Needing Help

Asking for help isn’t always easy. It’s having to admit I can’t handle everything on my plate and that I am in fact human. Shocking news, I know! So here goes… I need help eliminating stress in my life. Some if not most of my stress right now is making sure Chris and Max are taken care of. Chris is a wonderful father and doing a good job with all that he is faced with these days. It is extremely difficult to be both Daddy and Mama. This is something Chris and I are finding out rather quickly… Below is a list of things that would help out greatly and we would be MUCH appreciative of any one thing handled!

1. Drop off or help with a home-cooked meal
2. A week night babysitter for an hour or two...
   There’s a great neighborhood park by Chris’s duplex which Max adores, strolling through the neighborhood is another good brief outing for lil’ misters
3. A weekend babysitter for at least two hours
4. HEB runner...
   Max is a good shopper as long as there is a snack in hand so feel free to bring him with you!
5. Help pickin’ up or cleaning the duplex
6. Hang out and help with the little things…
   Set aside Max’s clothes for the next day, make sure a diaper bag is packed by the front door, give Max a bath, help Chris brainstorm a grocery list. Any one little thing helps! You presence alone is worth the distraction, you know?

One of Max’s aunts made a fabulous suggestion of offering to be available one day a week. If there is any way for your schedule to allow for something like this, the structure of having one day to not worry about lining up help (even if only a couple of hours) helps out more than you could imagine!

There are so many little things you can do to help. Call Chris, I’m sure he will not turn down the help. If he does, just show up. He will appreciate it!

Thank you all for your love and support. We really wouldn’t be able to make it through all of this without you!