first and then Zach thinks he's seeing it for the first time when he's not.
I can't believe Jaidyn is in school now. You'd think it would be a nice break but he's the helpful one! I miss him. I'm worried he'll lose his innocence. He's such a sweetheart and I don't want anyone to change it. So far he's been good in school and is the polite one. I'd rather that then the bully any day :D Makes me proud that my parenting is paying off. He's learning a lot and his teacher is awesome. He counts down till he goes to school everyday. We've never had tears but always lots of excitement.
The good thing about having multiple children is that they always have a friend. Jaidyn and Ryker are stuck together like glue. They're best friends and I love it. Fitting Matteo in the picture has been a little hard but we're hoping for another baby soon so that he'll have a friend closer to his age :D
I was all excited because we've been done potty training for a few months now but then I remembered I have to do it all over again with Matteo. grr! At least we have a little time before that happens. Potty training was supposed to be Zach's turf with boys and mine with girls. haha Supposed to is the key word there. They're potty trained though so that hurdle is done for a bit. Its annoying whenever we go anywhere though cause we're in the bathroom nearly the whole time. Its like walking into a store is turns on the light bulb that they have to pee. Fun stuff!
The things we have done differently with Matteo are cloth diapering and breastfeeding. I absolutely love it but I do miss formula feeding sometimes. The bond between Tao and I is amazing but its also annoying. I get "touched out" a lot. He's constantly feeding so I'll get to the point where everyone has to keep their distance. Its hard when the kids wanna be cute and cuddle but I just need my space. I even get that way with Zach. Sometimes I'll pick a fight just so he'll sleep on the couch and I get the bed to myself. I know, I'm horrible. He found out I was doing that though so it doesn't fly anymore. haha I do use a cover when breastfeeding and I'm still not to comfortable doing it in public but we've made it work for us. Zach has been incredibly supportive and I think that's the only reason we've survived this long. When Matteo was almost a month old, I BEGGED Zach to go buy formula and he refused. If he had caved, we would be where we are today. Besides complete lack of sleep, I've had a really hard time losing weight while breastfeeding. I've even tried different diets. You see all the people who it just falls off but not with me. I've gotten to the point where I'm just trying to be healthy and not worry about it. I'm doing this for him and as long as he's happy and healthy, I am good.
I am really into the whole cloth diapering thing now too. We do go back and forth between cloth and disposable sometimes but its mostly cloth. It is a pretty big cost at the beginning but it does pay off. I do laundry a lot without the cloth diapers so its not a big deal to add them to the list. With 4 boys in my house, my washer is almost constantly running. Boys are gross! I found a way that works for me to wash them and I throw them in the dryer (although I know a lot of people line dry them). I've had the same cloth diapers for him since he's been born and they are still good so its worked for us. They haven't even had any stains till about two weeks ago when we had to get this rash cream that stained them. I'm typically the only one who does laundry but even Zach knows how to wash them. It normally takes anywhere from 4-6 hours of my washing machine's time when we wash them. They are so cute though and the little cloth booty is adorable!
We have been talking about adoption since we got together. I was adopted and have ALWAYS wanted to adopt a sibling group. This summer we're planning on buying a house then looking into it. I'm SO excited! We both agree on adopting an older child (hopefully somewhere close to Jaidyn's age) and would like to get a sibling group. Either 2 or 3 siblings. We want to help out some kids who a lot of people pass on cause they're older and we want to save them from being split up. We both feel called to this and I can't wait to get it all started. We are also trying to have one more biological child. Zach's bound and determined to get that girl. Getting pregnant while nursing can be more of a challenge so I started taking some stuff that helps you conceive while breastfeeding. We'll see if it works! For now we're just enjoying our three blessings and taking it day by day. This year is going to be crazy fun though and I'm excited to see where it takes us!
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