Most mornings I dread. I know it's an awful thing to say. But it's the truth. I've never been a morning person, and it's hard to even try to be one when I'm so dang tired. My sweet Whitney walks into my room. Her nighttime diaper is off, and she's wearing some pair of princess undies. I just know her wet diaper is sitting on the bathroom countertop. If Bart's lucky, it's wet-side-down on top of his contact case. She usually has about 14 stuffed animals in her hands and is saying,"Look! I put on my princess underwears!"
Followed by:
"Let's go downstairs!" "Let's eat dinner!"
I usually reply something very nurturing like,
"Mommy's tired!" or
"You go down, I'll be there in five minutes!"
I'm not sugar-coating this blog post if you couldn't tell.
Today I was really proud of myself. I got out of bed and put on clothes. (Baby steps, right?) After eating breakfast and putting up Whitney's play-tent, I not only put on my exercise clothes, but I actually DID work out. MacKay slept through the work-out and Whitney was downstairs joining me for pull-ups and watched Cinderella. After my workout we slow-danced to "So This Is Love" as we watched Cinderella and the Prince dancing.
MacKay is six weeks and I'm happy to report he's sleeping 18 hours... broken up by feedings every 2-3 hours AROUND the clock! Ha! You were about to be jealous, right? He's a good little baby and is very loved by everyone in this house. He is pretty good at tummy time. He can prop up his body on his arms and stay there for a while. Tonight he was standing so strong on Bart's lap.
Whitney is still a little wipper-snapper.
It's currently 9:21 pm and she is in her bed yelling, "I want some chips!" Say what?
Now she's saying, "I need my sheep!!"
Yes, sweetie. Calm down and start counting sheep.
These days will pass quickly, I know. Babies are only babies for so long. And I know I will miss this.
You know why Whitney is smiling in the picture above? Could it be because she is adding a secret ingredient to these chocolate muffins? No worries, I kept the cap on the bottle. We used cow's milk.
So this is love:
Sorry MacKay. I rubbed off your hair when I was washing it a few weeks ago. Let's hope it grows back soon!
Silly girl:
10 comments:
this post made me laugh out loud because it was like this for me as well when we had our second. that to me is the hardest part about having more than one...this time around you can't nap every time the baby is napping! but like you said, it does and will get better. there will come a day when you don't feel so exhausted. hang in there. your kids will survive and so will you.
Oh, so been there. Still there, matter of fact. I'm a terrible first thing in the morning mom. I Want so much to be that happy smiling mom who greets the day but it's just never going to happen. I tell myself I'd do better if I could be a coffee person! :) I'm only half kidding.
Hang in there. Your in the thick of it now, so just roll with it. The litle people run your world from here on out.
He's gotten so big! He is such a cutie! Time sure flies by! We need to get the girls together to play soon...We have family in town until next Wednesday, but sometime after that we need to get together!
Oh, he is adorable!
It's okay, sometimes I feel like I nurse every hour. I think I just force him to eat when he's fussy.
By the way, I totally forgot about tummy time...thanks for reminding me.
Having two is, in my opinion, when your life is turned upside down. With one they mix it up a little but you can throw them into the mix, with two you are a full blown mom. It only gets more fun though. It is a grand adventure with just a few road bumps along the way.
LOVE these pictures! They look a lot like our life too! I love REAL day to day pictures:)
Whitney is the cutest big sister! And Mackay is SO CUTE! Aren't siblings just the best?! And baby brother is already getting so big! His mama has really good milk obviously:) Can't wait to see you guys once you are in Utah!
And yes, your hands are full right now! And it is so hard. But it does get easier:) And soon enough you will have this new routine down! Don't feel bad about too much TV, not cooking, not showering, not working out, or anything else you used to do. It will all come with time. And ps... we stay in our jammies until about 10 AM every morning, and my baby is 9 months old!
You guys make really cute kids!
Oh. my. goodness!! Mackay is ridiculously precious!! I want to hold him!!! Y'all make puh-reeeety babies!!
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