Paul Tiverton Aichele - Part Three

While we were in the hospital, Sawyer and Beau went to stay with my parents.  My sister Julie helped out best she could.  The kids had fun, but we didn't realize at that point that Beau had a blazing ear infection.  After three days of taking care of the two boys, my mother decided to swing by Whole Foods in Tulsa on her way back to Stillwater.  I have done this several times with the boys on my way to Arkansas and it is exhausting, but doable.  Well at Whole Foods Beau lost it like never before.  My mom said she had to take him outside and let him have a 30 minute temper tantrum on the patio.  It was so bad that a man came over and prayed over him (I am sure he looked like he was possessed by demons).  An employee took my mother's shopping list and finished her shopping.  Then my poor mom had to drive the rest of the way to Stillwater in sleet.

The boys were happy to be home and didn't even seem to care at all that the baby was here.  When Beau was born, Sawyer had a hard time with the amount of nursing initially required.  This time the boys didn't even notice because they spend so much of their day playing together.  The first few days they wanted to hold Paul a lot, but Sawyer quickly lost interest.  Beau never has lost interest in holding "Baby Tall".  My mother, who was still recovering from her battle with cancer, worked like a dog cooking, cleaning, more cooking, organizing, laundry, laundry and more cooking and then some laundry for three days straight. She really is superwoman. My house has never been cleaner and my husband happier (cooking and organizing are the way to his heart).

Grammy carted the boys to and from school the first few weeks and brought meals.  Many friends around Stillwater also brought meals.  In all honesty the transition to having three was barely noticeable for me (just a reminder though that the first three months with Beau was very challenging and 2012 was such a horrible year that life was overall just getting easier.)