*balance*

So, I had intentions of finishing this post on Mother's day, and 6 days later, it is still not finished! I also had a moment to wash my hair for the first time in EIGHT days!!! When did washing your hair become a simple pleasure??? I guess you could say we are semi getting into a "groove" around here, but it's still hard to squish time for "simple pleasures". For instance, all of our incredible friends and family that have taken time out of their busy lives to call and check on us, I am so grateful for your messages, your texts, cards. But I really have no idea how one squishes in phone calls with two little ones....I had issues with returning calls with just one bambino. I know it is only a matter of time before this will get easier to some extent, but right now, I am trying desperately to give Kaden and Sophia all that I have. And hopefully in time, I will find some balance!

I am halfway through my maternity leave (insert huge sob here), and have six weeks remaining, and I am already starting to get a sick feeling in my stomach about going back to work. I have always said that I am not Stay at Home Mom material, I have always felt that I am a better mommy when I work, as I get to cherish those days and moments that we do have together...but this time around I am having doubts. I am trying to think positively and take each day as it comes, and hope that everything goes smoothly once July 1st arrives.

We had such a lovely Mother's Day with the family. We had Mamaw, Papaw and Uncle Brian over and Chad didn't let me in the kitchen at all, which was so super difficult for me! Chad made scrumptious kabobs on the grill and made the day really special.

~kaden and I next to his sweet Mommy's day card that he made!

~sophie wishin Mamaw a Happy mother's day.

~playin with Papaw...and I use the term "playing" loosely, I'm pretty sure he had just yanked a hair off Papaw's chest.

~snugglin with Uncle Brian

~yummy. We had a visit again with the ENT last week, and they decided to go ahead and go forward with surgery for Kaden. In a few weeks, he will have tubes put in his ears, and a Frenulectomy to clip his tongue tie. I'm so grateful that I get to be off from work and home with him for it, although the Doctor said the recovery shouldn't be too bad. She reccommended he eat a ton of ice cream cones to soothe his tongue after it's clipped, and that is really the only info about the surgery that Kaden has retained. He is pretty psyched about his overload of ice cream cones.

Sophia is sleeping much better at night, and in her crib (yippee!) which is nothing short of a miracle. Although this particular shot was taken as she was sleeping on my chest one morning. I can't help it...I love those moments with her, and I am all about savoring all of the chest sleeping, the precious baby stretches, her crooked smile, her delicious smell! I am so loving the newborn stage this time around, I'm not quite the nutcase (I said not "quite", ok?) that I was last time. Yesterday, Chad and I took Kaden out on a solo adventure sans Sophia (she had some much needed bonding time with Mamaw and Papaw). We took him to his favorite Rec center pool ad Chik filet in lunch. Slightly masochistic of me to think it was ok to put a bathing suit on 6 weeks after giving birth, but you do what ya gotta do for the kids! When we were walking back to the car after our fun day, Kaden asked, "Did we leave Sophia in the car"?

This pic makes me giggle a little. We have so many pics of Kaden being a sweetheart with Sophia, this is a little behind the scenes look to those "other" moments!