month 2: rocky peyton

soooooo, apparently the baby stage lasts LESS than a hot second. With each baby, they stay a baby for that much less time. It's disgusting:/

Rocky Peyton is 2 months old - was 2 months old a week ago;) Today has been 67 days since baby boy came flying into this world. HOW?! 

he's so fucking precious, it's painful. Like...for real. PRECIOUSSSSSSSSS!!! He's a pretty chill dude. He's all smiles and coo'ing. He spits up quite a bit but no where near as much as the other 2 did! And at this point, I've completely embraced being semi-soaked at all times:) He sleeps really well...it does take him a bit to get to sleep...that 10PM-1AM is a little sketchy but once he's down...we're good!! He'll eat at least twice during the night and has his most solid sleep from 5-9AM. 

also...when are you mama's with 3+ kiddos finding time for s.e.x?!?!?!? Asking for a friend;)

month 21: theo daisy:)

if I could sum up the last month of life with Theo Daisy, in one word...I'd choose: psychotic.

true story. 

theo's been a bit of a wild card over the last month...mostly, the last week. A LOT less smiles and a lot MORE fits. Eeeekkk. But I'll let her off the hook seeing as the Holidays can always be a tad stressful and the sickness has been going around and who wouldn't be pissed about having the shits for more than 4 days;/

other than being up to no good;), Theo's been pretty wonderful:) She's totally into baby dolls and physically fighting her brother anddddd the occasional, unsuspecting 4yr old boy;) She can hold her own, that's fo' sho'!!!!;)

theo has to be the most polite 1-1/2yr old I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with! Please and Thank You's without being prompted!!

as much of a struggle as this age has been for miss Theo, it's also been a ton of fun! Toothy grins, new words and she attempts to 'jump' and 'run/race'. It's freaking adorable. Apparently, 20(ish?)lbs is too much for a 1-1/2yr old to get off the ground;)

a lot of fun to come in the coming month. We're headed back to WI Dells for our water park weekend with the family. Theo wasn't a huge fan last year - see HERE;). SO I've got high hopes that she'll be completely excited this year!!!!

and no photo-sesh would be complete without a bit of WillB;)

month 1: rocky peyton

little man is ONE MONTH - wasssss...a few days ago already:) - but he doesn't have his appointment until tomorrow, so I'll report back with a weight cause that's always fun to find out!:) He seems like such a chunk already so I'm excited to see how much he comes in at!

this month has seriously flown. That's not going to be news to any of you seasoned moms out there. With each child, the speed of the passing time has picked up. SO.DEPRESSING!!!:( 

i have to admit...knowing that I don't have to go back to work, that there's no looming deadline, it has made EVERY part of this 'mom' gig, MUCHHHHHHHHH more awesome. 

STILL HARD. But awesome:)

i feel a lot less rushed. Being interrupted doesn't bring out the monster in me;) I know that I have the clear schedule to get to it...eventually...hopefully;) It makes nursing better. I'm enjoying having to slow down much more than I had with the other 2:)

three really is great...like a friend of mine has said: it's the 3rd child bliss!

Rocky Peyton...it's been an absolute pleasurrrrreeeeee!!!!:):)

all festive photos courtesy of: Courtney Smith Photography

month 20: theo daisy:)

you can't really tell from these photos...cause they're not showing her throwing herself on the floor or banging her head against a wall or trying to punch me in the back or hitting John or Will or Homer or ANYONE in the face...but this situation is.a.handful;)

theo daisy is TWENTY MONTHS! I can hardly believe she's a year old - I actually forgot that she was the other day:/ - let alone going on TWO!!!

