Before I get to the official 3 month picture I wanted to post an "outtake" picture of when I was trying to get John to hold a sign that says, "Welcome Kyle" for our new nephew's birth. It wasn't so easy. Maybe next time I won't try these kind of shennanigans right before dinner.
This picture is an honest look into how hard it can be to get kids to take good pictures. As a segway from that, my friend Amy just posted on her blog the reality of her life lately and how it isn't rosy all the time. Ahhhhh those kinds of posts are so refreshing to me. So now here is an honest snapshot of our lives:
- I hate to mop the kitchen floor so I rarely do it
- I miss my whole England experience so much. SO much. I miss my buddies, John's buddies, the walks, the shops, the inconviences... even the street signs. I miss everything but the bone-chilling cold.
- It can be very lonely to be a stay-at-home mom. I am online more than I should be because I just crave connecting with others.
- Some days I wish I could snap my fingers and be back in college for just one day. One day where I could go where I wanted and do what I wanted to do, and have all my friends living right with me, along with a rockin' church just up 400.
- I don't think John will ever be potty trained. I think at this point I will give him a pound of M&Ms and his own car if he would do it.
Just so you don't get the picture that life is all doom and gloom, here are some positive honest things:
- I really really love Adam. It isn't that I don't love John, but I didn't really appreciate him as a baby. I had a really hard time with the life change that came with John so I didn't appreciate him as a baby. But I am making up for lost time with Adam. Thank you, Lord.
- Our church experience here as been up and down, but we have at least three couples in the same stage of life with us that we click with. I pray God blesses and grows these friendships.
- I love the Bachelor and the Bachelorette
- Dave is now a flight commander here. Yay!
- Adam is now sleeping 11.5-12 hours straight at night. Double yay!
Reading with Dad
The official three month old picture
Matching outfits courtesy of my mom
Well Cheers to you. If you have any honesty in your life you would like to share, please do!
6 comments:
Appreciate your honesty Kate. :)
Precious photos of your beautiful family!
As for the potty training, don't worry, one day it will suddenly happen! I thought Holly was going to go to school in diapers and then one day she just decided she was done and we haven't looked back. I was SO frustrated too so just hang in there!
Hope you're doing well :)
It is really refreshing (to use your word) to read 'real' posts such as yours. I hear you about being online more than I would like and the lonliness. I never thought I would want to join a gym to get adult face time but I am seriously considering it!
Glad to hear I am not alone...Girl, I hear ya on just about every one of your points (we aren't quite there on the potty training!) Your honesty is refreshing. Hugs to you all...wish you were still here so we could "get out" with the kiddos together :-)
i thought of you the other day with such love...remembering how we would pile into my bed in the townhouse sometimes...and weird people out because we were adults who still loved slumber parties!
true confession: i only use our master bathroom toilet in the dark in seems...consequently, i forget to clean it for ridiculous lengths of time. david cleaned it himself the other day. yikes.
adam is so cute i want to squeeze him! i totally know what you mean about appreciating the baby stage with your second...with sienna, it was like "i have an 8 week old, and here is our 1 year anniversary!" haha.
love you friend,
deonna
I don't mop nearly as much as I should. As soon as I do, I turn around and it needs mopping again so I can't win! Kids are like that :)
I've even been thinking of going back to work because nothing I could possible do could be harder then being a SAHM.
We all have good & not so good things in our lives. Some people are just more honest about it :)
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