Life With Three

So, it's been over a year since I've posted.  My boys are still crazy, but we've added a little lady:)  I'm not going to start with her though.  Today is Middle Child Day, so I will begin with Levi.


Levi is 2--not the terrible twos, more like the bi-polar twos. He can be quite delightful.  We are potty-training, and by that I mean, now I change his underwear instead of his diapers.  Levi does thank me when I clean up his accidents, but that does not make the experience more enjoyable;) 
Levi is our cuddler, and "Hold you me, Mommy!" is his mantra.  He is Lyston's shadow and loves his baby sister, "LaLa." Levi is our night owl.  You can hear the pitter patter of his feet for about an hour after bedtime and his squeals of delight as he tries to sneak up on you.  Happy Middle Child Day, Levi!  There will be no "Marsha! Marsha! Marsha!" for you.  Marsha would have just gotten bitten;0


Lyston is a constant source of entertainment.  We have started him on an allowance because he kept pestering us to do chores to earn money.  Lyston suggested we "pay him in a pattern--like round money, dollar, round money, dollar." He ran around the house saying, "I'm money hungry!"
Lyston keeps me accountable and serves as my comic relief.  One day, I was frustrated because we were running late (a regular occurrence.)  Lyston says, "You shouldn't get too mad mommy because Santa Clause is watching you.  Then, he proceeds to sing "Santa Clause is Coming to Town."  You never know what's going to come out of his mouth!
I was changing his sheets the other day and found a toy golf club in his bed.  I asked him why he had a golf club in his bed.  Lyston replies, "I don't know.  Why don't you put toys in your bed?"
I can't believe he will be starting Kindergarten in less than 2 weeks.  Hondo ISD will never be the same.


Leighton is my promise from my Redeemer.  I still remember the call last October giving me my test results:  Your baby is healthy with no foreseeable disorders, and it's a girl!  I literally dropped to my knees, while sobbing hysterically and praising God.  He had granted me the desire of my heart!
On April 4, 2014, I was at a rehearsal dinner, for my sweet friend Alexie, when my water broke (a first for me.)  3 hours later, Leighton Emarie Blanks made her appearance.  She is 4 months old and doing wonderfully! I am saddened that Leighton doesn't have her sister, Kinley, to play with, but I look forward to the glorious day when my girls will meet each other.


Life with 3 kids is never dull.  Grocery store trips resemble a traveling circus.  Yesterday, people even gawked and laughed when they saw me with a baby strapped on, my toddler in the shopping cart, and my 5 year old running down the aisles, attempting to play hide-in-seek.  Oh, and don't forget the groceries that were piled so high in my cart that they began to overflow and fall off the side (some intentionally thrown off by Levi.)  These people only got to see a preview.  They did not see me trying to load my car with this ridiculous amount of groceries when I forgot to take out the double stroller in the back of my Tahoe.  They did not see us arrive home and observe Lyston somehow puncturing the milk gallon with a tricycle so that milk started squirting everywhere.  These spectators also didn't get to view me nursing a baby and simultaneously trying to control where my two-year old aimed his pee. Life with 3 is an adventure, but it's a beautiful adventure.  I am so thankful God allowed me to be Lyston, Kinley, Levi, and Leighton's mom.