BUSY PRE CHRISTMAS FUN!!!

It has been a very very busy week before Christmas... Last week was filled with the park, Christmas painting with a twist with friends, Christmas party for Brian's work at the delicious Ruths Chris Steakhouse, Arboretum with friends from out of town, lots of beautiful weather so many park visits with friends... And lots of prepping for Santa Clause.  Everything is in the garage, decals added, batteries loaded and charged, every screw put in, everything is ready for Christmas morning. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and we have a busy day of food prep, visiting and celebrating Christmas with Brian's grandmother and mother, and then watching my niece, Nora, get dedicated at the Christmas Eve Service, and then trying to make my littles go to sleep!!!

Fingers crossed Santa comes without any hiccups this year!!!

 Abbey chasing mama down while checking for Christmas cards in the mail...

Arboretum Monday

                                                   Bowling with Uncle Josh and Aunt Yay on Sunday

Playing hard with some of our favorite friends, Brady & Grayson

Painting with a twist with my best friend, Katie.

Sunday Sunday Sunday

It has been a great weekend!!! Chinese and dance parties at my best friends house with all of our little toddlers on Friday, Saturday was filled with errands to prepare for the week ahead, mani/pedi with my best friend and then a VERY RARE date night at Seasons 52 followed by our favorite Wine Bar in our small downtown.  It was a blast to spend quality time laughing without chasing rugrats.  Sunday we woke up and met Brian's grandmother at  Brunch with Santa and Mrs. Clause at our country club.  We all ate too much and the kiddos had a blast.  Brian's grandmother shared some very sad news about her cancer prognosis, which they are considering terminal now and they will not be continuing any treatment.  She asked us to find time to get some of her and Papaw's (her late husband) belongings to pass down to the kids, which is heartbreaking.  Mamaw has been a solid, stable CONSTANT in my children's lives, and I am devastated knowing that her time here is limited.  After she left, we did our normal football season Sunday of wrangling toddlers while attempting to watch the Cowboys game.  All-in-all it was a good weekend with some bad news, but it has a silver lining... You always appreciate time with someone more when you know it is limited, you make extra visits, do extra special things, and generally let any petty things go.

Off to bathe three toddlers,
JEN

The Toddler Wrangler... Introduction

It is all together unlikely anyone will actually read any of my blogposts, and honestly, I am really good with that, but I figured I'd try to put my daily thoughts out there strictly for my own sake... Every day has a tendency to become a bit of a blur, so having a place to put my randomness so I can look back seems appealing to me.

I am Jen, I am a mother to twin three year old boys, Graham and Austin, and my daughter, Abbey who is one.  The twins were about as planned as they could possibly be, while Abbey was the biggest surprise of a lifetime.  We had Abbey 5 days before the twins' 2nd birthday and her due date was actually on the twins' second birthday.  I am married to an incredible husband, Brian, and am currently a stay-at-home mom, which I go back and forth daily with how I love and hate to identify myself this way.  I am, for lack of better terminology, a toddler wrangler...  I wrangle them into their seats at breakfast, wrangle them into their clothes for the day, wrangle them apart when they are fighting, and so on.  I am not sure how much I will actually contribute to this blog, as it is kind of an experiment for me... You see, I had delayed onset post partum depression after the twins, and that didn't go away before pregnancy hormones assaulted me when I got pregnant with Abbey and its still lingering past her first birthday.  It's not the post partum everyone imagines where you hate life or your kids or anything, in fact I think I am one of the most active and participating moms I know (not a helicopter parent, just really involved), its more of an anxiety about almost everything kind of thing that I am working through... Every day seems to get better except the days that don't. Haha.

Anyways, SAHM of three toddlers, that are hilarious and wild and silly and crazy....  Well, I suppose that is my introduction because 1/3 just woke up from naptime... 

Adios to myself since I will likely be the only one ever to read this!

Jen