What are Ella's new tricks? She can sit unassisted for quite some time before she falls over. She rolls over both ways a LOT. She is the happiest baby I have ever seen. Seriously. {knock on wood} She just goes with the flow. Her smile is so contagious and I hope this gives us a look into her personality!
I have tried giving her sweet potatoes-- she is not too thrilled. I am in no hurry either because just nursing her, it is way too convenient :) I will try to more consistently this week.
One of the BEST things about Ella-- is seeing her and Brynn interact. There is nothing better. They both light up when they see each other. It is amazing and just makes me melt. Brynn still refers to her as her "new baby sister" -- it is so cute.
I have been going back and forth between feeling sad that we are done with babies, to feeling ok about it. I have 3 siblings, and when we all are getting along :) , it is super fun-- family gatherings, holidays, it is loud and I love it. Thinking about only having 2 kids, that is so different. It will allow us to be able to travel and do things that we weren't able to do as kids, and I love that. I have 2 healthy babies, and I love that. It just is a strange feeling thinking we are done. Packing up clothes and the swing as Ella outgrows it, it makes me sad thinking we will never use them again. But, then I ask myself, even if we have another one, would I still feel like that? Is it sad no matter when it happens? I just wish that Dan and I could at least discuss it-- but he is so anti 3 kids, so I just feel like it is something that I can't even think about. While I was pregnant with Ella-- I told everyone nope, we are for sure done. This is it. I think I really was trying to convince myself that it really was it. I always imagined having a large family... I wanted 4 babies. But, my body thinks otherwise. I suppose I do have 4 babies. Only 2 are living with us now. Anyway... just being transparent and thinking out loud. We are done. I am 97% sure of that.
As far as other things in life... My maternity leave has gone so fast-- I think it is because Jamberry has just blown up. Let me just say, before I decided to take the leap-- I NEVER even thought about doing anything like this. Jamberry was different to me though. It was new, it is a non-expensive product, it is super fun to have your nails done-- and I NEVER did because it was expensive to get manis all the time, and dang nail polish chipped or I was interrupted while doing them and they would get smudged! Dan only wanted me to take 3 months off of work for maternity leave-- that broke my heart. I wanted to so badly take at least 4-- and if somehow possible, the rest of the school year. I thought, hell, if this can give me an extra month of maternity leave... I will give it a shot. I began in May of last year... and Dan said if I earned $4,000 by December... I could take an extra month off. Well-- I surpassed my goal! I feel so blessed to have gotten all this time off. Jamberry has also given me something to do besides being a mom during my leave :) AND the friendships I have made... it is awesome. I have friends all across the country now-- which means places to travel to! :) Anyway-- I try to not plaster my Jamberry stuff on my personal FB page, because I know how annoying it is when people do that. I also wont talk about it a lot here, because that isn't what this blog is meant for. However, it is a big part of my life-- and has allowed me to spend time with my babies, and for that I am forever grateful. I truly just like spreading the love because I would love everyone I care about to have this blessing and financial freedom <3 p="">
I am really looking forward to soccer season. I miss the girls SO MUCH when I am not with them! They are so much fun and I feel like they keep me young!
I am hoping to get some stuff updated around the house before I go back to work in August-- we will see! Brynn is a busy bee-- but I am hoping once it is finally consistent summer weather, she will be outside a lot which will allow me to paint and get things done.
Here are some pictures -- Ella- 6 months old!
Brynn at Gymnastics!
Brynnie and Ella :)
Me and Ella in Denver
Loving her toes!
