and wearing bright green tutu's...
and when you stop asking me to make cute crafts with you..
or when you stop believing that you're a real princess and the most beautiful girl in the world...
Can I cry?
- posted via my iPhone
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
When...
you stop singing me crazy songs...
and wearing bright green tutu's...
and when you stop asking me to make cute crafts with you..
or when you stop believing that you're a real princess and the most beautiful girl in the world...
Can I cry?
- posted via my iPhone
and wearing bright green tutu's...
and when you stop asking me to make cute crafts with you..
or when you stop believing that you're a real princess and the most beautiful girl in the world...
Can I cry?
- posted via my iPhone
Project 52:1
I have gladly taken on the first month. We decided to be flexible in setting our dates for now but hope to get into a routine. Last week's date was Sunday night and this week's date is Friday night because it's my hubby's birthday.
Anyways! Before our date we put the older two kids to bed and set Faye in her swing while we cleaned up the house a bit. (which makes a great start to my week) By the time we were done, Faye had fallen asleep.
Rule #1 - no children (a sleeping one in the same room counts... right?)
And so our date began...
I chose wii bowling...
We love bowling and though it's not the real thing, it's the next best thing!
We played 3 games while listening to Erin McCarly and engaging in some very deep conversation. Just like we use to!
Even though it was only an hour, it really felt like a real date! We both had a lot of fun re-connecting.
It was a great experience for date #1 and a wonderful ease into dating eachother at home.
We cannot wait for Friday night's date!
- posted via my iPhone
Anyways! Before our date we put the older two kids to bed and set Faye in her swing while we cleaned up the house a bit. (which makes a great start to my week) By the time we were done, Faye had fallen asleep.
Rule #1 - no children (a sleeping one in the same room counts... right?)
And so our date began...
I chose wii bowling...
We love bowling and though it's not the real thing, it's the next best thing!
We played 3 games while listening to Erin McCarly and engaging in some very deep conversation. Just like we use to!
Even though it was only an hour, it really felt like a real date! We both had a lot of fun re-connecting.
It was a great experience for date #1 and a wonderful ease into dating eachother at home.
We cannot wait for Friday night's date!
- posted via my iPhone
Monday, February 8, 2010
a little tea party...
without the tea but hot cocoa in it's place along with some oranges and cookies...
and a few smiles...
oh, and a bit of craziness too!
all to aid the cabin fever of winter...
i think later we'll work on some valentine's crafts. maybe...
- posted via my iPhone
and a few smiles...
oh, and a bit of craziness too!
all to aid the cabin fever of winter...
i think later we'll work on some valentine's crafts. maybe...
- posted via my iPhone
365/37-38
Over the weekend we enjoyed playing....
dancing...
snuggles...
some coo's...
and even some sharp dressing...
we had so much fun being together. i am so thankful for my family and the life God has provided.
- posted via my iPhone
dancing...
snuggles...
some coo's...
and even some sharp dressing...
we had so much fun being together. i am so thankful for my family and the life God has provided.
- posted via my iPhone
Friday, February 5, 2010
365/36
Olivia took this photo today. She's quite the photographer. Doesn't hurt to have an adorable subject!
Those eyes! That grin! Those cheeks! My ♥ is :)
-posted via my iPhone
Thursday, February 4, 2010
365/35
our little cutie taking her bath. i love snuggling my freshly bathed kiddos :)
well, i love snuggling them whenever they let me but there's something about when they are freshly bathed.
- posted via my iPhone
seriously....
this is amazing and I hope you'll try it too. (read on)
As you can tell my life is pretty much consumed with our children. But what about the man that helps me take care of these kiddos and who helped me make them? (hehe) What about our relationship?
Well, at the moment, it sadly seems non-existent. After almost 6 years of marriage and three little kids, I was beginning to think this is all we had going for us. And I have been sad. Really sad. In fact, I cried over it several times. It could be the post-pregnancy hormones or the fact that I'm approaching 26 (might as well be 30 already in my eyes) but it made me sad nonetheless! Not to mention that my hubby has been sleeping on the couch since baby has been born. Between his snoring and the baby getting up in the night, I was getting no sleep.
I've been praying about this sad situation we seem to be in. I spend every waking moment (it seems like) tending to everyone and everything with little to look forward to that is just for me and him. We have date nights but they aren't anything special. They are mostly an escape from the children just to be able to eat in peace. I never feel refreshed though. Just stupid for going out and wasting money when I could have made something at home that was better.
We actually discussed this just last week. What do people do to have fun together and re-connect? There has to be more to this marriage thing. There has to be a trick to re-connecting after you have children. We had NO clue where to begin.
I began trying to cope and accept the fact that there might not ever be an 'us' again. Just an 'us & them'. I thought our situation to be even more hopeless because there was never really an 'us' it seemed like. We got pregnant with Olivia 3 months after we got married and then I was on strict bed rest for the last three and a half months at the end of my pregnancy. (we celebrated our one year 2 weeks before Olivia was born) And then I began thinking about our future. We hope to be done having children by our 10 year wedding anniversary (four years away). And we hope to have our kids mostly raised by the time we're 40. Our plan was to live it up in our 40's. HA! I wised up when I realized that if we didn't have an 'us' now or until we're 40 then we will be strangers and we'll just grow old and die loving each other (maybe) with our house full of children because making babies might be our only alone time...
And... if I get annoyed now when we try to talk or watch a movie because he falls asleep so fast, he's going to fall asleep even faster in his 40's! My realizations were endless and so further and further my little heart sank. There has to be more to being married parents!
