Life with Two

Life with two kids was quite an adjustment at first. I couldn't seem to keep up with anything; dishes, laundry, Noah's never ending requests, nap time, brushing my teeth, I mean! the list goes on and on. The first few weeks were a bit hectic around here and Noah acted out like MAD for the first couple of weeks. I'm happy to say that a good 10 weeks later and I think I have the hand of this! Noah is such a great kid (he still has his tantrums, don't get me wrong), and loves his sister so much. He never tries to hurt her, he only ever wants to get on her level and kiss her. He runs around calling her "baby sissy" and it makes my mom heart so happy. He is always very concerned about her when she cries and tries to "shush" her when she is crying in her car seat. I'm not sure how we lucked out on him being such a big brother, but i'm counting my blessings for sure.

I still have days where Marley is screaming her lungs out and Noah is crying because i'm not acknowledging him, so I have to take a deep breath and choose one child to please and let the other one take the back seat. I've realized that I can't possible please them both and as much as I want to never let Marley cry, sometimes I have to because Noah really needs me too. That has been the hardest thing for me, just letting the other one freak out while my two hands help the only one I can. It sometimes drives me mad, but Noah is getting really good at understanding I have to get the baby to stop crying before I can help him, but somedays we have mom yelling a little more than she would like to admit. Man, mom life! it sure aint easy. 

I love these two more than life though. It is easier for me to admit this time around because Marley sleeps amazingly well. I mean, I don't think I slept more than 4 hours a night until Noah was 6 month and we got Marley over here already sleeping 13 hours. I'm so grateful to have been able to enjoy this maternity leave a little more than the last. I'm anxious thinking about going back to work in two weeks, but I also know this will be a good thing and i've had an amazing summer with my two kiddies! 

some pictures of our time together this summer...