...and Then There was 4!

We knew-and discussed at length-that life for P would be different once he became a big brother. Although we wanted our kids close in age God had different plans. In one way it worked out well because P helps out a lot and "understands" more than a younger child. In other ways it's more difficult because he's been our only priority for 3 and a half years (exactly as of today) so adjusting to a younger sibling has got to be hard. One area that we knew would be hard is the sleeping arrangements. Because of the layout of our microscopic rental P sleeps downstairs and Easton shares a small corner of our bedroom. When Rob put P to bed last night he talked to him about staying in bed but that was too hard for our lil man. He came up to our room a few times before falling asleep. Then, sometime during the night, he came up again to say he couldn't sleep in his room because of the monsters. I was "sleeping" better in my big chair than in our bed so P took advantage of that and crawled into bed with Daddy. Between the boys and trying to get comfortable, Rob and I didn't sleep well. I'm already so sleep deprived that we both woke up in a zombie like trance this morning. I joked that this is why people our age don't have babies....we're too old to keep up with a baby's schedule (HA!). We tag teamed the day pretty good though and I was able to get a few things done. It'll take awhile to get used to being a family of 4, a family with 2 small boys but it's so worth it. We've already enjoyed some special, priceless moments as a family. We're blessed!