Our new life

This week is starting to feel a little more normal, notice I said a little. Last week I felt like I was just treading water keeping everyone bathed, fed, and in one piece. I am starting to adjust to our new routines and am figuring out how to work around Aubrey's schedule. I am still taking an afternoon nap daily which is the only way I can function in the afternoon. I am anxious to get to the point where a nap is a luxury I can choose to take, not a necessity. I hate feeling like I could accomplish so much more if I could just bypass the nap. But, I know a happy wife and mommy are more important than a spotless house right now.

Aubrey was three weeks old yesterday. I'm afraid to blink my eyes because I know when I open them we will be packing up her room sending her off to college. She continues to be a very content baby. It has made adjusting to caring for two little ones much easier, I am so thankful for that!



Ashlyn is starting to adjust more each day. It has been such a roller coaster ride for her. She loves Aubrey to pieces but wants her old life back just as much. Ashlyn has started having little conversations with Aubrey now and will show and explain things to her, it's so precious. I just love this picture, it almost makes me cry. I am so thankful for my two girls!



Poor Aubrey girl is such a trooper! Ashlyn kisses and nearly smothers her on a daily basis. I have to keep a close eye on Aubrey and make sure she is not mothering her too much. Ashlyn is wanting to share things with her now, she even shared her beloved "gwankie" (blankie) the other day. Here is Aubrey with a Hello Kitty sticker from Nana that Ashlyn so lovingly shared!