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I did not expect this.

So, here’s the thing… I didn’t realize how quickly time would FLY by after the birth of our second kid. I know the babies grow quickly, I remember changing the size clothes he was in every four weeks for his first year of life. 6 pounds to 20 in a …

Long Hair! (don’t care?)

My son has long hair. Beautiful, curly, long hair. He LOVES his hair, and other than some washing dilemmas we face at bath time… He seems to really enjoy and understand that he likes his hair. He knows boys with short hair, he knows girls with short and long hair… …

Dream.

How I know my husband is living it… August has been asking SO MANY QUESTIONS. It’s amazing. It’s not just “why”, but more like “why is that happening? What does that do? What is that thing? Who is that person?” It’s interesting because he is asking questions he knows the …

Gosh, it’s hard sometimes.

Things are so hard sometimes. Getting the dishes finished is hard, cleaning the floor is hard, making a meal is hard, keeping the bathrooms clean is apparently incredibly difficult. August is a challenging guy, and spending all day with him is a human-test. How much of a terrible human are …

Another grateful moment.

I left for Kroger on Sunday and got about 5 houses down and saw a woman talking to other neighbors with a little piggy on a leash. Cuuuute! Then I realized I forgot my wallet and turned around. Josiah and August were outside so I suggested they walk down because …

Our patience is finally paying off. Sleep.

When I think back to when August was born, we didn’t have a parenting agenda. There was no particular path we knew we were going to follow. We knew nothing. What I found quickly was I hated hearing him cry. It made me cringe. After a small amount of reading …

Being a parent is intense.

Why are emotions SO HIGH now that I’m a mom? Is it really just that my hormones were all out of whack? It definitely has something to do with my deep, intense love for my kid. It is insane how I feel about my family. After August was born I …