early mornings & coffee

Bailey decided she wanted to party at 5:30 this morning. 

Good morning sunshine, you do know the sun isn't up yet right?

This mama, likes her sleep. Like a lot.

But I do have to admit, I like the fact that I have some semi-alone time for a whole two hours before my second little monkey wakes up.

Coffee is brewing and breakfast is being toasted. Toast with jam is fancy and easy. Did I mention it's easy? 

You know what else I'm doing? Absolutely nothing. It's beautiful. 

Now I know why old people wake up early and drink coffee.

They have kids.

Did I say old people? Does this classify me as old?

Wait let me rephrase. I know why parents wake up early and drink coffee, voluntarily. 

You kinda have to if you want to keep some of your sanity.

Secret cracked. :)

oh, this is a good life

Every morning I wake up to my girls. One resting next to my breast and the other jabbering and sometimes if I'm lucky a little singing, through the monitor.

I was able to play around with some picture taking yesterday :) these were my results with 10 minutes of playing around. She gets so darn fussy, so quick.

Every day I get to play with Hayden. She gets it now. It's amazing. The simplest things make her smile.  There is this look I give her, kinda like a peek-a-boo look, like I'm peering from behind something, but I'm not [laughs] and omgosh, it gets her smile going. It's followed by squeals and a high pitched maaaa-meeee! Greatest sound ever. I can't help but smile and keep doing it. Over and over. Until she's almost in tears from laughing.

You would never think this girl laughs because I can never get her to smile on camera. Once she sees the camera out, she bolts for anything that she can hide behind.  That's okay. My little monkey.
 

Bailey smiles. Regularly. She's 25 days today. She only smiles when we are coo-ing with her or when I give her Eskimo kisses. It melts my heart and literally brings tears to my eyes. Her smile is magic.

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Despite having hard moments sometimes. Despite being oh so very tired. Despite having some baby blues. I am so very happy. So very thankful for every day. So blessed. I recognize this and the fact that I have an amazing life. Amazing family. Amazing friends.

inspired

Isn't this amazing? My heart is fluttering and a tiny part of me is so happy I haven't officially tied the not yet. Definitely inspiring and it totally makes me wish I was there celebrating with them. 

check out the rest of the photos here

oh baby

Bailey definitely did a number on my body. Three weeks post-baby, despite being 1 lb below what I weighed before I got pregnant, I still look like I could be 3 months.

Not to mention the horrific stretchmarks leaving me with no choice but to forever shop in the tankini section for bathing suits...

Random thought, is the word tankini in the dictionary yet? Yep.

— n
	a woman's two-piece swimming costume consisting of a vest or camisole top and bikini briefs

reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tankini

 

 

Posting this will make me accountable for losing the flab and getting in shape. Obviously, this will have to wait until I completely heal. I'm already getting tons of flak from friends and family for overdoing it with simple chores. It's so frustrating that I can't just get into a normal daily routine without taking everything into consideration if it's going to affect my healing process. 

Oh, I would also like to mention that while I never did trek out to Nordstrom to enjoy my Spanx experience, I did try on some knock offs at our Kohls. They weren't worth it. I didn't notice any substantial difference other than smoothing of the skin. You don't fool me, knock offs. Maybe the real Spanx actually work? We'll see, one day when I'm eventually healed enough to take the double stroller out with the kiddos.

little toes make me happy

70's bell bottoms do, too. Did you know that's a fall trend this year? My obsession with style blogs told me so.

Hello Kitty tattoos makes Hayden happy.

two photos, two weeks

I'm trying to define my style, not only in clothing but with my photography as well. Here is a snap shot I was able to grab really quick after a diaper change.

I love the softness of the second one. But the first is more my style. Which do you prefer?