So my husband has been working in New Mexico building a home for a month now. He will be working there for 2 or 3 more months. He works there during the week and comes home on the weekend. This is bitter sweet because we need the work and I'm very grateful for it...however, I'm not very good and being a single mom to a 5, 3 and 6 month old. It seems I never get anything done anymore and all I do is break up fights (between Brynn and Alise) and feed kids/babies. I know I am blessed and I have a lot to be grateful for but a break would be nice sometimes. This is why I don't post very much lately...life is not always good or pretty. It's life and we are all just trying to do our best and enjoy it along the way. It's just hard to enjoy it sometimes.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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I don't know how you do it--That would be sooo hard. I know I wait for Russ to walk in the door so I can pass the baby off to him. Seriously if you ever need the girls to come play they are more than welcome. Our kids all play great together. Riley always asks if Brynn can come over. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you out:)
I can empathize. Spence went to Georgia for 3 months when Hayes was 1 and I was pregnant with Chase and teaching full-time in Payson. Then when he came home, he stayed in St. Johns and worked and I had to finish the school year in Payson. It was a long year. But...... Absence makes the heart grow fonder! :) While having Spence gone (for short periods of time :) doesn't really change my work-load, our family misses his presence. I also promise myself that I won't take him for granted, but it's so easy to do when he's always around. Having him gone reminds me of how much he means to me...and how much easier it is with TWO!
PS How are things going for Doug in New Mexico?
kristi i know how you feel. it’s hard for me to be so many miles away from my family. i wasn't blessed with the gift of being able to give birth to a child. but i have been blessed with beautiful sisters that give birth to beautiful children. i feel each & every one of my nieces & nephews are like my own. hope you don’t mind. :) i also know that this time apart from doug will help your relationship & family grow in more ways than you can possibly imagine. remember that you have so many family & friends ready to help you. all you have to do is ask them. that's one of the many things dustin has taught me. IT’S OK TO ASK FOR HELP. after one of my pacemaker surgeries he told me that i wasn't being fare to him by me NOT allowing him to help me. he said that i was DENYING him of his BLESSINGS. you know, i had never looked at or thought of it in that way. because of that comment, i try so hard to either ask for help when i know i need it or ALLOW people to help me when they offer to.
i feel the same way that you do about being grateful for having a job. i’m amazed that i do so well with dustin being gone literally every other day. sometimes i only get to see him for 8 - 12 hours. during those few short hours i have with him he has to eat & sleep .. then hopefully we might be able to actually talk with each other before he gets called out on another train. you just have to think the way i do. this will all be worth it.
you hang in there! remember there are so many prayer’s being offered in your behalf over hear in lubbock, tx. i’m always a phone call away if you ever need to talk. feel free to call me anytime - day or night. i love and miss you & your awesome family. i’m hoping the next time we see each other in snowflake that dustin & i can beat you & doug at tetris!
valee ;)
Kristi~ I dont know how you are doing that. I know that I can't barely make it through the whole day without taking them over to my moms for a break or Koby coming home asap! Now....when does Brynn go to school? Alise can come over and play for a couple hours with Tatum and I will take Chloe and I promise they will be fine and we will have so much fun. Trust me, just having a couple hours to take a shower and get ready and clean up makes a big difference. CALL ME! I would love to help. Alise and Tatum play in nursery anyways!
Oh that would be hard....I hate being by myself at night!! I hope things get better....hang in there!!
You are a great mom!! But I know it can be very hard. I don't think I could do what you are doing! Your girls are so precious!
We love your fam
Kimberly Farr
Oh Kristi, if only you knew how much I needed to read a post like this. Really its true every one is going through this kind of stuff right now and it is really trying. I am never feeling like a very good parent and I to have not felt like posting a whole lot lately. But cheer up because I know your a great mother, your girls are all living proof!!!! :)
I guess we should just go to lunch/dinner more? : )
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