this week has been really, really beautiful! and i have sooo been enjoying my days and moments with maddalena, just the two of us. some weeks can be so much harder than others [particularly when there’s bad weather and growth spurts involved, oh my!], but this week i feel like we’ve really been getting to just love all the little things about life together.
i love our little conversations and our constant, unplanned donning of 50 shades of pink. i love all the details of life that she notices and stores in her memory. i love her sweet little voice when she sings, how much she loves to twirl, and how she puts her little hand on my cheek when we snuggle. i love how she excitedly shouts, “taylor flift!!” when a t-swift song comes on the radio. i love how adamant she is about her footwear choices. i love her gentle exterior and her kind but playful and feisty firstborn insides! and i love that she gets in our big bed every night in the wee hours, because i love waking up with her [i used to get so lonely waking up when steven was already gone for work!].
our time together has always felt so natural, and i’ve been so so grateful for that. maddalena is suuuch a fabulous sidekick! but lately, with as exhausted as i seem to constantly feel while pregnant, it can just been so hard to be the fun mom that i want to be… and when it hit me a few days ago that being fatigued and overwhelmed felt like it was somewhat taking away from some of our special time while it’s still the two of us, it kind of broke my heart!
and so! i’ve been taking a fuuull force of vitamins, soaking up the sunbeams [gosh, aren’t they amazing for your energy level!], and just loving every day with my little dream girl, nature lover, beauty queen. i want nothing more than for her to feel happy and loved and approved of and confident and soak up every ounce of joy that life has to offer! and i know there will be plenty of moments in the future when i’m not really the one 1,000% facilitating that, so i’m sure it’s good that she gain maybe a smidgen of patience with me ahead of time, but… you know. we’ll figure it out, right?
so, popsicle cheerses to soaking up this springtime together!! because summer will bring a new little bunny, and then we’ll all get to live happily ever together after in a whole new way. which will be super! and i cannot wait for him to join our party. but i can! in a good way. because i at least need to finish the nursery first! 🙂
[and ps. taylor flift will bring my hormones all the feelings if i let her. her old ones at least.
the new ones are kiiinda more like party jams to pre-game to, am i right??]
the new ones are kiiinda more like party jams to pre-game to, am i right??]
Little miss is just fabulous! And y'all will definitely figure out your groove once little man gets here. I'm sure lots will chance but in a good way. Way more love to go around. And bring on summer!!!
You are doing a great job momma! Does M understand the whole pregnancy/little brother concept?! She is going to be a great big sissy! Xoxo
thank you, lady!! m does a pretty good job of understanding and being excited for "baby bover," but i don't think she really knows what's gonna hit her aaat aaaall 😉
you are so sensational britt!!! like seriously!!! i want to be a mum just like you when i have babies 🙂 🙂 xxxx
i love you, sweet soph!!
I remember those feelings. And then when the baby is born they hit again because their whole entire world was just rocked and here I am exhausted and in so much pain and just needing them to be quiet. But! It gets better obviously! And Letty has zero recollection of when David came home sooo. New baby is the best for big sisters.
YAY for popsicle weather. It's 85 degrees here and I'm a happy camper 🙂
You two are such dolls! I can't really relate, because I don't have any bunnies yet, but I'm glad you're feeling better and enjoying your time together!