Yet again I find myself posting on here after too much time has gone by. School has begun and ended (for me). I started the school year out 2 weeks before students to prepare and then completed the first 3 weeks of teaching before having to go out on maternity leave. Complications with this sweet one are preventing me from being in what has very much proved to be a mission field. Although rewarding and enjoyable, me teaching has also been quite a challenge for my family.
Addyson and Aiden instantly became clingy to me in the evenings and on weekends as well as whiny! Whiny as can be! Jacob started acting up because he wasn't getting the same structure and consistency he had grown used to. Then there's Paul. Paul wouldn't say a word, but he didn't have to most of the time, the look on his face said it all. Poor guy went from having a wife who took care of the majority of the housework and kid stuff to having to do much of it on his own. I was just too tired and in too much physical pain to do it so he had no choice but to step up and do it.
So where I go from here is still unclear to me. Do I return in January, after baby "Ella" is born? Or should I stay home with the kids? Thinking about getting up that early each day after being up much of the night with a newborn exhausts me. And that's just a thought. That's not even taking into account that we need to find a new nanny. Decisions, decisions. I'm looki
Addyson and Aiden instantly became clingy to me in the evenings and on weekends as well as whiny! Whiny as can be! Jacob started acting up because he wasn't getting the same structure and consistency he had grown used to. Then there's Paul. Paul wouldn't say a word, but he didn't have to most of the time, the look on his face said it all. Poor guy went from having a wife who took care of the majority of the housework and kid stuff to having to do much of it on his own. I was just too tired and in too much physical pain to do it so he had no choice but to step up and do it.
So where I go from here is still unclear to me. Do I return in January, after baby "Ella" is born? Or should I stay home with the kids? Thinking about getting up that early each day after being up much of the night with a newborn exhausts me. And that's just a thought. That's not even taking into account that we need to find a new nanny. Decisions, decisions. I'm looki