Seriously it's been 5 months since my last post. WTH
Team Awesome seems to be struggling and getting dangerously close to TEAM NOT SO MUCH.
So what's been going on in the past five months? Well let's see...
In September Isabelle got a new cousin- a beautiful baby girl named Lily. Now she has a girl cousin on both sides of the family and both are relatively close to her in age. It's going to be lots of fun watching them all grow up together.
Fall rolled in faster than I was ready for- I am such a lover of summer so I was sad to see it go but not all is lost with Fall's arrival. Fall also signaled the beginning of Football season a favorite in our house and I got to bring my little sweetheart to a game.
We had lots of fun watching Georgia and we came so close to that Championship game. The taste of Victory was on our tongue but alas this year was AGAIN not our year.
Mommy and Daddy celebrated our 32nd birthdays in October- I still don't believe I'm actually 32. There must be some sort of grand punking going on right now. Surely I was 18 just last year, definitely too awesome to be this old and yes I do know that 32 is not that old.
We got to take family pictures with AmyKat Photography and sadly for mommy Isabelle was less than cooperative. My sweet girl that is normally all smiles and giggles does NOT like being told to stay, sit and smile on cue. It appears if I'm going to get a sweet picture with her and not end up sweating and chasing after her I'll need to just have the photographer have a continuous shutter on- snapping non stop! But we were able to get a few cuties
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November and December brought the Holidays full of fun for everyone! We had all kinds of adventures from going to the zoo with friends to the aquarium with Uncle Rory and Aunt Drew! We did the pink pig with Auntie Bridget and Cousin Charlie and saw Santa not once, not twice but THREE TIMES! Each time was met with the same result- screaming and crying and reaching for momma. Maybe next year she'll be happier to see the Jolly ole man!
We also took more pictures with AmyKay Photography and this time with her cousin Charlotte. Nana is still requesting a picture where both girls are looking at the camera and both girls are smiling big but so far no such luck! I will say however they are pretty cute in this picture
Santa's sleigh was packed to maximum capacity even though we told him to take it easy on the presents. Jimmy is in quite the mood over all the toys in the house. Grandpa Tim said he can have his museum back in about 20 years but until then he needs to let go and have a come to jesus moment over the fact that his house is not "his" anymore! Isabelle is definitely spoiled by all of our family members and it should be interesting to see how she acts when a new brother or sister joins our family.
New Year's was spent with friends and family and Jimmy was less than impressed that most of us passed out soon after midnight. He's having the hardest time adjusting to the fact that he's not a 16 year old boy. I've asked various doctors when this phase might pass and I've only been told it varies with each man-child but it is indeed a long process.
It's hard to believe that it's 2013. Seems like a date we'd hear about in a movie and think- wow that's so far in the future. But it's right here, right now and we still don't have flying cars! Well hovercrafts are close I guess.
January has come and gone like a blink of the eye and I'm sure February will do the same. They say time flies when you are having fun and if that's the case I must have been having a lot of fun the past 32 years. I have flash memories of different points in my life. Points when I can remember "I am truly very happy, right here, right now" In each of those moments it feels like they were just yesterday- not 5, 10, 15, 20 years ago! What I was 12 years old 20 years ago- WHAT?!?!
This month Isabelle will be 18months. It feels like just yesterday I was pushing her out- pushing for over 3 hours! She really is such a magical experience in my life. Each day brings something new with her and each day when I think I love her the most that I ever could I soon find out that the next day I love her more.
I'd like to have more so that Isabelle gets to be a big sister just like her mom. Big Sisters definitely turn out to be WONDERFUL people. But just like Isabelle made me wait it appears that the next baby is making me wait too.
Some months I get caught up in how much I want another baby I lose myself but then, after I've dried my tears, I make myself list all the wonderful things in my life. I let myself get upset but not for too long. I remind myself that some women try for years and years to have one baby- let alone two and it never happens for them. I also remind myself that to believe- truly believe- there is something wonderful on it's way.
Believe- such a powerful word if you stop and ponder over it for a moment.
So for now I focus on today. I focus on the things I can control and remind myself that time is flying because I'm having so much fun. Even when terrible things happen in my life, natural disasters, stress at work, stress at home, stress over our cursed god-forsaken home- the time has still flown by because I have friends and family that remind me to have fun.
