Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Will I survive?

I pray for many things each day, but the following three things come up every morning...
1. That no one will be seriously injured due to the fact that I am simply out numbered and can never be holding all three at once
2. That I will be patient.
3. That I will have time to teach each one of them the things they need to learn to be successful!
With that being said, here are a few stories from this week!
On Thursday's we go to the park with our friends! Every week something happens that makes me think I should never go to the park again. A few weeks ago, Camden and Emma were swinging together like normal, when all of sudden Emma did not want to be near Camden anymore. In a moment of anger, she attacked her sister like a wild animal! When Camden came to me, I thought she had smeared strawberries on her cheek, but it was actually blood. Her sister left the Mark of Zorro in her cheek, a giant Z! On this same day at the park, Camden tried to walk down the slide. She made it half way down, before gravity took over and she flipped off the side of the slide and landed on her back on the ground. Meanwhile, her sister Emma fell threw the crack between the bridge and the railing. It was not a good moment. I was torn, who do I run to first, Emma seemed ok, so I ran to Camden to check her limbs for a break. She didn't even cry, jumped up and ran to go down the slide again, frustrated that I am holding her back to check her! I then freed Emma from where she was pinned, only to send her on her way up the stairs again! I left the park completely exhausted, emotionally and physically!


Not two hours later...I had everyone in their cribs for a nap! I was finally going to eat lunch and relax! When all of a sudden I can hear Camden screaming upstairs. Now normally I would let her scream herself to sleep, but something about her scream made me want to check on her. When I come into their room I looked to her crib, only to realize that I need to look up. Camden was standing on top of the crib rails, one foot on her crib and one foot on Emma's crib, holding onto the wall like a rock climber. She was scared to death! Thank heavens! She has not tried this since. Good thing I checked on her, who knows how long she would stand their before deciding to jump.



This week, Camden climbed over the side rails into Emma's crib. I could hear giggling from their room so I didn't go in for awhile, when I finally decided to get them up, they were both smiling at me from Emma's crib. The most interesting part of Camden's climbing is that she never climbs to get out of her room and the crib, she is just trying to get to Emma. She climbed into Emma's crib again the next day, and Emma bit her, so I finally separated the cribs!



A few days later, I went upstairs to put Sophie in her crib for a nap. When I came back downstairs Camden and Emma were both on top of the kitchen table throwing Easter basket confetti on the ground.



Sophie eating food for the first time! Oh bananas!

Just a sampling of my life lately...will I survive this?

14 comments:

Jillian said...

It is so good of you to write these stories down so you can look back and laugh!

Lyndsey said...

Wow, I thought my days were busy! You guys have the cutest family ever, and we miss seeing those cute kids. When are you guys coming up for a visit?

Annie said...

Oh my gosh. Your post left me exhausted, but also made me think I need to quit any whining I ever do about my "tough times" as a mom. You're wonder woman and you've got 3 beautiful girls as proof of it. Hang in there . . .

mizkylie said...

You are SUPERMOM! If you EVER need help with anything, I am home every day and would walk over anytime! Lets get together soon for sure. I have Twilight, we could watch it again. (Weren't you at teh theaters with Molly and I?) We could go to a movie if you need a break. Saturday Matinee???

Kristen Parnell said...

Haha this was hilarious! Sounds insane!

Anonymous said...

You're such a good mom. Someday you'll look back and wonder how you did it. (What am I saying, you probably say that to yourself every night before bed right now!)

Jenn said...

Oh Amanda that made me laugh just imagining it all! I can still see Camden flying off that slide! Gave me a heart attack and she didn't even make a peep! We just have to remember "I will miss this.. I will miss this.." at times! ( or just stay home and go insane!)haha- love ya!

mizkylie said...

I am still not on your blog list....you are in BIG trouble missy:)

Faith said...

You'll survive. Actually you are doing amazing!! Just wait until they're scratching and biting over clothes and shoes. Miss you tons!

Lauren and Chase said...

Ok, so I have a few words for you my dear...one is SUPER MOM, second, is AMAZING! Manda you are such a fantastic mom and Heavenly Father knew you could handle all of these fun adventures, even laugh about a few of them :) Your awesome and I hope to be even half the mom you are!!!!

Molly and Jason said...

I'm sorry to laugh at your expense- but I can't help it. I love hearing your stories. And the trip to San Fran is classic!

Nicole S said...

Oh my. You are supermom. They should give you a medal for that kind of stamina. They're so lucky to have you.

Parley and Katie Call said...

Is it bad that I enjoy your stories? It is a foreign life to me. :) You are doing a great job of surviving. I love your pictures too.

Unknown said...

Can you survive it? I sure hope so, and am pretty sure you will...but posts like this remind me of your amazing super powers. Many kudos to you Amanda, I don't know how you do it, but good job ;) Miss ya!

Amanda & Rob Finlinson

Amanda & Rob Finlinson

Our Story...

Rob and I met in November of 2002 in the financial services office at BYU. After a very akward introduction, which involved me introducing myself in the third person, Rob called and asked me out. After a pretty amazing first date (its a long story-some other time), I confidently told Rob "that once he dated me he would never want to date anyone else." I really had no idea at that point that it was going to work out so well. We dated for the next five months and then one beautiful night on a bridge at Sundance resort, Rob and I got engaged. We were married four months later on August 16, 2003 in the Las Vegas, NV temple. And we have been living happily ever after since...