As you can see, we had a very productive sunday. We were all exhausted from the week of craziness. We all got sick, and had very little sleep. Morgan loves to cuddle up with Jeremiah. I think Jeremiah watched Mulan 3 times yesterday. He watched the kids most of the day, so I could get much needed RR. I love the weekends when he's home.
So I started swimming lessons a couple of weeks ago, and I love it. I figured that if I was going to even attempt a triathalon I should probably learn how to swim. I never knew how complex swimming was. I have a long way to go, but a least I am able to put my face in the water. So last week during my swimming lesson she wanted me to swim the full length of the pool. No big deal right, I've done it before. Well that was before when I swam with my head above the water and didn't have goggles on. I started out okay, but I got a little nervous as I saw the bottom of the pool get deeper. It was like I was going off a cliff. I didn't think that I would get so nervous but I have never swam with goggles on so it took on a whole new meaning. Well it didn't take me long to overcome my fear and swim to the other side.I have a long way to go, but hopefully I can be ready. Trying to convince myself that I'm capable of a triathalon is whole new story. I figured the first place to start would be the swimming. As Jeremiah will remind me I am not trying to come in first place, I am just doing it to fininsh (and to lose my pregnancy weight). Jeremiah will be doing a triathalon in 4 weeks. At least I have until september to get ready for it.
I have been a little photo happy lately. So there are more pictures to come. I love my children's cheeks, they are soooo kissable. But I have to admit that it bothers me when I have strangers tell me what big kids I have. I have received some of the strangest comments. But as my obgyn would say the only way that I could have smaller kids is if I start smoking or find a different husband and thats not going to happen. My kids just get a big start in life. Morgan having a greater lead over her brother weighing in at 10.5lbs vs. Riley coming in at 9pds. Riley's weight right now is all in his belly. He has skinny legs and arms and a cute adorable belly.
So I just wanted to thank Jeremiah for passing on his beautiful blue eyes, and my cousing for the adorable onsie he sent. The onsie says 50% Mommy, 50% Daddy=100% Mormon. Way cute.Mothers day started out with a bang. Riley woke us up at 5:00am with a nice blow out ( and not a wheel on his bassinnet). He was not a happy camper, and woke Morgan up. Morgan was cute she climbed out of bed with this determined look on her face ran to her daddy and said " Can I help, where are the baby wipes". Well of course Morgan was up after that, there was no getting her back to bed. So I decided to stay up with her and watch a movie while I made bread. Well I ran up stairs to check on something and she played with my bread, so it didn't raise. Later in the morning I got Morgan ready for church. I put curlers in her hair the night before so we wouldn't have to do it. Now I have to remind you that I worked really hard the night before getting everything ready so we could be on time to church. I was also trying really hard to keep Morgan new white shirt clean. I thought I had conquered my mission when I heard Jeremiah say "oh no". I ran downstairs and found Morgan covered with pretty lipstick all over her face and her shirt, and my poor favorite lipstick ruined. Well being up so early my nerves where shot that and I got upset with Morgan. Well of course I felt horrible because it wasn't morgan fault, she sees me put lipstick on every day and just wanted to be like her mom. Well I started crying because I felt like the worse mom and ran up stairs. I was really tired, and when I am tired I am really sensitive. Well Morgan taught me a valuable lesson. She looked at me and said" its okay mommy, its fine, Daddy fixed it, we can buy more". She reminded me that things happen, and to live in the momment. Well to make things short, Morgan was a little out of control being so tired. Mommy was crying all through church because she was so tired and sensitive. Jeremiah was going crazy with a sensitive wife and a moody daughter and told me later on that he did not want to relive this day.
All in all I am grateful for my family. I am grateful for the lessons Morgan teaches me an a regular basis. I am grateful for Jeremiah and the patience and love he has even on bad days. We were still late for church, but I am just grateful to have my family with me in church. My two year old will grow up and I will remember the wonderful adventures that we went through. I will also remember not to put her in white on a special occasion.
I am grateful for all the mothers in my life. My mom who worked hard to raise me. My mother-law who raise my wonderful husband. My Aunt Cheryl who has influenced me for good. My wonderful sister who works so hard as a single mother. I love all the mothers in my ward that encourage me and strengthen me as a mother. Just as side note the second part of the day went a lot better.
I love being a mother and wouldn't trade anything about my life.
My little man is 8 weeks old. It is amazing how fast he is growing. I get kind of sad because it is going so fast. I just want to keep him little. It is amazing how much love I have for this little guy. I have to admit that when I was pregnant I had a hard time imagining that I could love anyone one more than Morgan. But I have found that you have enough love to go around. I love them both so much.
Morgan is such a big help. She loves changing his diaper and informing us every time he cries. She is at such a fun age because she mimics everything you do. If she could she would probably feed him, but she doesn't have the right equipment even though she has tried. Yesterday we went to the doctors and I asked if she wanted to help. She looked at me and said "Mommy I can help, I do have to hands." Wow where do they come up with these things. The thing that really blew me a way is her comment yesterday. I was working out to a workout video, and after it was done Morgan turned it back on and said mommy exercise. I told her that I was done, I asked her if she wanted to exercise she said " I can't I don't have boobs." Well as you can imagine I just started laughing. I didn't know quite what to say to that. She totally caught me off guard. Well any way I love watching Morgan play mommy to Riley. She tries so hard.
I love her random kisses that she gives him, that's probably why he sleeps so much he is just pretending.
As far as Riley goes I think Jeremiah is right about the whole mama's boy thing. I was in denial at first because I didn't want Jeremiah to feel bad. But it seems that he is more content with his mommy than his daddy. I am sure that being his source of food has a huge part to that. Morgan was defiantly a daddy girl. Sometimes I would get Jealous of Jeremiah's ability to put Morgan to sleep so fast when she was Riley's age. Riley hardly ever cries with me, but when I leave he just cries with Jeremiah.
She asks me everyday if I will take a picture of her. Do you think that her mommy takes a lot of pictures. Don't you love the over the shoulder look. Her new hobby is to collect rocks and dandelions. Not to hard to please this little girl. Over the weekend we went on our first of many family hikes. Morgan had so much fun climbing the mountain.
I just wanted to take a moment and recognize my hero "My Dad". Happy Birthday Dad! He is my example, friend and the most amazing dad a girl could ever have. My dad is the most talkative guy in the world, just kidding. He is sooooo quite most of the time. He is more content to listen to others than talk himself. His hobbies are his wife, and his 3 kids. His favorite thing to do is spend time with his family. He is quick to make peace in the family and always willing to smile. He is the best dishwasher I have ever met. He rinses ever dish so carefully, and then he washes them. By the time the dishes are done they are shinning. He is are hard worker and always willing to help. He tells the most random jokes, and you just laugh because his jokes just come out of the blue. I love my dad and thank him for everything he does for me.
My two cute men in my life have had a big week. Jeremiah has survived this semester of school. It is nice to have my husband back. He is catching up on his sleep, much needed sleep. Working full time and taking a full semester of classes, dealing with a two year old, a moody wife, and a new born can take a toll on you. Sleeping for Riley is his favorite thing to do. He loves to be held and cuddled.
