Past Due

I love when people regularly update their blogs because I love to follow them, look at their fun pictures, read up on how they're doing... And now, I am much past due a timely update. Forgive me.

I'm a mom of TWO! I have kidS now instead of one. And we're already a month into motherhood of multiple children. Wow. It still seems a little strange to me to be a mother of two.

I was so excited to have a newborn again. Now I'm a little saddened that I feel I have already lost my "newborn". Hadley is over a month old and looks more "baby-ish" than "newborn" now. (Know that I have "sad eyes" as I type this.) Thankfully, Hadley still has a newborn cry, and someone in the fabric store last week commented on my "really, brand new baby" last week. So there are a couple of things to help me hold onto her newness. :) Its funny... I don't remember being sad in any way as Koen grew bigger or hit milestones, only pure excitement. This second time around, I'm filled with both. I'm so excited to see Hadley smile now and am looking forward to the milestones I know she's going to reach in her first year, but sad to see her tininess fade away. Maybe its because I've had a glimpse of just how fast time goes with watching Koen grow these last few years. And I know our stage of being parents to little children will only last for so long.

Today I came home from taking Koen and Hadley to their doctor check-ups and as I pulled into the garage, this is what I see:

Koen just got that bike the other day for his birthday. It may have training wheels, but as I looked at it, I thought it looked like a bike for a big kid. Not so much of a little boy. I sort of had this moment of realizing that my time with my little ones is limited and seems so short. Wasn't I just graduating high school?! And now I have two kids (one of which now has a big bike!). Tomorrow I'm going to be done having kids and they will be in high school. The day after that they're all be getting married and having families of their own.

Is not our time limited?! At least while they are so little and so teachable? Oh, how I hope I use my time given with them wisely.

By no means am I feeling "old". I'm just feeling short on time and partly sad that it goes so very fast.

Anyway... look at my "babies"!:

Halloween Day: (Very belated, I know.)

Hadley is only a week and a half here. She's wearing a ghost onesie I made thanks to the creative ideas found on Pinterest.

Koen wore the same costume as last year. Though this time around, he was Curious George. :) He and Jon had a great time trick-or-treating together, and Koen was good at saying "trick-or-treat" and "thank you." Whenever someone asked him who he was, he would reply, "Koen." Maybe next year he'll understand they were asking about his costume. :)

My 1-Month Old:

She's a good baby. She doesn't fuss much and sleeps decently. She gives those gummy-baby-smiles that always make you feel like she thinks you're the greatest person on earth and so super special. She's perfect. :)

My (at the time) Almost 3-Year Old:

Koen is a sweet big brother. He loves to include Hadley in our conversations and play. He loves to comfort and soothe her and has a specific voice for doing so. Koen loves to roar at Hadley to "scare" her and doesn't seemed bother by her not reacting back. He's silly. He prefers his own agenda... though don't we all? He loves to do things we'd rather do ourselves and prefers we do things we'd rather him do himself. He loves to run, race to do almost anything, and says funny things every day. He's perfect. :)

Updates on visits with parents/grandparents and a 3-yr old's birthday will HOPEFULLY be coming soon... or later.