Mother of two!

So far so good!! :) Adjusting to having 2 babies has been much easier than I expected for many reasons. First of all, we're in the process of buying a house, so we are living with my parents until it closes next month. Having their help has been a DREAM. Colten loooves his grandparents so much. I've gotten to go shopping, to the park, and to the doctor with only one child, and I've gotten to take extra naps and sleep in because of them. Secondly, Clara is an amazing little girl. She sleeps alllll day & only gets up twice a night. She doesn't need to be held a lot, and she loves her swing. She gets fussy from about 7:30-9, but even that is easy compared to so many other babies. Third, Colten is just a sweetie. These last 5 days have been rough.. I think he's cutting some teeth, but usually he is a ray of sunshine.

Here Clara is one month old! 10 lbs 14 ozs :D

 

Photoshoots are not working out so well, haha.

Love her leg rolls!

Possibly his favorite toy..

Colten's first tattoo! He kept scratching it saying "uh oh, uh oh!!"

Our first big family adventure was going to the boardwalk for FHE a couple weeks ago. We let Colten ride a few rides, and then we walked on the boardwalk. It was a beautiful evening and we ran into some of our good friends there who hadn't met Clara yet. The kids were amazing.. well, until Colten face planted on the wooden boardwalk. Ouchy.

Park date with Gavin. grandma, and grandpa!

He pinched his leg in the cart where he was supposed to sit, so as a special treat he got to sit in the big part of the cart. So lucky.

This is Clara's favorite sleep position. If she's on her side, she'll sleep for hours and hours!

Spaghetti anyone??

We took our first family walk about 2 1/2 weeks ago.. I've been wearing Clara on walks and in the store & she sleeps in it the entire time. It makes grocery shopping pretty easy. Well, aside from loading 2 babies, the groceries, unloading, feeding, and putting the groceries away. You know, typical mom stuff.

Last week I was fed up with my hair, my parents and Andrew were gone, and I needed it cut NOW. Sooo I took both of them with me to get it cut. It was an adventure. Clara screamed... almost the whole time. I had to put her binky in her mouth 400 times, then when she finally fell asleep, Colten dropped his big toy on her in the carseat. Fun. Colten just drank his bottle & was very good until the time I had to pay. I was so glad to have that gnarly, long hair gone & it was totally worth the stress. I never want long hair again (I'll change my mind next week).

 

...that's all for now.. I love my babies, that's for sure. They do drive me bonkers sometimes, but thank goodness for Ellen and The Price is Right that get me through each day <3