Our life, According to Me :)

4.10.2013

Today was the funnest -non-work, I'm a part time mama- day with Brooklyn. I started part time last week on April 1st. My new routine will be working three days a week with two days off. I talked a lot about work in my past posts and struggles with the long hours and time away from home. Right now I have the best of both worlds: time home with my baby and a career I love. At first I felt nervous I would be bored or feel like I should be working. Oh so not the case! I couldn't love being home and spending time with Brooklyn any more.

Today we walked to the library and played there for an hour; reading books and playing games. Then we stopped for lunch on the walk home. Brooklyn took a nap while I ran errands then we met up with friends for a pool party and frozen yogurt. I dropped my cutie home and finished the day getting my nails done. With days like this, who would ever want to go back to work?

^^ i closed my eyes and she became a toddler

^^my little ham

^^ disney world nails! (we leave saturday!!)

4.07.2013

BROOKLYN'S ANNOUNCEMENT

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!! We let the world know last week and are so happy we have this blog to share and remember our feelings here.
I have said it again and again, Brooklyn is the easiest baby. She slept through the night at 6 weeks, she will breastfeed, drink from a bottle and eat any solids without fuse. She only cries when she needs something. She sleeps 12 hours at night and takes two naps during the day. She will stay quite in her crib and self play. Being my first of course I think this is the usual. My husband (father of four) has assured me this is not the norm and she is indeed very easy.
Anyways, for all the above reasons as soon as my body was healed, at two-three months I was ready to start trying for baby #2. We want several kids and want the littles to be best friends so I figured why wait. Rob laughed when I approached him so soon and said we would be waiting several more months. In January we decided to go off birth control assuming it would take 3-6 months to get pregnant. Three WEEKS later I took a pregnancy test and it was positive! I think we are a good match in this department ;) It was almost like a surprise because it happened so reading the pregnancy test was really fun. This little bean is due October 2nd so our babies will be 14 months apart!!
Everything seems to be different this pregnancy. First off I have done this before so I am not as frantic about reading the books and tracking the growth every week, etc. I feel more relaxed and confident I am doing the right things and the baby will be OK. I have been a lot more lax on the healthy eating however and that needs to improve. I am almost 15 weeks and have gained about 8 pounds. I have felt very, very, very tired but not as sick as last time. My belly is definitely showing earlier than last time around. We find out in the next month if it is a girl or boy. I really want a girl so Brooklyn can have a sister and Rob really wants a boy. Last time we were both impartial. I feel like it is going to be a boy for a few reasons; I have not been as sick, I gained weight early (last time I lost weight at this point) and the chocolate cravings I have been having. I have been interested in anything carbs, especially pasta, all types of chocolate and ice cream.
When I was pregnant with Brooklyn I was over the moon excited and dreamed about all the love I would have for her. I feel a little conflicted now like it could not be possible for me to love another baby as much as Brooklyn. I also feel nervous to split my time between two little ones instead of just showering one with constant affection. I know everything will be perfect once this little is born. I feel so lucky to have an amazing husband and now almost a family of four. I love my little family more than anything in the world and cannot wait to see it continue to grow. Little baby we love you and can't wait to meet you in less than six months!

4.02.2013

EASTER WEEKEND

We had such a fun and festive Easter weekend! Originally we were going to Arizona to spend the weekend with Rob's family but it didn't work out with our schedules. I felt a little sad that we would be spending Easter without either of our families but realized this was a great opportunity for me to finally cook the ham!

We started off the weekend with the funnest neighborhood Easter egg hunt. I love all the kids activities our neighborhood does and how close everyone is, oh and the 20 kids under the age of five that live here. The kids got to hunt for eggs while the adults ate a buffet of food and talked. I met several awesome woman with young babies. Very excited for walk across the street play dates!
Saturday evening we got together with friends to decorate Easter eggs. On Sunday we woke up early to start preparing the dinner then dressed Brooklyn like a little doll and went to church. Rob gave a great talk on Christ's resurrection (the true reason we celebrate Easter), and looked very handsome doing so :) We continued cooking after church and had friends over to celebrate. I kind of turned into Martha Stuart for just a moment preparing a butter lettuce, asparagus, mandarin salad with poppy seed dressing, a tangerine glazed honey ham and a banana and raspberry cake with lemon frosting. My kitchen saw more wear this weekend that it has since we moved in. We ended the night hanging out as a family snuggling on the couch. It was a perfect weekend.