These Days

From the moment we found out we were pregnant, we have been in "go" mode. Actually we might have had two days of non "go time" mentality. They were the days following the sprint triathlon at Priest Lake in August (on the eve of which I took the positive pregnancy test) - and before the Tuesday phone call that Dolores was ready to move. Just thinking of these past nine-ish months makes me start to practice deep breathing. It's been crazy. Get our house ready to rent. Purge. Move things into the basement of our new home. Live with Hooks. Paint until we started painting in our sleep. Move in. Purge again. Spend a BAJILLION hours studying for a ridiculously hard PT exam (that was Jono, but we all felt the sacrifice). Take two quick family trips and PREPARE FOR BABY (this happened about three weeks before Alice was born). I get exhausted just thinking of this.

All of that is to say that these past few weeks with sweet baby Alice - even at this stage of newborn land (full of diapers and sleepless nights and discerning cries and figuring out life as a family of five), has been pretty great. The only item on our family agenda right now is enjoying this new little one. There are so many house projects to be done. But we are NOT doing them. These next few months are going to be all about adjusting. And then we will begin to tackle our long long list of "to do's". I have kind of decided the months of May and June are going to be delightful. Delightfully hard at times, but simple in purpose. Enjoy our kids. Enjoy this sweet new little one.

So our days have been spent...

Figuring out how to parent THREE at the same time

Watching Alice's cheeks grow 

Enjoying a rare moment's peace with just Alice at Chaps

Figuring out park time all together 

Enjoying friends who have come to visit (like Nicole) - and being blessed by wonderful meals!

Looking out the back window and being thankful we are in this space 

Trying to memorize every feature. This girl is a delight. 

Letting it sink in that I have two girls. Sisters!

And attempting a park walk with these three solo (It was crazy)

Watching more TV and movies than we should 

And just snuggling this little one

Hurray for quiet months. They will not last forever - I know that for certain.