A snapshot of my life.

I love this picture. I really, really do. It'll go down as one of my most favorite of all time. How wonderful is this beautiful, chaotic life of mine. I'm an average mom, just trying to get a cute picture of 2 of my children. A mom whose oldest daughter thinks it's hilarious to look at me cross-eyed (I swear I tell her they'll stick), and who's son is usually a blur...speeding past every situation with his full-on active, all-boy-self.Just a mom, with three happy, healthy, crazy kids...that always make me smile with their creative imaginations and wild sense of humors.

Life has been crazy while adjusting to going back to work full time. I'm tired. Stressed. Getting us all dressed, fed, and out of the house by 7 am is hard. My insomnia is even more inconvenient now. I miss my children. I miss my friends. Not being able to sign up to help with class parties for my girls makes me sad. Did I mention I'm tired?

It's so hard right now, but these reseliant, supportive children have adjusted so well. They have only gotten upset a few times about me being gone for work. They love their new school. Lilly offers me back rubs. Grace is still so easy-going. Connor loves all of the new women that have come into his life as babysitters and mdo teachers. (I swear he doesn't meet a woman he doesn't like. I'm going to be in so much trouble with this boy!) And although it's little comfort now, I know that one day they'll know how hard I worked for them.

The time we spend together now is heavy on QUALITY, instead of quantity. On days when "my candle" has burned out, and I'm tired and a tad grouchy, they still love me. They still want to be near me. They still tell me they love me. And G and L still tell me at random moments almost every day..."you are the best Mommy in the whole world". Life just doesn't get much better than that.

And to my mother, I owe so much. She is at the core of making this transition as smooth as possible. She's picking up my slack at home, and doing everything she can to help out. I would be lost with her.