Chaos Reigns

I may post about this at a future date, but I was incredibly fortunate to find a fabulous group of women in the hospital mommy's group soon after Liam.  There are 8 babies that Liam is "friends" with, and 7 of them are born within I think 11 days of each other.  It's been so much fun seeing them grow up together, but there is the ineviable side effect of comparing where your child is to everyone else, and it's even harder when you know these other babies are litereally the same age as your child.  A couple weeks ago we were all together having dinner, and of the six children there, 3 were first children and 3 were second children, and the 3 first chidlren were crawling around, while the three little siblings were just sitting.  At first I was worried, and then I remembered how much things change when they start to crawl.  No longer can you just plop them on your bed while you go to the bathroom or answer the phone.  You have to start to worry about little things on the floor that suddenly become baby magnets (and this has been even more difficult this time as Sarah loves playing with little things, like, no joke, marbles and pennies).  So as anxious as I was, I was glad I got to delay the worrying a bit longer.

Well, as the point of the blog (and this blog reboot) was the document "milestones" in my chidlrens lives, and I have no idea when Sarah began crawling, I figure I should mention that yes, Liam is now on the move.  He began spinning on his tummy a couple weeks ago, and then the end of May be managed to get up on all fours and rock back and forth.  And then I left town for a week to grade AP exams, and yes, the biggest fear of all working parents came true - you miss a milestone because you're at work.  Luckily, Liam was at my parents house this particular night, and I saw my son crawl for the first time, June 5th, via FaceTime.

Update:  In the past week and a half I've been home this child moves like a champ.  He also seems to have no fear as he crawls over and under and through things to get what he wants (which is often the smallest or most dangerous thing in the room).  Though he may have some friends already walking, now that I remember how difficult being mobile is, Liam can wait at least as long as Sarah did (which this one I do remember, she was 14 months).  He's far better now than the video below shows, but this was my first attempt at catching it on my first day back.  This video was only taken 10 days ago, and while re-watching it now, I'm amazed at how quickly things change.

And back to the title of this post - I now think this is the most difficult part of having two children thus far.  My eldest is not quite yet self sufficient, and my youngest is no longer portable.  Therefore I am really doubly needed at all times.  My entire life is often one big giant chaotic mess, but I'm also having a blast.