we have mostly been sticking close to home with a few adventures out to liko's house which have been so nice, but other than that......... well, let's just say i miss this:
i am having a hard time remembering the last time we were at the beach and i know ambrose is going through withdraws too. we are not used to sitting around home being boring and bored all day and frankly i'm tired of the sound of my own nagging voice! i.e.: "put that down- you'll break it!" "ambrose, we dont scrape cars and lincoln logs along the walls." "close the fridge door right now or your going straight to your room!" or worst yet: (me yelling from the bedroom where i am trapped nursing asher) "AMBROSE!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU????? get in here NOW!!! mommy doesnt have any idea where you are!?!?!"
anyway, can i make a quick list of all the things i am dying to do in about 3.5 weeks when i hopefully get the ok?
1. JOG, RUN, exercise, run, run, JOG, and jog some more
2. SWIM!!!!!!! beach, pool, natural spring, man made lazy river...whatever. just swim. period.
3. and that's mostly it, but a lot of life's happiness is tied up in those two things for me. so there ya go.
also, some day, i hope to regain some energy and brain power so i can return to the happy world of sewing and getting dressed for the day before 2pm... or dressed in something besides pajamas at all. oh! and fitting into my clothes. this hippo thing is getting old.
well, this semi-pointless post was brought to you by a long day of contemplation, boredom (if you can be bored while racing from one kid's needs to the other), and a lack of hygiene.
the boy is in bed... i am off for a shower (unless the sweet, dreamy sleeping baby wakes up to eat, in which case i'll gladly put my own cleanliness aside for snuggle time with him) and maybe a perusal of this little gem my mom gave me for my birthday:
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awe... I appreciate the frankness of this post. It reminds me of things I know Diana has said before about being a parent. I also have the goal to run more and I only have me-self to look after! A little ashamed to say that half the time I don't do a good enough time taking care of myself so taking care of myself plus a family... well that's just impressive to me. I am impressed at your blogging with all ya gots goin' on. Oh yeah, and I really like this song. Helps get me revved on life- the kind of music I listen to help me remember that I can do whatever I put my mind to- like getting in shape for example. In other words it seems appropriate.
oh, yeah!! love martha! and thanks so much for visiting me!! i would've gone insane if you didn't. i'm not kidding, either. oh, and me, my kids AND my neighbors are probably SICK AND TIRED of hearing me yell at my kids. and now that i have a car again, what time did i leave my house to go anywhere today? oh, about 1:15 p.m. yeah...slackin'...and i wish i was as eager to run and exercise as you. i don't know why i lack motivation. i just get depressed when i look in the mirror and do nothing about it. ugh. maybe tomorrow. oh, and now that my blog is private, NOBODY reads it. well, you and echo - thanks for reading, by the way. oh well. that was my doing. can't complain, can i? anyways, this is a looong depressing comment on my part. i think it's because i didn't release enough endorphins today and yesterday and the day before...etc...
love ya and your boys!!
Stephanie, You ROCK!!
You have so much energy and stay on top of everything, I am in no way close to the cool mom you are!
I am jealous of your birthday present!
I bet your parents are getting so excited to see Asher and Ambrose. When are you headed to the main land for some grandparent love?
excited to see what things you create with that book.
And I wish I could come over and take Amby to play with Kai to give you a break. I think you need one, and deserve one too. You are a strong woman. Let the force be with you.
Even though you might feel stinky and Ambrose is stir-crazy, you really are seizing the day! You are mothering two beautiful I mean, deliriously handsome boys! I am curious to see if those wraps you can nurse in are worth their weight in gold. I also heard Avon sells a spray that makes your hair look clean but you don't have to wash it?
The running definitely keeps me sane. I imagine more so with two. I hope you have a good stroller to push the boys around in.
I also had a moment of "SIMON WHERE ARE YOU!?" while I was in the shower and I heard him crying but I couldn't get out. Turns out he was just tired and cranky.
Oh Steph, thanks for putting everything I am feeling into words, minus the beach, though I wish that were included for me. Glad to know I'm not the only one. I did have my 6 week, but still didn't get the go ahead on some of my exercising. My body apparently needs a little more time. Oh bother. I love the yelling part of the post. Well, not that I love that you have to yell,but it was EXACTLY what I am doing. When I'm stuck in the bedroom feeding the baby angel, its the only way to get the other two's attention. My problem though, which you'll get next time around when Amby and Asher are best friend/worst enemy age....is the two of them are yelling, pushing, fighting in the livingroom and Im down the hall feeding Baylee and trying to discipline them at the same time. I have to yell to get them to hear me at all, but usually it is yelling/screaming to get above their own screaming voices at each other. AHHH! I vaguely remember trying to figure out the whole 2 child thing, but it seems so long ago, so I dont remember much, though I know it was difficult for a while. Now I feel like I am back to square one again with this 3 child thing. I would love to find time to sew, crosstitch, etc, but man, my house is a wreck, the guest bed is piled up with clothes that need to be folded, etc. Soon enough I hope, we will all get this figured out. By the way, the house next to ours is for sale, just went through foreclosure and now being fixed up. Thinking about the northwest yet? 4bd 2 ba, I think between $175000 and $189000 by the time they finish the work. :) A bargain compared to Hawaii! We love our house, but the one next to ours seems great too. Brady would love to be able to afford to buy it and rent it out so we can pick our neighbors etc, but not gonna happen, gotta focus on the student loan repayment first. Just hoping we get great neighbors in the end, cause that could make or break our location.
I laughed out loud at the yelling part, especially the end one. hehe I'm still giggling. Funny how this motherhood thing is so very universal, huh?
Not to scare you (because I'm sure you'll do waaaaay better), but it took me almost 2 years after Banks to get into a good almost every day positive/I love this staying home with kids thing groove. Anyway, point is, this post was very funny and I needed that today so thank you.
it gets better. promise. it does.
and easier too- but not for a while ;)
thise six weeks after birth are brutal, brutal i tell ya. i am not really a fan of that whole newborn stage, cause it's so hard to deal with fragile. you know, i can't throw em like i threw velzy that day in front of you at the beach. the look on your face that moment was so funny. anyways, enough about me.
hope you got that shower and some alone time to re-energise. love ya!
keep up the good work steph. we will see you wednesday in vegas.
On top of ALL the other things I need to get done around this place we call home, I now HAVE to make a shell trash can. Thanks steph. Actually it's all martha's fault. Either way, I'll be gluing shells to the bathroom trashcan this weekend instead of cleaning toilets. Mahalo!!
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