Not much today. Just a picture of my cutie relaxing at the lake.
Hope your having a wonderful week. Looking forward to the long weekend.
Until next time,
J ♥
Monthly Archives: August 2013
How Time Flies
I know this is said all the time, but it seems that we never REALLY know how it feels until we have children. Time really does fly. We were at my in-law’s house over the weekend and I found these gems.
It’s hard to believe that Savannah was ever that little, even if it was only a few months ago. Also, Scarlett loves sharing her stickers if your wondering about her leg. 🙂
Scarlett loves having tea parties, but she also has a hard time sharing with Savannah. It’s the age and I know she will grow out it, but I was surprised to find these photos of them “having tea”.
I do love how much Scarlett cares for Savannah, even if she doesn’t like to share. I hope that they will be close, I always wanted a sister growing up.
Scarlett started sleeping in her big bed last week. It’s bitter sweet to walk into Savannah’s room and see the empty toddler bed there. I think it took Savannah a couple of nights to get used to not having her sister there with her. My, these littles are just growing way too fast.
Up next…potty training. I keep praying that maybe it will click, and one day it will just happen. I know she understands the concept she just has no interest in it. I’m to the point that we might just have to stay home for three days straight and wear nothing all weekend…no diapers, no pullups, no panties. Maybe after a few accidents she will get it. I’ve tried to explain that she can’t move up the the big kid class until she uses the potty, but I guess she’s content to stay where she is.
Until next time,
J ♥
Nana Montana (WW#6)
Adam has started calling Savannah “Nana Montana”. 🙂
We’ve called her Nana since we brought her home, because that’s how Scarlett said Savannah. Now Scarlett corrects us and says, “It’s Sabannah, Mommy.” We are still working on B’s and V’s. Little sassy girls.
Also, teething sucks.
And finally Scarlett and Savannah have the coolest Great Aunt ever! Honey (as we call her) made this dress for Scarlett out of a shirt she had that she never wore. She and my mother-in-law are the ones that inspired me to get a sewing machine, they are so creative! ♥
It’s been quite around here. I have lots of things floating around that I want to write about. just lacking the courage and the time. I’ll get it down soon.
Until then,
J ♥
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Pure Bliss….
A moment I want to remember. ♥
J ♥
29 years… (WW#5)
Today is my last birthday. Every year from here on out will just be anniversaries of my 29th birthday. 😉
Seriously though, I’m incredibly blessed to have the most amazing friends/family/coworkers. They took a day that I wasn’t really looking forward to and made it amazing!
So, Happy Birthday to me! ♥
Also, the sweetest little 2 year old serenaded me with a song first thing this morning. ♥ ♥ My cup runneth over.
J ♥
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This face… (WW#4)
Seriously.
J ♥
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Whirlwind and Topsy Turvy
A few days ago I was laying in bed listening to the baby cry over the monitor wondering how long I would have to *act* like I was asleep so Adam would get up with her. As I was trying to fake my perfect snore I thought back to the time before children. The Saturday (and Sunday for that matter) mornings when we slept until 10 or even “laid” in bed all day. When our mornings didn’t revolve around Mickey Mouse or sippy cups, and our plans didn’t have to be made around nap times. We could go to the grocery store whenever we wanted without the worry that someone would throw a screaming tantrum in the middle of the store (unless of course they didn’t have my wine in stock). I wondered how our lives would be if we had never had children.
Adam and I had a whirlwind courtship. I knew he was the man I was supposed to marry on our first date. We dated for six months before we got engaged and a year later were married. We discussed starting a family but I had been told that I might not be able to conceive because of issues I had had in the past. We decided that just wasn’t what we had planned for our lives. We were going to travel, and spoil our dogs, and enjoy each other.
A month after our first anniversary I found out I was pregnant. I cried. Not because I was happy, but because I didn’t know what Adam would say. This wasn’t what we had planned, how were we going to afford this. Our world was topsy turvy, upside down. My initial shock only lasted a few days, soon I was over the moon for this little life growing inside of me. It took Adam longer to warm up to the idea. I think he mourned longer for the life that we had planned, the one that flew out the window with two little pink lines.
We finally started to settle somewhat into our new life, and a month after Scarlett’s first birthday I found out I was pregnant again. Adam’s first response was “Again?”. Seriously. I cried again, because, how were we going to afford this, this isn’t in our new plan and the new feeling of how can I love another as much as the first. When she came I knew the answer. Your love as a mother, as a parent, doesn’t divide with each child, it multiplies.
We’ve had a crazy year. Again we are starting to settle into our new life as a family of 4. But on this particular morning, the monotony of it all came crashing down on me and I began to wonder what our lives would be like if we didn’t have these girls. No sippy cups or bottles, no cartoons or tea parties, no waking up at the crack of dawn every single day. To go and do as we please. Then, in the middle of my daydream of vacationing in Italy, I hear Adam come back into the bedroom and I roll over and see this face.
And shortly after this one crawls up in the bed.
All my thoughts are washed away. I think to myself “You big idiot!”. This may not be the life we planned, but nothing ever goes as planned. Some of the best adventures are the ones you never expected. We may not travel as much as we would like or get to sleep late on the weekends, we may be on the fast train to the terrorist threes, but our lives are just the way they are meant to be. Perfect.
J ♥
Song-ography – “Lean on Me”
Today I’m joining Kathy over at You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out in her Song-ography Series. I’m a day late, but better late than never! 🙂 This week’s song is “Lean on Me” by Bill Withers. Check out my interpretation then head on over check out the other submissions.
Head on over and check out the other photos! Happy Monday guys.
J
Sweet Magnolia Girls 