This all might seem a bit dramatized to you. You may have it all together. You may be able to think creatively past diaper changings and dish washing.. But I can't! I'm tired and sad! But enough feeling sorry for myself!
Here is an answer to my prayers! (literally)
As you can tell my life is pretty much consumed with our children. But what about the man that helps me take care of these kiddos and who helped me make them? (hehe) What about our relationship?
Well, at the moment, it sadly seems non-existent. After almost 6 years of marriage and three little kids, I was beginning to think this is all we had going for us. And I have been sad. Really sad. In fact, I cried over it several times. It could be the post-pregnancy hormones or the fact that I'm approaching 26 (might as well be 30 already in my eyes) but it made me sad nonetheless! Not to mention that my hubby has been sleeping on the couch since baby has been born. Between his snoring and the baby getting up in the night, I was getting no sleep.
I've been praying about this sad situation we seem to be in. I spend every waking moment (it seems like) tending to everyone and everything with little to look forward to that is just for me and him. We have date nights but they aren't anything special. They are mostly an escape from the children just to be able to eat in peace. I never feel refreshed though. Just stupid for going out and wasting money when I could have made something at home that was better.
We actually discussed this just last week. What do people do to have fun together and re-connect? There has to be more to this marriage thing. There has to be a trick to re-connecting after you have children. We had NO clue where to begin.
I began trying to cope and accept the fact that there might not ever be an 'us' again. Just an 'us & them'. I thought our situation to be even more hopeless because there was never really an 'us' it seemed like. We got pregnant with Olivia 3 months after we got married and then I was on strict bed rest for the last three and a half months at the end of my pregnancy. (we celebrated our one year 2 weeks before Olivia was born) And then I began thinking about our future. We hope to be done having children by our 10 year wedding anniversary (four years away). And we hope to have our kids mostly raised by the time we're 40. Our plan was to live it up in our 40's. HA! I wised up when I realized that if we didn't have an 'us' now or until we're 40 then we will be strangers and we'll just grow old and die loving each other (maybe) with our house full of children because making babies might be our only alone time...
And... if I get annoyed now when we try to talk or watch a movie because he falls asleep so fast, he's going to fall asleep even faster in his 40's! My realizations were endless and so further and further my little heart sank. There has to be more to being married parents!
This all might seem a bit dramatized to you. You may have it all together. You may be able to think creatively past diaper changings and dish washing.. But I can't! I'm tired and sad! But enough feeling sorry for myself!
Here is an answer to my prayers! (literally)
Here are two parents that have experienced the same thing we are going through. (and by reading the comments and response, we are really not alone!) Maybe they don't feel as crazy about it as I do, but their goal is to re-connect.
Each week they have a date. Most dates are at home and cost less then $30 (but most are free)
They put the kids to bed and block out a time to spend together. We are talking about an actual thought out date night at home!
They each take a month of dates and plan out the nights. My favorite ideas are: discussing a book that you ea. read, fondue, games, and making a book of how you fell in love for your children. (there are some more ideas here) And through Tiffany's blog, and by all of us linking together, there are going to be even more ideas and inspirations! I'm so excited! (can you tell?)
AND there are rules! To name a few: you cannot do the same thing twice in one month. No kids! No frumpy clothes or pj's. Another one that we'll add in is NO iphones! (they have become our computers and we use them too much)
She asks that you print and sign a pledge and that together you will pledge to dating each other for 52 weeks. I'm predicting that this will be longer for us. (hopfully for a lifetime)
She's already featured another mom with a great idea to make up packets with pre-paid date nights so you really have no excuses! Since I'm a stay-at-home mom (and spend almost every moment at home) I like to get out every now and then. It's not financially possible to go out every week (that is where dating-in comes into play) BUT for those nights where I need out, having pre-paid date nights planned out is a wonderful idea! Her and her husband have included things like - a morning hike followed with breakfast out, theater tickets, dinner and a movie, bowling, and more.
I hope you are as inspired as I am and will take the pledge to date your significant other. I can't wait to hear about your dates! I'll be posting our's!
Thank you makes and takes for sharing!
Each week they have a date. Most dates are at home and cost less then $30 (but most are free)
They put the kids to bed and block out a time to spend together. We are talking about an actual thought out date night at home!
They each take a month of dates and plan out the nights. My favorite ideas are: discussing a book that you ea. read, fondue, games, and making a book of how you fell in love for your children. (there are some more ideas here) And through Tiffany's blog, and by all of us linking together, there are going to be even more ideas and inspirations! I'm so excited! (can you tell?)
AND there are rules! To name a few: you cannot do the same thing twice in one month. No kids! No frumpy clothes or pj's. Another one that we'll add in is NO iphones! (they have become our computers and we use them too much)
She asks that you print and sign a pledge and that together you will pledge to dating each other for 52 weeks. I'm predicting that this will be longer for us. (hopfully for a lifetime)
She's already featured another mom with a great idea to make up packets with pre-paid date nights so you really have no excuses! Since I'm a stay-at-home mom (and spend almost every moment at home) I like to get out every now and then. It's not financially possible to go out every week (that is where dating-in comes into play) BUT for those nights where I need out, having pre-paid date nights planned out is a wonderful idea! Her and her husband have included things like - a morning hike followed with breakfast out, theater tickets, dinner and a movie, bowling, and more.
I hope you are as inspired as I am and will take the pledge to date your significant other. I can't wait to hear about your dates! I'll be posting our's!
Thank you makes and takes for sharing!
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