3 to 5 < 365

Going from a family of three to a family of five in less than a year has been one of the biggest change curves I've ever walked through.  Add in the fact that involved bringing a toddler from another country into the mix, well... CRAZY!

Some of the bigger lessons I've learned:

• With one, you double team.  With 2, you go man to man.  With 3, it's all about playing the zone.
• They are in the majority.  We must keep them in the dark on this reality as long as possible, or we may have mutiny on our hands.
• I don't love them all the same, but I do love them equally.
• Love runs deeper than blood (phrase stolen from another family who adopted from Uganda)
• Keiralee (youngest, birthed by Janelle) is no more our "own" than Katylynn or Moses. 
• Busy takes on a different (not more or less, just different) understanding.
• Mom's are amazing.  They give until they can't give, and then they give some more.
• There is no tougher job than parenting.
• There is no greater calling than parenting.
• There is no greater joy than parenting.