I Survived My First Deluge!

So, completely amusing that I took this picture 2 days ago, thinking I would use it in a post on this blog as a way of saying, man I am so busy with 2 kids that today I can't get out of my jammies!

More amusing when not 2 hours later, I had been pooped, puked and pottied on.  

Luckily it was by our very cute, totally blameless looking Bronwyn.   

Also lucky that I didn't take the time to get dressed because that lovely dark navy/bright pink striped combo hides stains much better than say a white shirt and light colored jeans.  

Sometimes sleep deprived moms make better choices than even THEY know. 

Pictures From Our Lives Lately

Alyson took pictures of Bronwyn!

Aftyn reading books to Bronwyn . . . in her way

Lots of snoozing for Bronwyn

Aftyn seeing all her baby accessories for her birthday. Thank you Mark and Dalana!! She LOVES them all !!

Daddy and Bronwyn taking a much needed nap

I love how I am not in any of these pictures.  I should probably get Reed to take some with me and Bronwyn. 
   Life is pretty normal right now, normal for having an 11 day old baby.  She is up a few times a night to eat, I'm definitely getting more sleep than I did with Aftyn at first but it is still kicking my rump.  I'm tired.  Luckily I usually take a nap with Bronwyn when Aftyn takes her afternoon nap and that helps. 

Aftyn is being her little 2 year old self, already trying to push boundaries.  Good thing we love her and are here for the long haul.  ;)  We're just trying to spend more time with her and being very firm with her when needed.  We're looking forward to our summer with GRASS in our backyard this year for Aftyn.  Should be lots of fun for all of us. Sorry this is short, but my attention span in the morning isn't that long.  :S  Enjoy the pictures!

Would you believe 2 WHOLE years?!?

Tonight at her 2 year birthday celebration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary'D

Many weeks ago, as many as 3 but possibly longer, Aftyn took one of her soft blankies and put it over her head like she was a shepherd in Jesus' time. 

I told her that she looked like Mary mother of Jesus. 

Talk about not thinking about the consequences your words can have.

  For at least 2 weeks following, she proceeded to do this dressing up of herself over and over and over, always reminding us that she looked like "Mary, mudder of Jesus".

In those exact words. 

Finally, now she just calls herself "mary'd".

Or any of her toys, dollies or stuffed animals that she also dresses up in this way.

She thinks its so funny to dress up her toys as "mary'd," using even baby wipes to dress up the very smallest of her toys. 

Fast forward to last night, as I went in to do my nightly check that she was covered with a blanket and all was okay after she'd fallen asleep. 

 Here's what I found:

                                                                  She'd been mary'd.

Our Firstborn

                 What Aftyn looked like when I peeked in to check on her. I love how she has her "special baby" snuggled and her puppy.

I had the sweetest conversation tonight as I put Aftyn to bed.

  Mommy:  Mommy loves you, do you love mommy?
 Aftyn: Love Mommy.
        M:  Daddy loves you, do you love daddy?
       A: Love Daddy.
          M: Bronwyn loves you, do you love Bronwyn?
           A: Love Daddy.
          M: Bronwyn loves you, do you love Bronwyn?
          A: Love Daddy.
          M: Baby sister loves you, do you love your sister?
          A: Love sister.
(By the way, all of Aftyn's answers were whispered.  Not sure why, but it made it all the more cute!)

Aftyn has done so well with all the changes this week has brought into her life.  She really does love Bronwyn.  She has had a hard time with the fact that mommy had to do so much sitting down this week, and couldn't be as helpful as normal. 
 We have been enjoying being silly and including Bronwyn in our silly play.  We have had Bronwyn "jumping" for Aftyn, pretended to "eat" Bronwyn, anything silly but normal for us that included Bronwyn.  Aftyn tries to be helpful and loves to give smoochies on the head to Bronwyn and maybe even secretly likes the smoochies I help Bronwyn give to her.

Can you tell I'm getting sappy?  I just love my girls so much and am grateful for the opportunity to love them and care for them and help them grow.  I love being a mom.

Picture For Today

Reed, enjoying Bronwyn being wide awake. 

He would probably have me add that she cooed at him ! 

Something so sweet about Daddies and daughters.

Our Newbie

                                                               Bronwyn Sophia

Bronwyn decided to show up a little early, for which we are grateful.  It's been so nice to have a little extra time with Reed (since he has the week off) and even nicer that it's time to spend with our new little family member!

Her name: There is no real rhyme or reason to the name Bronwyn.  I had read it in a book by a favorite author as a teen, and Reed's bro and sis-in-law had a friend with the name.  It's of English/Welsh descent, I believe, but we just liked it. Her middle name is a family name, which I just like to do for my kids - give them a family tie to their name, and boy was it hard to decide which family name would grace the middle of Bronwyn's name.  Even up to a few weeks ago, I was starting to flounder on the name Bronwyn but luckily when she came out she looked like a Bronwyn and so her name stuck! :)  I'm sure that relieved Reed a lot. 

She has been such a sweet little baby thus far in life.  She eats, she sleeps.  Sometimes she poops.  We just love to hold her and snuggle her, with lots of in-between time of doing some holding and snuggling with Aftyn too.  Aftyn seems to like Bronwyn and we're excited to watch them grow up and become friends. 

I'll write more later, but for now, just know we're having fun as a family!