You may remember if you’ve been reading for a while, that I was newly pregnant with Luke when David was about 6 months old. Those two boys have been best little buddies since Luke was a few months old. It was so sweet to see 14-month old David walk around and find Luke’s pacifiers when he was crying. I was truly surprised to see how attentive and tender David was with his baby brother.

I only knew life with two little babies so when Emily was born I was excited to have slightly older kids on the scene. I worried about different things than I did when Luke was born. It was going to be easier on me physically to only have one baby in diapers, and to have older kids who can grab a snack for themselves, or simply put on their own shoes. But I worried that they would feel left out or neglected, and be impatient about the change that comes with a newborn. I worried that I would be overcome with stress and exhaustion for the first few months and not be the mom they were used to.
We’re over a year out from when we brought Emily home to our family, and I’m so grateful for what a smooth first year it was. As expected, there were stretches of exhaustion, impatience, and difficulty. But there was also, at the very same time, extremely sweet moments, and pure joy when I sat back and marveled at my 3 children.
We’ve entered a new season of life as David just began Kindergarten. David is going to a year-round school so it started a little bit earlier than ...