Life Now

What is life like now?  It's busy.  It's far busier than I thought.  Nothing due to a new baby either, and that's the truth.  New babies are actually pretty easy (in my opinion).  They sleep, a lot.  They cuddle.  They nurse.  And then sleep again.  This little guy sleeps.  Just about all through the night.  This past week he has decided to hang out awake for a little longer than usual giving us a chance to really look into his blue eyes and wonder what he'll be like in a year from now.  He stares at me, at the kids, at daddy, at the wall, the sun, the bag of diapers.  Really anything keeps his focus for a good amount of time before someone comes along and scoops up his cuteness.  He smiles.  Call me crazy as I know two week old babies don't normally smile, he does!  And I'm not talking about in his sleep.  I'm talking about staring at me for a long time until a big smile comes over his face.  He's done this at least a dozen times as I talk or sing to him. 

 

 

 

 

These girls.  Giving Simon a sponge bath is the highlight of their morning. 

 

 



There is always time to play dress-up.

 

A few afternoons of sun, daddy and outdoor play.



Of course me and Simon hang out inside using our quiet time to fold laundry and rest.  Natalie usually joins us at some point for a bath and a few minutes of Kindle time.  Olaf singing "Summer" is on repeat in my head on the Kindle.

 The belly bowl.  A good friend of ours asked to do a belly bowl for me when I was about 38 weeks pregnant.  Adding the girls hand prints as a finishing touch. 

 

 

So life goes on and we adjust to a new season in our home.  It's not always (if ever) quiet here, we pray a lot, we eat a lot (thanks to our awesome church full of amazing women cooking dinners for us!) We try really hard to listen more than we speak and take time to enjoy each other even when it seems there are things to be done and tasks to accomplish.  There are a lot of tears and often spanks.  We are working on overcoming fears (Psalm 34:4) and learning to be bold at the right times.  We are slowly organizing bedrooms and finally opening spring/summer clothing bins.  We're planning our camping trip in July and striving to finish school before the end of June.  We're teaching forgiveness and our desperate need for Jesus.  At the end of the day, if even one thing went well I know it's only because Jesus gave the strength, or the wisdom at just the right time.