Your Daily Mo

How sweet is this face?!

Who would have thought dinner could be so much fun?!

Not too small a thing

My life now is defined by the following -

loving my husband

loving my children

learning to be

sensible

pure

a worker at home

kind

submissive to my husband

So that -

the world of God will not be dishonored

Titus 2:4-5

It is not too small a thing, this being a stay at home mother. Wiping bottoms, making meals, drying tears, singing songs, reading books... the Lord has not tasked us with a menial task and there is nothing trivial about what we do each day.

"I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth."

3 John 1:4

Sweet Sarah

Sweet baby girl...

This little girl just keeps getting sweeter. She loves naps on mama, spending time in her bouncer and bath time. She could do without diaper changes and for some reason she fusses, fusses, fusses from about 7-10 each night. The little lady has no idea how blessed she is to have a daddy that loves to hang out with her during this time so mama can catch a couple hours of sleep. She is already growing out of her newborn clothes. Her fingers and toes are long and skinny and she really looks nothing like I thought she would.

It's amazing how different having a boy and having a girl has been. Moses loves trucks and wrestling. He's my little man. With Sarah, however, I want to protect her from the world! I nearly cried when her umbilical cord fell off.. then started thinking about her wedding day and her daddy giving her away. A little premature, yes, but I just can't help but want to keep her close to me forever. She is just so sweet!!

Your Daily Mo

It's garden time!

Look at this! Thank you, my sweet husband, for building the beds, preparing the soil and helping me plant!

Here it is in process!

Jeremiah and Moses also laid sod! Miah wasn't too keen on waiting for the seeds to grow. Here they are tamping the sod. Moses was quite the helper.

The beds are planted! Now we are going to bury that trash can in the far right corner and start composting!

Mo's new favorite play area. We spend A LOT of time out here!

This area will someday be home to a swing set for Moses and a clothes line for Mama!

Stinker. Stinker. Stinker. Literally. Here he is playing in where I had planted my basil.. in steer manure.

I can't wait to see things grow! This year we planted an herb garden (basil, chives, parsley, oregano, rosemary and thyme), tomatoes, strawberries, zucchini, yellow squash, lettuce, scallions, cantaloupe, grapes, and tomatoes!! Such a tense time! :) Will the seeds GROW?!!

Surviving the First Six Weeks.

Someday she is bound to ask me what is going on with her pants...

As these first few weeks unfold I thought I'd share what has helped make the one-to-two transition easier.

• Having meals prepared and in the freezer has been great. I have a list of what I have on hand on the side of the fridge and cross it off as I use it.
• I keep a running grocery list. People always ask what they can do and now I know how they can help! I just give them my grocery list :)
• Miah and I talk out each day the night before. I know what his expectations are, and he knows what I need. We also talked in the weeks before about how we would handle the hospital stay, his paternity leave, etc.
• Divide and conquer! Jeremiah takes one and I take the other! It works.
• We divvy up the night, too. We both need a lot of sleep (8-9 hours) and we've found a way to make it work and we are both really rested as a result. Well, as well rested as you can be with a 17 month old and a newborn!
• I'm easing into being alone with both kiddos. A couple hours here, a few hours there.. it has really been nice to try to figure it out!
• Chill out on the scheduling, Susan Hayes. Right now I TRY to have her nap in her crib at least once a day and sleep in her crib at night. However, she is pretty fussy from 9pm-12am, but does well in her bouncer during that time so we're going with it. We may need to train her out of it later, but for now Miah and I are both getting a few more hours of sleep and as a result are much happier parents!

More thoughts to come.. what are some things you all did to survive the early days??

Sometimes Daddy dresses me...

..and I'm still the cutest thing.