Our sweet Maria (Mia) Hope Mullins is 9 days old today!
(I will have to share her beautiful story another day!)
Several people have called me SuperMom or SuperWoman this weekend, especially when we showed up at church with our 2 year old, 1 year old and 1 week old on Saturday night! I laughed and assured them that I was no super hero, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that my husband was the true super hero!!! After both of the "big girls" births (due to circumstances outside his control) Christopher was only able to take off a shift or two. I did have other people around to help after both their births and Aunt Nicole has been a huge help this time around, but it's just not quite the same as your husband and daddy. After Mia's birth he has been able to take off 4 shifts, which equated to 9 days total, tonight being his first night back at work!
I have always known that Christopher has to stay busy, it's just his personality! I could spend days relaxing and being chill, while he constantly needs a new project to keep him busy! This last week or so off of work has been no exception! He got up every morning with the big girls, did breakfast and clothes and took care of them so that Mia and I could get a little extra sleep after several sleepless nights! He washed dishes, kept laundry moving, ran errands, went grocery shopping, took extra good care of me and all 3 girls, encapsulated my placenta, changed the brakes on his car, cleaned out my car, pulled weeds, mowed the lawn, and I am sure I am forgetting several things!! Oh and did I mention that he built a huge patio covering in our backyard so we would have some shade?!? So seriously.....the reason why I "look" like a SuperMom is because SuperDad has been flying around behind the scenes while I just rested and cuddled my sweet new babe!
Tonight he's working a 12 hour shift and tomorrow he'll be sleeping before his next 12 hour shift and this Momma will be on her own with the 3 littles....reality will set in and panic will probably follow, things will get forgotten and our lives will be chaotic, but our girls will be loved and we will find our new normal soon. SuperDaddy will be off in a few days to swoop in and save the day and make me look like a SuperMommy again! 😉
In all honesty though, while he has seriously been SuperDaddy this past week, we really do make a good team! We balance each other out and give each other more grace than we probably deserve at times and we walk through this life together. I only look like a SuperMom because SuperDaddy is my soulmate!!
