Help

I never gave due credit to my help during the last 6 weeks. As mentioned earlier, I was terrified of having 3 kids. Still, sometimes, I do feel overwhelmed by it. But I could not have adjusted so well without help. This post is detailed due to the fact that I want to remember it. I don't expect you to read it unless you are looking for your name :)

First, my husband. Tyler was there when I brought the little critter into this world. What a blessing to have a supportive husband and who had confidence in my abilities to give birth so easily to Cecily.



Then my mom. She came down while I was in the hospital and helped out with the other little cherubs. She spoiled them by taking them to McDonald's, letting them pick out a toy at the grocery store, and took Sammy to the BYU bookstore, in which she let Samuel pick out his very own book or toy. He chose yet another dinosaur book complete with more plastic dino's! They loved the time with Granmda.


In addition, I live in the best neighborhood! My neighbors on both sides helped out too. We have an older couple on one side and they dropped a box of Krispy Kremes by. Then the other side, Elizabeth, had Jocelyn over several times to play with her little girl, Ruthie. Anna, Sammy's pre-school friend's mom, and my friend too, has helped by taking Samuel to/from pre-school or watching the kids. My old roommate, Melissa, also helped by bringing by two meals and taking the kids to a park to play. Our home teachers brought a meal by, the sister I visit teach did too. And my visiting teacher went the extra mile. She provided us with 3 delicious meals!! Then she came over and cleaned my bathroom, did the dishes and mopped my floor!! She's a saint. Other gifts have been given as well. Phew! I was surprised and grateful for the love and support offered and greatly received!

And last but not least, my mother and sister-in-law. My MIL came out when Jocelyn was born and assisted me while making her blessing dress. I was grateful she was able to take a week off to stay and help us. Stephanie came also because she wanted to help and do some missionary shopping too. Plus, Lori, my MIL, was helpful as usual. Doing dishes, laundry, kid stuff (like taking them to the museum), cooking, rocking Cecily in the middle of the night, more laundry, constantly working.



Stephanie is a great young single adult. She played forts, imagination games with the kids non-stop. She put them to bed, did the dishes and other housework. Somehow she read my mind and knew that I had been wanting to clean our leather chair for quite some time but never got around to doing it. (Okay, it was just so filthy you could see that it needed cleaning), she dusted, vacuumed, scrubbed the shower glass door (using Comet) so you could see through it again! She was amazing! She'll be a great mother and elementary ed school teacher, when her time comes.

I realized something sort of amazing while they were here. It took 3 busy women to do all the work of 1 typical woman. My house was spotless and the kids were taken care of but it was because 3 of us shared the work. We all three were working constantly. They rarely rested or did anything for themselves. I was able to nap, of course. Tyler helped a little too by taking Samuel to school or Cecily to get her billirubin checked.

Motherhood truly is a full-time job!!! It's exhausting and never ends. Tyler and I didn't want them to leave. And, to be honest, this is like one of the only benefits that I see in polygamy. Yes, I'll admit that. Or better yet, the life of a celebrity who has a personal nanny, trainer, chef and housekeeper. Kind of a scary thought, eh?

So thank you all for the help! Kudos to you mothers who have come before me and set a good example. I love help and am not afraid to take it!!