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7 months!
Today my baby is 7 months old. When did time start going so fast? It seems like just yesterday she was a little 7 pound bundle of joy. Now she is a big nearly 20 pound bundle of ever-changing emotions. She has such a complex personality already. Her emotions are typically female, happy and giggly one second and frustrated the next. She loves sitting on the floor playing with her toys. She is close to crawling, at least I think so. She scoots herself backwards, but hasn’t figured out forward motion just yet. I’m thankful for the last few minutes of calm before the storm, because I know once she…
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september?
Is it really almost September? When did that happen? So much has been going on. Payton is growing more and more every day. I feel like her personality is developing so quickly. She has the funniest faces and loves to talk. She is trying to crawl and gets so frustrated when she can’t get where she wants to go. She has an enchanting smile and a contagious laugh. Sometimes she can have a huge attitude… don’t know where she gets that from! I love spending my days with her. The days and weeks can sometime melt together, which is probably how september snuck up on me. I finished my second…
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precious moments and ponderings.
My oh my, it has been a long time since I updated this blog. so much has been going on in my head. life seems like it is constantly happening faster than I can keep up with. Next week my baby girl will be 6 months old. It happened so fast! Shes sitting up on her own and is trying to figure out the whole crawling thing. We even got her a convertible car seat and “big girl” stroller. Her personality shows through more and more everyday. Today was so precious. It was getting close to her nap time but she was still in such a cute mood. So instead…
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Who can find a virtuous wife?
Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. Proverbs 31:10-12 This scripture has always been one that I keep in my heart, hoping that someday I can be that woman. Even when I was a young teenager, I read about the proverbs 31 woman and wanted to do everything I could to become that woman. As I look back on our nearly 3 years of marriage I see some times I was that woman, but far…
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overwhelmed.
this mama is tired. i know i haven’t written on here in awhile… things have been crazy. since the last time i wrote i started my first term of college classes and i went back to work after being home for 12 weeks on maternity leave. it was hecka hard to say good bye to my baby girl on that first day. i didn’t cry as much as the week went on. it was a hard adjustment. while going back to work meant i didn’t see my baby girl all day, it also meant i didn’t exercise much. good news is i didn’t gain any weight. bad news was i…
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today’s thoughts.
So I’m trying to get into the habit of writing everyday, even if I don’t feel like I have anything specific to say. Writing is a release of sorts. I feel like I have revelations that I wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t tried to explain it in writing. Sometimes I feel like writing is a drain-o of sorts, it just unclogs my mind and lets the thoughts flow out. I was talking with Chris yesterday morning about how I just feel a whole new level of peace these days. I can’t explain it, but for the last couple of months I feel like i’ve been struggling. There has just…
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time flies!
My how life has changed!! Here it is almost 9pm on a Saturday night and Chris is sitting on the couch playing with Payton, I just finished cleaning up the kitchen after a home cooked dinner. This time a year ago we would have been out doing something… hanging out, going out to eat or to a movie… I wouldn’t trade this life for anything though. These last two weeks have been some of the craziest times of my life. Payton finally arrived and we couldn’t have been happier. She is the most perfect little girl. When we were in the hospital and the pediatrician came to see here we…
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The Birth Story.
Wow, as I sit here and write this I can hardly believe how much has changed in the last week. Last Sunday was my official due date… The day I had counted down for. It seemed so far away for so long! My parents, Chris and I actually went out sledding on my due date (I just took pictures, no sledding for me). Chris and I also decided to paint the wall in our bedroom that we had been putting off painting. I had been having contractions off and on for awhile. Last Saturday I was actually on the verge of going to the hospital because I thought it was…
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insomnia.
Once again I find myself unable to sleep. I tossed and turned in bed for about an hour, then for the sake of my soundly sleeping husband decided to come downstairs so he could continue to rest. I looked out the window to find the ground covered in a thick blanket of white. Something about that seems so magical… at least it does from the inside looking out. I’d change my mind rather quickly if I had to go out in it I’m sure. Fast Forward a few hours…. Its now almost 9am. I drifted off to sleep for a short 30 minutes and then woke up to make sure…
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the waiting game.
so here I am sitting downstairs in a dark quiet house at 6:30 in the morning because I just can’t seem to get back to sleep. I wish I could say it was horrible contraction pains that woke me up, but it wasn’t. I have been having some mild contractions off and on, but nothing to warrant a trip to the hospital. I was so sure that I would have this baby already… but apparently she has other plans. I know, I know… first time moms usually go “late”… but I was sure I was different. So, I find myself home on maternity leave and running out of things to…