And so it begins...

After being home with us for the better part of the last 6 weeks, Derek finally reported in to Nellis & started his in-processing on Thursday morning. So the past 2 days have been my first attempt at flying solo with 3 kiddos! Thankfully, Derek was able to come home around 2-3pm both afternoons, so it was a nice way to ease into this whole mother of three gig!

I didn't want to attempt any big outings on our first days on our own, but I also knew we'd go crazy if we just sat at home all day. So both mornings, we loaded Brady up in the stroller and walked to one of our community playgrounds to play for a bit. The girls were pretty whiny on the walk home (can't say that I blame them when it's well over 100 degrees here!), but the playground is shaded so it wasn't too bad.

 

I took this pic to send to Derek while he was at his first day of work, I was feeling super proud they were both already dressed & eating breakfast before 8 on my first day alone with 3 kids! ;)

I think they kind of like him ;)

 

Girls entertaining themselves while I nursed Brady



Back at the playground on Day #2
Sorry this picture & the next one are so small, they kept getting blurry when I tried to post them larger.



I think this is a good sign for what's to come for Brady...life with two big sisters ;)

The night before Derek went back to work, we were in the kitchen cleaning up when Derek said: "Let's talk about expectations." He told me he didn't expect me to have dinner ready when he came home from work for the foreseeable future, he didn't expect the house to be clean, and best of all...he didn't expect me to be in a good mood when he got home. He said he just expected all four of us to still be alive. ;) I'm so thankful for a husband who is a true teammate in parenting and gets how hard it can be sometimes. He's given me so much grace lately, and I'm so thankful he's mine! But truthfully, our first two days without him went great! Sure we missed him, but we did it! And I even managed to get two loads of laundry done on our first day...I felt like Super Woman, ha!

We're looking forward to a fun weekend with our Daddy-boy back home with us! We've got big plans to head to the movies to see The Secret Life of Pets & hopefully check out a new splash pad & church on Sunday.

Happy Friday to you!!