Mom Guilt

Not only do I have to deal with mom guilt in my daily life with two little ones, I am adding to my guilt by not having time to sit down and write a blog post. Mila is 7 weeks old and I am still working on the drafts of her birth story and her one month post! I don't want to miss out on documenting this crazy and special time, but right now I am so busy living and enjoying my demanding family that I rarely have two hands or two seconds to check in here. Right now both girls are asleep (one on my chest) and I'm writing with one hand on my phone! I am officially giving myself a break. I am keeping notes to include in future posts so I don't forget anything, but it is just going to take me a little while to find a balance for everything and make the time to sit down and write. This space here is important to me and deserves my full attention. I'll be back soon.

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*winky face*

No, really.

A Message From Mila

All you babies out there, I have a great trick to play on your moms! First, sleep for like 6 hours straight so that your mom feels all excited like maybe her eye will finally stop twitching. Then, and this is key, once she feeds you and gets you back to sleep, make sure to grunt and squeak as loudly as you can while you sleep for the next two hours. The most effective method is to wait just long enough between grunts that she starts to drift off to sleep and then BAM hit her with another one! Haha, hilarious. Oh and as a bonus, if she tries bringing you into bed after the two hours of grunting in an attempt to get some sleep... just poop everywhere. She might look tired now, but trust me, you guys will laugh about it later.

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Please excuse my absence, every time I sit down to write Mila's birth story this happens:

Introducing...

* trumpets *

Miss Emilia (Mila)

Mila was born 7/19/12 at 1:28 am

8 lbs 12 oz, 21 inches

We are so in love.

Birth story coming soon.

We aren't the only ones in love...

Linking up for Wordless Wednesday with The Paper Mama, 5 Minutes for Mom, Parenting By Dummies, Project Alicia, Live and Love Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, and Jenni from the Blog.

Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Me Too!

Everyone always says that Lily looks just like her Daddy, and I completely agree.

HOWEVER...

Besides the fact that I grew her inside my body for nine months and then birthed her into the world, I can prove that I'm in there too!

 

 I wonder who little bean #2 will look like, hopefully we will find out sometime this week!

Linking up for Wordless Wednesday with The Paper Mama, 5 Minutes for Mom, Parenting By Dummies, Project Alicia, Live and Love Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, and Jenni from the Blog.

Tick Tick Tick...

Feeling like a bit of a time bomb.

My last day of work was Thursday, I'm 39 weeks, and my body is showing all the signs of impending labor. Now we wait. Keep in mind that Lily was forcibly evicted 9 days after she was due. Lets hope this little girl comes out on her own...and soon{ish}.

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Also, this:

{not me}

Thank you all for the kind words about my sister. She had her ankle surgery Friday and is doing as well as anyone possibly could. I'm trying to learn from her positivity and not complain about my current state of crazy-huge-ginormo-ness. She is finally coming home tomorrow after an entire week in the hospital. There is a long road of recovery ahead of her, but she is ready to move forward and get back to her life.

Ok all, I'm off to let this baby slowly grow larger and larger until I explode!

Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Our Little Family

Every once and awhile I look at Lily and Ryan and think that what we have is so perfect and once this baby arrives it will never be just the three of us again. Then I realized, we were never meant to stay this way for long. We have always been a family of four, she just hasn't arrived yet.

{All photos by Amber Brickman Photography}

Linking up for Wordless Wednesday with The Paper Mama, 5 Minutes for Mom, Parenting By Dummies, Project Alicia, Live and Love Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, and Jenni from the Blog.

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