Too Long
It's been way too long since I've done a post. I've wanted to so many times because we've been doing so much, at the same time life has been way too overwhelming lately! I think I will have break it up into incriments because I also have a few new knitting projects that I have completed that I would love to dedicate an entire post. For now I simply have to do an Olive, and now Elijah, Update!
Olive
Oh my little miss Olive, she has grown SO MUCH! I think every little kid at some point or another has an obsession with some book, show, toy, superhero, princess, what have you. As of late Olive has manifested what will surely be her childhood obsession for quite some time. DINOSAURS. I think this is one for lots of kids, I know my little brother and nephew were both completely enthralled with dinosaurs, I mean they are really cool! I am learning so much about them from all the books, shows, and you tube videos we have been watching- it's so fun to learn together! I think kids are just going to like what they are going to like! For a bit I couldn't remember what got Olive hooked on dinosaurs, because it seemed that once she liked them I would take to her to any dinosaur thing that I saw, but a couple weeks ago I was at the library and one of the books I saw triggered my memory. Olive and I generally go to the library every week, check out tons of books, and then return them the next week. I would always just grab random piles in the bins in the children's section. One time I grabbed a little dinosaur board book, it really was't even that interesting, it just had some picture of dinosaurs and their names. I read her that book at night like I read all her books. I went through the pictures and told her the names, and I don't know but that was it! She just wanted me to read that book over and over. When we went to return it the next week (I let Olive return all the books herself in the bin because she loves it) I handed her that book to return, she looked at it and said no mom, ha. This was the first time she wouldn't let me return a book. So we renewed that book as long as we could, and may have had a minor melt down when we had reached our limit on the checkouts! From then on it was Dinosaur this and dinosaur that! She never really cared to watch the same show over and over, kc and I would talk about how funny it was that she wasn't attached to any one show, until dinosaur train. Once we discovered dinosaur train it's been the only thing on in our house ever since! Good thing I love it too, otherwise I'd shoot myself haha. They really need to come out with soundtrack, we already know all the songs by heart and we all often walk around singing out "dinosaur train, dinosaur train, I'm gonna riiiiiiddddeee the dinosaur train." Besides that she is still Olive. Still gentle, loving, adventurous, fearless and very sweet and sensitive. She is learning that not everyone is nice all the time and I wish I could explain to her why but I don't know the answer myself, so I'm trying to teach her that it's ok and to be independent and strong and kind to others in spite of it because I won't always be right next to her to wrap her in my arms (even though I wish I could.)
Elijah
Little Elijah is all smiles and giggles and content to just sit on the couch or in his bumbo and just observe all the chaos around him. He just goes with the flow. He's been such a good baby, and it is so fun the second time around because I feel so much more relaxed about everything. He has the strongest little abs, and would sit in the crunch position for longer than I think I can! He is 6 months old in a week and he just started sitting yesterday! I love having a little boy and Olive couldn't be a better older sister for one. Can't wait to see his personality as he grows.
Overall
I'm an on-the-go Mom. Being at home too much makes me so stir crazy! But lately things have slowed down around here. Working these early hours and getting up multiple times at night is really taking it's toll on me. Olive who never had so much as a runny nose til she was two has been sick with one thing after another, just like Elijah and I. Dealing with sick children, especially if you don't feel good yourself, is just something else. By far the hardest days of motherhood. So we've been laying low and staying home a lot, and it's been kind of nice, and my house has stayed pretty clean because of it so that's a plus ha. Olive is old enough now that if I need to lay down for a bit and rest with Elijah she is happy to play in her room with her animals or dinosaurs. I'm so grateful for her and the kindness she always shows to me. We started to get adventurous again. Yesterday Olive did her first canter on a horse! I love hearing and seeing her exhilaration with new things. Next week I am going to take her rock climbing at the quarry because she loves to try to climb the wall at Provo Rec, and she is pretty good! She will be so cute in little rock climbing shoes and a harness. In the morning I often ask Olive what she would like to do for that day, and if I am up for it, we do it. She most often says one out of three things, I want to go to the dinosaur museum. I want to go see some animals, or I want to play with Callie. And the zoo is going to have a bunch of dinosaurs for the summer which they are calling Zoorassic Park which we are going to visit with Callie on Friday, so basically we can set up camp and live there. If things keep feeling too hard I might need to reevaluate if working this shift is the right thing for me right now, I'm trying to hold out until Elijah is done nursing at night, hopefully only a few more months, but I'm also praying that when it's time to move on from it, I'll know it. So that's our life lately, hopefully I'll do a post sooner rather than later so that I can remember these small details of my life. It will all pass so quickly.
Update Through Pictures
Messy haired morning sleepy eyed kids make me happy.
Sick blue-eyed babes drink healthy smoothies and watch dinosaur train.
Olive and I went up to my sister-in-law's and her sister was kind enough to saddle up and let us ride her horse. I was feeling bold so I took Olive for a little run on the horse in a small circle. It was so exhilarating and we both loved it.
