Attempting to be a Super Mom

I don't want to jinx anything, but I think I'm starting to get in the swing of things already. I did forget to mention, in all the busy-ness we've been going through, that I took Maya to the vet last week.  She's had some problems with her back legs.  I should also mention that she's a big black lab, so arthritis is pretty common.  I guess I just didn't know what causes the arthritis. I guess a long time ago, back as a much younger dog, she tore her ACL in both knees.  I asked how that even happens, and she told me it's common from running or jumping and especially common in labs because they do more jumping that a lot of dog breeds. After those injuries, she got arthritis in the knees.  Because we didn't know at the time, we weren't able to get the problem fixed before arthritis and any surgeries now won't stop or fix the arthritis.  Sometime in the last week or so, she tore what was left of the ACL on her left hind leg and wasn't ...

Well, it's been a crazy few weeks, and oh so much in the way of adjustments, but I think we are finally falling into our new normal.  I just want to let you in on all the craziness that has been our past few weeks. The last post I did (that wasn't a Happy Homemaker Monday post) came from a stressed and frazzled mom who had been dealing with a new baby, and illness in the home.  I can tell you that things here now are so much better.  With all change there is an adjustment phase, and adding a new person to your life is a big adjustment especially to the other kids.  I was treated for PPD after Rylie and looking back, I probably was suffering from it after Sydney as well, I just didn't know at the time.  I didn't have a problem after Ben and I don't think it's an issue after Scotland.  I seem to just be in a much better place emotionally, although a week or so out from birth I was worried about it. The day after I came home from the hospital with Scotlan...