Monthly Archives: February 2015

five on friday: a prankster, bubbles, and baby blues

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ONE. This week has been full of ups and downs (quite literally, with how often I’m jumping up to run to the bathroom) with potty training. I’ve also realized I’m working with a prankster! She’ll tell me “pee!” and then as soon as I jump to come get her, she cackles and says “noooo”. I love this crazy comedian.

_MG_6327TWO. If Kaelyn comes to your house, don’t offer her a drink- she’ll probably just spit in it! Haha. She is still all about blowing raspberries and spit bubbles over here._MG_6318THREE. Apparently, so is Michael. Not much has changed in two years (he’s even wearing the same shirt)!michaelraspberriescollage15FOUR. The way these two just look at each other and make each other laugh… I know one day they’ll be giggling late into the night in their room when they’re supposed to be sleeping. 🙂_MG_6329FIVE. These baby blues. Be still my heart! _MG_6332I’m also just maybe a little obsessed with animal-themed hooded towels. If only they could stay little enough to use these forever! 🙂_MG_6337
Happy Friday!

Linking up with Natasha, April, Christina, and Darci today!

you’re doing better than you think

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In the quiet evening hours, when I have a few moments alone long enough for thinking, I usually find myself wondering, “Did I do a good job today?”

Sometimes, I get a serious case of “mom guilt”. It’s easy to be hard on yourself when you’re doing the biggest, most important job of your life.

As I mentally run through the day, I can recall several situations that might not have been ideal:

My toddler wet her pants more times that I could count.
Maybe I wasn’t as calm as I would have liked to be about said pants-wetting.
I’m not always sure what to say (or how to say it) so that I’m building my child up instead of tearing her down.
I’ve called waffles “dinner” more times in a week than I’d like to admit.
The baby sat in her seat longer than I’d like instead of being cuddled or getting some exercise on the floor.
Did Kaya eat enough vegetables today? (or sometimes more realistically… did she eat any vegetables today?)
Did we enjoy and real quality time together? The minutes pass me by so quickly and I worry I’m not enjoying my babies enough.

And just when I start worrying about all these things, Kaya reaches out to hold my hand. She asks to sit on my lap, and stays there for a while.

She still loves me, despite all my mistakes. I’m doing better at this whole motherhood thing than I tend to think I am.

Chances are, you are too.Processed with VSCOcam with f2 preset(Kaya took this picture without me knowing, and I love it, because it’s so real. A kiss from me to a happy baby, completely unposed.)

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february 2015 goals

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February is here! I couldn’t be happier, since January is probably my least favorite month. It’s just kind of dreary after the holidays, am I right? February is a favorite… it’s my birth month (and Valentine’s day!), so it’s like one big party.

Anyway, I did great with my goals back in January:

1. Deep clean the refrigerator.
2. Switch outgrown baby clothes for the next size/organize drawers/organize stored clothing.
3. Donate unused/unwanted items.
4. Do a “double backup” of all photos from 2013.
5. Ab work 2-3 times a week. I think I missed two days. Whoops.
6. Do one craft project.
7. Read one book. I read two, which is really good for me! Woohoo!

february2015goals1. Get Kaya potty-trained. We are already working on this… and she’s currently doing pretty well. I would just love to be finished with this whole ordeal this week, ideally.

2. Organize/purge under the bathroom sinks.

3. Make two new bread recipes.

4. Export and backup 2014 photos.

5. Sew something.

6. Crochet something. I really want to learn to crochet… and I started trying maybe a year ago, but didn’t get very far. So here’s to making something- even if it is just a teeny little granny square.

7. Read one book.

8. Abs. Always for the rest of my life.