Elijah
Little Elijah is all smiles and giggles and content to just sit on the couch or in his bumbo and just observe all the chaos around him. He just goes with the flow. He's been such a good baby, and it is so fun the second time around because I feel so much more relaxed about everything. He has the strongest little abs, and would sit in the crunch position for longer than I think I can! He is 6 months old in a week and he just started sitting yesterday! I love having a little boy and Olive couldn't be a better older sister for one. Can't wait to see his personality as he grows.
Overall
I'm an on-the-go Mom. Being at home too much makes me so stir crazy! But lately things have slowed down around here. Working these early hours and getting up multiple times at night is really taking it's toll on me. Olive who never had so much as a runny nose til she was two has been sick with one thing after another, just like Elijah and I. Dealing with sick children, especially if you don't feel good yourself, is just something else. By far the hardest days of motherhood. So we've been laying low and staying home a lot, and it's been kind of nice, and my house has stayed pretty clean because of it so that's a plus ha. Olive is old enough now that if I need to lay down for a bit and rest with Elijah she is happy to play in her room with her animals or dinosaurs. I'm so grateful for her and the kindness she always shows to me. We started to get adventurous again. Yesterday Olive did her first canter on a horse! I love hearing and seeing her exhilaration with new things. Next week I am going to take her rock climbing at the quarry because she loves to try to climb the wall at Provo Rec, and she is pretty good! She will be so cute in little rock climbing shoes and a harness. In the morning I often ask Olive what she would like to do for that day, and if I am up for it, we do it. She most often says one out of three things, I want to go to the dinosaur museum. I want to go see some animals, or I want to play with Callie. And the zoo is going to have a bunch of dinosaurs for the summer which they are calling Zoorassic Park which we are going to visit with Callie on Friday, so basically we can set up camp and live there. If things keep feeling too hard I might need to reevaluate if working this shift is the right thing for me right now, I'm trying to hold out until Elijah is done nursing at night, hopefully only a few more months, but I'm also praying that when it's time to move on from it, I'll know it. So that's our life lately, hopefully I'll do a post sooner rather than later so that I can remember these small details of my life. It will all pass so quickly.
Update Through Pictures
Out of the blue my cousin's wife called us up and asked us if we wanted Maybe, the dog that we watched for 6 months or so. I was really taken aback because I had kind of made up my mind that I didn't want a dog for a few years so that my kids could grow up with the dog through their teen years. I called kc and he said yes, of course we want her, and I knew he was right, we love her so much! The second she showed up Olive's heart grew 10 sizes, she just lived for Maybe to interact with her in any way. She has since calmed down a bit, but she still sometimes tries to lock Maybe in her room with her or locks her in a giant bear hug to the point where I think she is going to choke her to death. Mostly we just love having her around, when she lays behind the rocking chair when I nurse Elijah, sits by Olive's bed as I read to her at night, or gets up with me a 4 am in the morning when I go to work. She just makes our family complete.
What life looks like around here most the time.
Olive insisted on doing dog duty/doody. I'm sure she won't want to do it when she is actually old enough to, but I appreciated the thought anyways.
What we do when we are sick/bored at home. Put peanut butter on our bellies and let Maybe lick it off.
Kc and I met up with his sister and her family at Goblin Valley and went camping for one night. I had wanted to go last year but was never able to make it work. It was so fun and Olive went around and we pretended some of the rocks we found were dinosaur bones, but there really is a dinosaur quarry nearby so we need to take her! It was the first time we had taken Olive and Elijah camping and it was so fun! Olive slept through the whole night, which was a shock to us, but I think it was mostly because she was so sleep deprived. Can't wait to go again!
You know I can't help myself. It's so fun!
Sick blue-eyed babes drink healthy smoothies and watch dinosaur train.
One advantage of being stuck at home I had more time to tidy up my house, which isn't normally a big priority for me (why spend time cleaning when you could be out having fun with your cute two year old?) but while cleaning I turn the corner and catch this cute babe with her dinosaurs lined up to board the dinosaur train. She's too much.
Olive has started swim lessons. She doesn't love getting her head dunked in the water, but she does love it when I let her take her dinosaurs to throw them in the water so I can dive in a fetch them for her. The second picture is what happens when you still need naps you wont take, you fall asleep on your way to swim class mid egg.
This picture makes me think of child hood. Waiting til your mom is done so you can lick the spoon. Double fisting it.
Rock climbing wall at Provo Rec. Can't wait to take Olive this week to the quarry and put her in a little harness and shoes. She will love it!
Olive and her cousin Callie. Best friends these two.
Pi Day.
My sister moved here from Washington and so now all my sisters that have kids live here, it's going to be one big party!
That one random snow day in April.
Olive and I went up to my sister-in-law's and her sister was kind enough to saddle up and let us ride her horse. I was feeling bold so I took Olive for a little run on the horse in a small circle. It was so exhilarating and we both loved it.
Easter! I loved doing a basket for her this year.
Elijah finally met his cousin Ezekiel, but he wasn't too sure about him being all up in his space :)
Baby Elijah sitting for the first time!
And you know, that's life lately!