despite her inability to control her anger - which I TOTALLY GET!!!;) - I love her as hard as ever:)

she's still the biggest cuddle bug and as I've mentioned before, Rocky is a saint, which has allowed Theo to get all the cuddles she still so desperately needs:)

if I remember correctly, Theo was 22lbs at her most recent weigh-in:) 

she still sleeps through the night. YAYYYYYYY!!!:) 

a lot more talking! She's saying Please and Thank You and Rocky and Mal Mal:) All in her own ridiculously adorable version;)

now that Theo is outnumbered by brothers...I really can't imagine ever having another girl! Theo seems too damn special to ever have to share that spotlight with a sister;)

love you, baby girl:)

and because these photos were all too freaking adorable not to share...and THOSE TEETH!!!;)

yes...I'm aware her hair is a HOT MESS;) no...I have not given any thought to what I should do about it. ;)

mindless chatter/photos.

what is this LIFEEEEEE!?!??!?! 

instead of swamping your Instagram feed with all things ROCKY and life and randomness...I'll do it here?! That made more sense in my head. Most things do;)

but here we are. 2-1/2 weeks in, as a family of 5 and it's pretttyyyyyyy neat:) Not gonna lie. I'm not sure I'm getting any sleep cause I don't keep track of Rocky's nightly feeding's and such. But knowing that I don't have that lingering - Back To Work Deadline - is really helping my overall attitude:) 

Don't get me wrong...there are harddddd days. The last 2 days had been a bit sketchy. My attitude was in the shitter and then Jacob coming home to my 'Fuck Everything, Including You For No Reason' attitude only made HIS attitude shitty and then thatttttt was causing us to lose patience with the kids - not that they didn't deserve it entirely cause THEIR attitudes/sassiness was crap as well!!! - BUT good lord...as you can see...that vicious circle of shittiness needed to be stopped and so we stopped it. Last night. After the kids went to bed we talked and we went to bed ready to take on today...together...better:)

good gawdddddd we've come a long way:)

so what's been up? 

rocky's been fantastic. Wow. Theo was such a crazy baby...like she didn't sleep for the first 7 weeks of her life. For.Real. So maybe that had me setting the bar SO incredibly low that Rocky could really do NO wrong, unless he didn't sleep for the first 8 weeks of his life?;) But he's so good and so that has helped buffer some of the craziness that comes with the attitudes of a 3-1/2 and 1-1/2 year old;)

we had a Play Date and a little shopping trip and Thanksgiving - thank you Liz & Swade for hostingggggg! Always such a blast and we look forward to it EVERY year:):), all within the last week and we've had a blast and also forgotten the diaper bag for 2 of those outtings. Which turned into a shit show - literally. Cause you forget the diaper bag and you're GUARANTEED to have your baby, who hasn't had a blow-out in 3 days, have a blow-out THAT DAY!!! So even though 3 has been SO SO awesome...it's definitely slowed my mental game. UhhhhhLOT;)

left: play date at Cody's:) 

right: rocky and Evy - BFF's forevaaaaa;)

TARGETTTTTTT w/ Rocky:) - also...no diaper bag;)

peyton and Homer 'gaming':)

 

slowly but surely feeling like my old self again:)

hello, old friend;)

when only you will do...NO ONE ELSE WILL DO!!!;) 

my favorites:) - only missing mom cause she's always behindddd the damn camera! 

life is good:)

3.

i know I've said it before...but I'll say it a million times over...nothing...NOTHING feels better than these babies of ours. I feel like for some time, I've been searching for my 'thing'. I know without a doubt...right now...these years...these kids and this family...that's it. My 'thing'.  

it's definitely a 2 steps forward, 3 back when it comes to the daily life of having kids and learning from them, them learning from me, finding my patience and then losing it all over again. And I doubt I'll feel like I really have a grasp of it all until it's all said and done. When Homer walks into this house years from now - healthy, happy, kind, successful - for the holiday, with children of his own...maybe then it'll all make sense. But let's not go there cause these Post Pregnancy Hormones are Reallllllll - sobbbbbbbbing face:'''''(. 

i'll leave you to scroll through some gorgeous shots Courts - Courtney Smith Photography - got the other day...she swung in, never took her coat off and captured my babies. The ol' pro;)

xoxo.
the Smith's.