Where do I begin? Life with two under two...not quite what I expected! I didn't expect Izabella to be so easygoing. For the first few weeks she only slept and ate. She was hardly ever awake and I was a little worried, to be honest! She had her days and nights mixed up a little at first, but that was the only trouble. Anderson was always so alert and awake, so I wasn't used to that, but it was a welcome change. Praise the Lord (once again) for that one, because Anderson became a little boy I did not know! Tantrums, sleep problems...I told Dr. Lu I thought we had ruined our perfect child! Luckily, he and everyone else was right. After just a few weeks, he was back to his old sweet self again! He loves his baby sister and still has not acted jealous of her. Between a new sibling, turning two years old, and Adam and me both being home all day just shook his world up a little! These pictures were taken when Izabella was just ten days old. We had her newborn pictures taken by Kerry Guice, and this picture pretty much sums it up:
Anderson likes to point out her body parts: "He's got eyes, a mouth, etc..." Yes, he calls her a "he." We are working on that!
You would never guess this sweet little boy was going through such a difficult time! He did SO good for the pictures.
My Grandma Reed passed away in December, and she loved little girls! She was so excited to have a little girl to buy dresses and frilly things for, and I have wished more than once that she could be here to meet her. I saved some flowers from her funeral and had them made into bracelets, including one for Izabella.
Some photos for fun...
Made/crocheted with love by Great Aunt NeNe!
She woke up for the last 10 minutes of the photo session! With Anderson, we didn't get ANY sleeping baby pictures! (They all looked exactly like these, actually!)
I feel so blessed, but even that feels like such an understatement. Words cannot describe how thankful I am for our family, and for God's plan for all of us.
My New Year's resolution to "not stress out" has caused me to step back and cut out all the "non essentials" in my life. I'm not into trying to "do it all," like I'm used to. I've also realized how even more valuable my time is. Two babies and being married to a football coach that works anywhere from 40 (summer time) to 80 (football season) hours a week will do that! Working less hours at work, taking a leave from the Junior League, and becoming even more organized are some of the ways I'm maximizing my time these days.
Which brings me to this blog. It has taken me two months to post this with her newborn pictures. I have tons of pictures to share, and I'm often writing a post in my head, but then getting a chunk of time to type it and upload the pictures is so difficult. It takes SO long to upoad photos to this thing! And I have so many more pictures to share, but I'm not sure how... if anyone has any suggestion, please tell me! Because blogging is looking like it is going to have to go! I have decided I am going to make photobooks for events/time periods, since I am no longer able to scrapbook them all. I know if I just kept the pictures until I got time to do that again, I would be so far behind and overwhelmed to even start! Anyone with suggestions on documenting their children's lives and sharing them, and still have time to play with them?!
Hopefully the next post won't be of Anderson's high school graduation... :)
