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Lately the husband and I have been talking about moving away, whether it be a few towns over that would be closer to his future job or it be a bigger town states away. It's this huge life changing decision that I don't like to make. Our little ones are so close to their grandparents and cousins, and we would absolutely hate to take them away but at the same time we both have this gut feeling of wanting more and wanting to experience more. Its almost like I'm torn between what's an easy decision and what is hard but could be the best thing for us. I'm not saying where we live now doesn't off "enough" it's just that we want more. It would be easy to take a piece of land given to us and build a house and live in the comfort of seeing our family almost everyday. It would be hard to choose exactly where to live and it would be hard to start over in a new place, living like we've never lived before. How do you decide. Obviously we would need to...

I have been seeing the positive lately in just about everything. This time of life with two littles under 2 can be both exhausting and the most enriching. I love to watch my two boys learn and grow, I think this time around with my 3 month old I am hyper aware of how fast he is growing and learning. I didn't have much to compare with my oldest and now that I do it's absolutely incredible how my little Grant is growing by leaps and bounds. He is already rolling on his side! Tucker is developing a stronger personality everyday! He is a full blow toddler with his own attitude and flair. He can repeat almost anything, and he definitely chooses his words wisely, he only repeats what he wants and ignores everything else. He is strong willed and knows exactly what he wants. That is refreshing yet challenging. Sometimes he will try to communicate what he wants and I don't quite understand which frustrates him, but I can see the comedy in it because one day he won't be dep...

Challenges make me stronger. I learn from what has challenged me. I think everyone does, whether they know it or not. That's the thing about having kids, almost everyday is a challenge when they're little, anything can happen. You can wake up thinking today will be a good day, both kids slept good or both kids are in a great mood, and in the blink of an eye things can get very challenging. You can drive 45 blissful minutes in a car where both kids have behaved great, and get to the pumpkin batch and it goes to poo. Both kids are crying, one because he only napped 15 minutes and the other has you so confused you're panicking a little. But because you drove 45 minutes to get there you keep going, keeping getting them bundled up (which they hate) and you continue to put your crying baby in his baby carrier because all of the other times he loved it and you continue to put a crabby toddler in the stroller who will not wear his hood in the freezing wind. Challenges will ...

I've heard a lot of people say lately that Fall is their favorite time of year. I am no different, I look forward to fall like I look forward to a long hot shower. The summer drains me, especially when pregnant and especially with a new baby. I like the cook crisp air of fall and I like the leaves when they crunch, I like all of the cliché things too such as boots, sweaters, and the good ol' pumpkin spice latte. (which I have recently tried to recreate at home and have failed miserably) Something I would like to start doing this fall on the blog is reviews. I am currently in the market for a nespresso and when I do get it I would like to review it here on the blog. I am a huge coffee/espresso lover and any time I find something that changes the game I'm going to share it. I would also like to do baby/toddler reviews, I just signed up to receive Highlights, the childrens magazine that I used to read when I was little. Well they have a new baby/toddler version where the pag...

Do not go to sleep with wet hair. Because when Tucker needs your hair for comfort at 3:30 am and it's wet he will stay up and cry. NEVER GO TO SLEEP WITH YOUR HAIR WET. That is all. -B

Time. Time is flying by and life is getting so busy that I can't even think straight. I spend most of my time thinking of twenty five things at once and that is not a joke. While I'm doing one thing I'm always thinking a step ahead and thinking 99% of the time about my boys. That includes my husband. Anyhow that relates to how fast time is flying because when I wake up in the morning (yesterday at 6 am) and I have thought an hour has passed when really it's lunch time already. There is always always something to do and not enough time to do it. (I won't bring up my lack of printing pictures, I still don't have a single picture of Grant printed out) Therefore time is flying by at a rate that reminds me I need to document these times. There are so many things I want to remember while the boys are little. For instance how Tucker will rub Grants head when he walks by him, or how Tucker goes to the pantry and picks out what he wants to eat when he's hungry....

I find it hard to put into words everything that's going through my mind at 37 weeks and 6 days pregnant. I know that toward the end of most women's pregnancies they nest and clean and take care of house to prepare for baby, although I feel like I'm doing that, I also feel like I'm freaking out a little. As you know I have a 1 year old at home and now I'm freaking out about schedules. First let me say, I don't spend a lot of time at home, especially not as much time as I want. We are always visiting family or going out. In my ideal world I would be home more and cook more homemade meals. To me the key to eating healthy is cooking at home. So anyhow I have been freaking out about schedules because I fully believe in scheduling my time and I would LOVE to schedule my sons time, such as naps. BUT since we're not home (I work 4 days a week) as much that's pretty much impossible. So I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to stay sane with 2 littl...