Peeking out from the new mom cave

Well hi there!

Remember me?

I used to blog. I wouldn't call myself a blogger, because there are so many people out there that are wayyyyy better than me at it, but I did blog, I swear.

But then I bought a house, had a toddler and a baby, and I just got kinda busy yanno?

Forgive me? Please?

I'd be lying if I said it was only my new baby that has been keeping me away. Fortunately, Sweet, sweet Anna is a sleepy, easygoing dream come true.

No, instead, I am spending every spare minute that I'm not holding my newborn or playing with Emerson working on our house. Our house that I love but DAMN!!! Painting sucks. SUCKS. If I never see a paintbrush again it would be too soon. Too bad we're not even halfway done. If I hated money I would hire painters, but instead I'm choosing to spend my maternity leave not resting. Not even a little.

I'm telling myself that I'll get to rest when the once is done. Because unlike our old house, which was in some state of construction for the whole 5 years we lived there, this house will be "done" once the painting is done. Well, at least done in terms of what I'm willing/able/capable of doing. And that glorious goal is what I am working toward, because I can't wait to be "bored" in this new house. We've set a date of July 4th to have all the painting done, which is pretty realistic. We're going to throw a party just to tie ourselves to that deadline too. Stay tuned and I'll let you know if that was the worst idea ever.

Anywhooooo, the moral of the story is I've been slacking on the updates. Ergo, to entice the forgiveness out of you, let me show you some pictures of my beautiful, beautiful daughters.

 "SHISSHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

What up home slice?

Snuggled

She wore these white pants before Memorial Day. Don't tell Tim Gunn.

I shall eat ALL of the pretzels.

Emerson 2011 - Anna 2013... Twinsies!

So sleepy

Double stroller... best thing EVER! We love exploring our new neighborhood and parks :)

Milk drunk ;-)

So beautiful

 Oh wait. That's sushi. Sushi that I'm allowed to eat now. Thank the Lord! Ok, back to the babies.

At Heather's wedding. Youngest person there ;-) Also, half of Heather's female wedding guests saw my boobs because I nursed her in the bathroom twice. You're welcome, Heather's wedding guests. You're welcome.

This is how she falls asleep

Tiny baby hands

Mohawk!

Sleepy family

This girl will always be my "baby"

I'll be back soon with more updates, some house before/after shots, Anna's professional newborn shots, and her crazy birth story. Until then, stay cool folks.

Happy Wednesday!

Hi, I'm new here

Hi everybody!

My name is Anna Beverly, and I was born at 9:44am on Thursday, May 9th (my mom and dad's anniversary!) I weighed 7lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. Boy does mommy have a story to tell you about my arrival!!! Mom and Dad named me in honor of my grandmothers first and middle names :)

I love sleeping, my "shisshy" Emerson, and milk.

In case you were wondering, Mom and Dad are heads over heels in love with me, and are so happy I'm here :)

Christmas recap and it's a.....

Howdy ya'll!!!

I'm going to do an iPhone photo dump and let these Christmas snapshots do most of the talking. 

Our holiday vacation started on a bad note with our sweet girl getting her first cold. She was so miserable, and was extra snuggly. During this time, I thanked God every minute for the Nosefrida and her "baby." Truly lifesavers during this ordeal.

 

But by Christmas Eve she was doing much better. A few "Chee" (aka Cheerios) and her big girl cup, and she was ready to party!

Aunt Lindsay bought her the cutest blue Christmas dress, and we went out to dinner at Carrabba's (YUM). Tragically, I only took one picture of her adorableness in her dress, and she looks frightened in it. But you get the idea! ;-)

 

Eating cheese ravioli. (By the way, those sticky placemats are the greatest things ever. No mess, and no baby tossing their plate off the table. Genius!)

Then on Christmas morning, we went to Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Mark's house to open presents. Look at that tree. To say the number of presents under it is excessive is an understatement. Even though 70% of them were for Emerson. Just think of next year when there are THREE babies to buy for... and no, I'm not having twins ;-)

Emerson wasted no time inspecting all of the boxes. She has become quite the climber, and rather enjoyed seeing how far we'd let her get into the pile.

Actually opening presents was boring to her, so we did most of it for her. Santa Claus was VERY good to her, and we are extremely grateful for all of the gifts we received. But seriously, next year, I'm asking for water only. I don't think our house can fit any more toys!

Her favorite "toy" would probably be her new big girl chair. She loves to climb in it backwards and stand up tall, or pretend to be watching TV.

She also loved playing with other people's presents too. Daddy's new golf umbrella? Thanks, I'll commandeer that now.

 

She also got to open one other gift this year that will be unlike any other......

Santa Claus brought her a baby SISTER!!!!!

I hope you got everything you wished for this Christmas! :)

Emerson has been keeping a secret from you...

With all of the craziness of daddy leaving, hitting her head on a Lego, and preparing for Thanksgiving next week, Emerson has been a little preoccupied lately.

But she feels like it's finally time to come clean....

She's been keeping a secret from you.

A big one.

An exciting one.

She held out as long as she could.

But she just can't hold it in anymore.

There. She feels better now :-)