Daddy and his ladies
shaynicole on May 3rd 2012 |

You would think that by now I would have put together some kind of big elaborate family portrait session for the first pics of us as a family but to be honest, trying to do a shoot with little ones scares and exhausts me. haha. Expectations are just so high and in reality…hahaha. So for that reason I am SO SO SO SO grateful to my friend Sarah (a local professional family photographer) for gifting us with this quick little shot taken after church on Easter Sunday. Just to keep it real, this image was shot just seconds before Vera let a big one (read: poo-splosion) loose all over daddy’s dress shirt, pants and shoes abruptly ending the “shoot” (see 2nd sentence of paragraph). hahaha. As for life right now, I love that we are a family of four. I love the God gave use two little girls. I love my husband who is an INCREDIBLE father to these two girls. My heart melts with happiness every time he refers to us as “his ladies.”
I still want to write when I find a little more “free time” but for now bullet points will just have to do…
Things that I cannot live without right now:
Babywise (Yep, I’m that mom). I get 7-8 hrs of sleep a night with an 8 week old. Sold.
Coffee…and more than I EVER used to drink…which still only amounts to about 2 cups a day. hehe
Gripe Water (aka miracle in a bottle)
Concealer (and just makeup in general…makes me feel like a woman and not just a mom)
Maxi skirts
Friends and weekly “play dates” (read: kids go play so mommies can talk!) Being a mom is ridiculously and wonderfully hard, frustrating, challenging, exhausting (even with said 8 hrs of sleep). I could not survive without this weekly time with friends.
My glider (read – the “throne” from which I rule the home during endless feedings. haha)
The way Chloe treats her sister so sweetly and “mothers” her with kind words. It speaks to my heart and encourages me that she is picking up something good from my own mothering of her.
Things that I could definitely live without right now:
Smelling like sweat, all the time, no matter how many times I shower. In fact, I’m convinced I sweat IN the shower. Ugh. Hormones!
Still not fitting into my pre-pregnancy jeans and shorts. Warning soon to be moms: your hips literally shift and it takes months for them to go back into place. Weight doesn’t matter. Ugh.
Having a 2 yr old. haha. Ok, that sounds mean…Let’s just say that I am ready for this phase to be over. You think having a newborn is hard?
Going to sleep and waking up to crappy children’s music stuck in my head. Stop invading my only personal space left!!! hahaha
Things that I am learning (the hard way):
I am selfish. Nothing reveals this quite like having a baby who takes over your life, time and your body with little payoff (in the beginning). It is a beautiful but definitely sanctifying thing.
I really need God and LOTS of him for patience, energy and the right attitude to get through the day.
And there is my life in a nutshell:)
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I have so much that I want to write about. These past four weeks have been the most surprising blessing. My heart has been overflowing. It has been so different than I expected it to be. It has been so much more full of joy and peace and love than I expected in those anxious months leading up to becoming a “mom of two” (something that I was terrified of becoming to be honest). I promise to write more but right now there is a little one who needs me and I want to soak up every moment that I get with her in my arms.




















































