Snow Day!

A snow day in October has actually been refreshing. Natalie and I were sick most of the week, and Hans has been busy with work, so an excuse to stay home was just what we needed to recuperate! Here are some pictures from our day.

This is the beginning of Hans' and Natalie's snowman. It had three more big snowballs on top of this, but I missed the photo op.

Brielle was worn out after her big two minute trip out into the snow.

Natalie was so excited about the snow. She definitely enjoyed it more than last year. She didn't even mind too much when her mittens got wet.


Brielle is starting to smile a lot now. I couldn't quite capture it.

Hans was building a computer for church, and Natalie wanted to help. He set her to work on her keyboard. I think she's a lot like her daddy.

Fall Family Outing

I've started so many posts in the past week, but none of them have been completed. I figured I would just post some pictures, and hope to write more later. These are from our trip to City Park last weekend.

The Park

After my last post I wanted to show the wonderful part of being a Mommy to these little princesses. We have a park within walking distance now, and we have been enjoying a little escape in the afternoons. I love these times and what they have been teaching me about letting things go and enjoying the moments!

Transitions

This has been a tough week for me. It seems like all the newness of being a family of four wore off or settled in and I was just left as a frazzled momma of a toddler and newborn. Which by the way is what I want to be minus that frazzled part, but some days it just seems like I need a big dose of remembering why I want to be that. Because despite all that's wonderful about this stage of life, there's plenty that's just tough.

Natalie is two. I say this not because it's a bad thing, but because sometimes I just need to remind myself. She is not three or four or twelve. She's two - adorably, lovably two. And with all the things I love about this age come some challenges.

Potty training is one of them. I wanted to accomplish that before Brielle came and then the timing just didn't seem right and/or I was feeling a little bit pregnant/lazy. Then as soon as Brielle came Natalie wanted to use the potty all the time. So anyway we are working on it and I'm realizing how very impatient I can be when things do not go as planned (aka there are too many soggy or poopy diapers.)

In general, I think God is showing me how ungracious I can be sometimes. This vibrant little girl pushes my buttons, and I react. So in turn, this vivacious little girl pushes them again. It's a game we are playing and sometime I am going to catch on and remind myself that she is two and that she is overall lovely.

Brielle, my little peanut still wants to sleep most of the time - during the day. She falls asleep most times when I feed her and so it seems like an endless job (yes, quite often I feel like nursing is a job. A job I'm happy I can fulfill, but a job). Then there is night time when she becomes totally restless and very noisy. I love the mornings when I can scoop her up and feel nothing but love for her all over again, but nights are rough. And again, I can be so ungracious (thanks God, I'm working on that!)

Anyway, that's where I'm at. A tired Mommy with two lovely girls who are teaching me a lot about who I do and do not want to be! I'll keep working at it.