All about the attitude

Sometimes I have the urge to write real posts. The kind that show all of my flaws, where I talk about how hard it is to be a mom to two under two, where I complain/vent about this and that and look for the support I need to keep going. 

Other times, I want to get as far away from that as possible. I want to show the sunny bright side and document all of our happy moments as much as I can. I struggle with this, too, because I don't want to give future moms false hope and allude to this rainbow perfect world. It isn't always easy and fun, and I don't want to hide the messy parts of life.

What I always come back to is that I need to watch my attitude. When I write or talk about how hard life is, I wallow in the misery. I spend my few moments alone grumbling about the day, the bad moments, and my frustrations.

It's a fine line to walk. I don't want to appear fake with my perfect little world, but at the same time, I want to be constantly finding the joy and relishing on that more than the little things that go wrong. I've gotten so much better about letting things go and not dwelling on them. Focusing on this has made me a better person, and I hope that it's affecting the people around me positively. 

So the take away from this little thought process of mine is this: I'm going to continue to post about our lives in a positive way. Of course my life isn't perfect and of course that will show too. My focus is on the good things, God's blessings on us, His grace, the funny moments. 

I've heard that if you make yourself smile when you are upset, it makes you feel better. I like that.



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A little busy

I had great plans to get all of my pictures edited and in one place in order to create an awesome post about our awesome trip, and this little thing called parenting keeps getting in the way. We're busy dumping out every toy in sight, having mini-meltdowns, reading the best stories out there (think: 3 little pigs with pictures), drinking milk, avoiding head on head collisions while rolling on the floor, and building forts. 

Tune in soon, though, because I'm itching to dump those photos and stories into a long post or two and it will have to happen tonight. Or tomorrow.

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Josie says

As we have discussed before, Josie is growing quite fond of her sister. If AJ is crying, Josie will look at me, with her most concerned facial expression, and ask, "her cryin'?" Crying is said like this: CurEYEin? She used to say it like "cwyin" back in December so it's fun to see how she is continually learning how to mimic what she hears.

She also says "What happened?" with the same super sweet but concerned facial expression. I have to bite my lip to keep from laughing because she gets so over the top concerned.

The phrase we mimic the most is: "S'in there?" She often drops the first part of the phrase (the whole phrase is probably more than she could comprehend) so a couple of months ago she just started to add an "s" to the beginning of words to represent an entire phrase. That morphed into adding more words but keeping that "s". What's in there became "s'in there?" with a heavy "r" sound.

When Josie decides that I should be done using my computer, she comes up and says "shut the door" while she closes the screen. It sounds like "shut thee doh!" I try not to laugh because she shouldn't be slamming it shut, but it is pretty cute. So many times, I have to hold back a smile when what she's doing is appropriate or something I want to encourage. But her innocence just makes it cuter!

Girl likes her puzzles and can be heard asking to "puzzle gether" at all times of the day. I guess she's heard me say "let's put this puzzle together" a time or two before!





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Post vacation blues

We went to Florida last week, and I want to blog about it, but for now I just need to write this down. 

Adjusting from vacation is not fun. Josie stayed with her grandparents and Audrey came with us. Both of them have had to adapt to the changes in their own ways. Josie is testing the limits, seeing if we as her parents are the same as when we left (we are, so I wish she'd just stop!). Audrey is recovering from strange schedules and sleeping in our arms (airport, out in public, etc). 

Yesterday was sort of the calm before the storm. Josie was so happy to be back at home so she wasn't too bad, but then she didn't take a great nap and the rest of the day was a struggle. Audrey is like a different baby. She's crabby all.the.time and is sleeping (or needing to sleep even though she fights it) constantly. I so hope that she sleeps herself out of this mood and wakes up her sweet happy self!

For now, I'm just trying to get through this day. My to-do list is ridiculously long and I can't do any of it when either or both of the girls are awake. That leaves... 20 minutes (during nap time if they happen to sleep at the same time for even a little while) to run around frantically like a chicken with its head cut off. 

Joy.

One time-out down, countless more to go, I'm sure. 

I'm telling myself over and over to find the little things, the sweet moments throughout the day and enjoy them as much as I can because I'll never get these days back. For the most part, I am doing this, but while I'm right in the the thick of it, that feels so hard. 

Happy Friday!





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