How We Make It Work with Three Kids and a Newborn: Remembering ‘Us’ Before the Chaos
Life with three kids and a newborn is exactly what you’d imagine—beautifully chaotic. The days are full of feedings, diaper changes, sibling squabbles, and navigating everyone’s big feelings (including our own). But through it all, we hold on to something sacred: US.
Before the sleepless nights and the piles of laundry, there was a love story. A foundation built on friendship, laughter, and dreams. That foundation didn’t disappear the moment we became parents. If anything, it became even more important.
Finding Love in the Everyday
It’s easy to get lost in the demands of parenting. But every day, we make the choice to show up for each other—not just as co-parents, but as partners. It’s in the little moments:
💖 Meal prepping together after the kids are asleep, sharing quiet conversations between chopping veggies.
💖 Tag-teaming on house clean-ups, turning chores into a mini dance party.
💖 Encouraging each other on the tough days, knowing that we’re always in this together.
💖 Navigating meltdowns and bedtime battles as a united front.
Love doesn’t always look like grand gestures. Sometimes, it’s a knowing glance across a messy living room. A quick “You okay?” in the middle of the chaos. A hug that lasts just a little longer than usual.
A Love That Grows with the Chaos
This life—with all its noise, all its challenges, all its beauty—is a product of our love. It’s a love that has expanded with every child we’ve welcomed, and it continues to grow through each season of parenthood.
We honor this gift God has given us by showing up, by staying connected, and by choosing love every day. We don’t always get it perfect, but we always come back to us. And for that, we are forever grateful. 🙏🏽
💕 In our home, it’s Valentine’s Day every day. 🫶🏽
And if you’re wondering who the fourth kid is—it’s Abel. 🐕🦺 Because, let’s be real, he keeps us on our toes just as much as the little humans do!
Parenthood is wild, messy, and the most beautiful adventure we’ve ever been on. And you know what? We wouldn’t trade it for anything.
That’s why I’m so excited to share even more of this journey with you on my YouTube channel—Life with Betina Gozo Shimonek!
You may know me from coaching on Nike Training Club, Apple Fitness+, Tonal, or NordicTrack—but when I’m not leading workouts, I’m deep in mom mode, wife life, and everything in between.
From raising three kiddos with my husband, Nic, to wrangling chickens, bees, and our two dogs (Abel & Remy), life is full—and I’m here to share it all. Expect family fun, fitness, food, and all the raw, real, beautiful moments that make life what it is.