just being real

You know how sometimes looking at blogs and Facebook can make you feel like everyone else is perfect and has it all together?  Well, I am not one of those people. :)

Being a mom of a toddler and a newborn (or just a mom is general) isn't easy.  It's such a blessing and I love it, but it's not easy.  I am not super woman.  I can't do it all and keep it all together all the time.  Something has to give.  Usually it's my house.  

I can't believe I'm posting these pictures, but this is what my house looked like last night.  Mom, close your eyes if you are reading this! ;) This is just three rooms.  The others look pretty much the same.  Don't even get me started on my car...

This is what happens when you have a toddler that drags anything and everything out of closets and cabinets, a new baby that wants to be held constantly, and mom ADD that causes you to start one thing and switch to another before finishing the first.  I find it nearly impossible to keep the house picked up these days because I can't follow Reid around picking up after him all day like I could before Georgia Kate was born.  I'd rather hold her anyway. ;) I am thankful I have a husband that helps me pick up in the evenings.  We usually do a big sweep though the house after the kids are in bed and put things back together (only to have a tornado blow through again the next day)! :)

I'm not sure what the point of this post is other than for me to remember life with two young children (and maybe make someone reading this feel better)! :)

Punkins!

Yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch with our sweet friends!  This has become a tradition and something we look forward to every year.  We had a new little punkin in the patch this year and next year there will be another one!  Ashlee is due with baby number two in April!

My baby girl...

Little Clara Beth ...

 My big boy...

 brother and sister :)

Reid and Clara...

First, here are the pictures from the last two years of these little friends!

 It was pretty much impossible to get a picture of Reid and Clara together this year!  They were being really shy with each other. :)

We've been friends for 25 years (that makes me feel SO old) and now we are mommies! 

vintage

My mom saved a lot of my and my sister's baby clothes.  When we got home from the hospital with Georgia Kate, Mumsie had several of the outfits washed, ironed, and hung up in the closet for us!  

Here are some pictures of Georgia Kate in her "vintage" clothes! :)

 

This was my going home outfit.  I was going back and forth on whether I wanted our girl to come home from the hospital in my outfit or have her own and ultimately I decided for her to have her own.  I did want to be sure to get some pictures of her in this though!  Georgia Kate is about 2 weeks old in these pictures!

I am so thankful to have such a talented mom that makes such beautiful clothes for our children!  

 These are three of Mumsie's own creations (among MANY)...

Here are just a few of my recent favorite pictures of our quickly growing baby girl!  I am starting to think she looks more and more like her daddy every day!