Addendum...

Wow! My friends' comments on the post below are amazing, and make me feel really good- good about myself, and warm toward the special people I have had the privilege of getting to know. Thank you.

After I wrote that, I was thinking that by no means do I want to discount what most parents do for their children, and I know every single one feels like they must master a juggling act, whether for one child or, bless you, 2, or 3, or 4 (you know who you are!) All of us work hard, we just have different jobs. I don't assume I have it harder than anyone else, but I do definitely have different experiences and different fears and waaaay more medical knowledge than I care to. And that Master's degree I got in Child Development...that is out the window, because I seriously have lost all track of what's typical! Oh well.

I cannot imagine taking care of more than one (although I can't forget about our dogs, seriously sometimes they are more work than Harrison) and I don't know how you all do it! You all impress me every day, and I get a kick out of watching my friends with their kids, typical and otherwise. I enjoy it so much, and I think it makes me a better parent when I break out of my own little bubble. Again, thank you.