...it is 2019!
That it is Chels. Welcome to the party!
February 1st, 2019...to be exact. When was my last post? Oh, you know...just spring of last year! March 20th...of last year. To again, be so exact!
Unacceptable. Probably the only word to sum it all up.
I’m not one for making New Years Resolutions - it is what it is and if I make any sort of resolution, it better darn well be for life, not just for a few months to kick off yet another year. However, I do hope to turn to my blog more often this year as an outlet to chat with you all and write...to get away once and a while. That’s always been my sole purpose in having my blog, and I apologize I haven’t been better about it. Once upon a time in my single days, when free time was actually something that existed...I was semi good about it!
So...top of the 2019 daily (...maybe weekly, so I don’t completely overcommit to being an overachiever) to do list: write - post, update, communicate, whatever you want to call it!
I’m coming at you today during naptime - hal...le...lu...jah for naptime!
Both kiddos are down at the same time (knock on wood), so I have a chance to quick do something productive. So, here we are! Hi!!
In this post I sort of just want to catch up. Let you know where I’ve been in the almost YEAR since I went missing in action and update as to what in the world I’ve been doing - in life, with work, everything.
For starters, shortly after my last post, we found out that we were pregnant with our second little blessing - a baby girl!
Our son, Levi, was a little over a year at the time, and turned the big 2 (...yikes!) this past December.
So, last year consisted of me chasing around and wrangling my son on a daily basis, all while growing our sweet baby girl and managing what work I could in the midst of it all. Something I’ve figured out about motherhood: it is a never ending saga of “figure it out”. How to manage your ( and everyone’s) time, life, and emotions; all on very little sleep and with lots of hormones!
First pregnancy, that’s all you focus on...pregnancy. Happily and healthily growing your little miracle. When you have your first baby, you slowly figure it all out - how to raise a child, get yourself back on your feet, develop routines and then have to adapt to new ones a month later...you know, all the good stuff! After what seems like forever in getting to a point of somewhat confidence, you then (God-willing) get pregnant with your next and it’s back to square one; but this time...there’s no time to focus on this pregnancy because, yes...that’s a child attached to your leg!
(...my 2018 in a nutshell!!)
No, 2018 was incredible. We have so much to be thankful for and are truly blessed beyond measure.
We welcomed two nephews into our family last year - my sister in law, Jeni, gave birth in February to our nephew, Hunter, in Texas; and my brother and Olivia welcomed Isaac here in April. Our family also grew by yet another when my little brother married his high school sweetheart, Emily, in December.
It’s an amazing and truly special thing to see your family grow!
And then of course, there was November...when we welcomed our beautiful daughter, Penelope Grace Hicks, into this world!
She made her grand and rather rushed entrance on the morning of November 8th, and I can truly say that it feels like she has been a part of us all along. She is definitely a special piece of our hearts. This sweet little girl completes our family in the most wonderful way - to say we are smitten would be an understatement. Like any parents typically are, we were weary of how Levi would react to a new baby in the family, but he loves her so much and she just adooores him! Seeing these two beautiful little souls grow day after day and love each other the way that they do, is like no other. To be their mother is more than I could have ever asked for in this life.
Now, I have to say...
life with two definitely kicked things up a notch in the “figure it out” department of the motherhood saga I spoke of before!
I can honestly say that I feel like I’m just now getting to that harmonious place of figuring life out with two.
(Who am I kidding...there are still days that I don’t get my face washed until 11 am! Not to mention, it’s been three months!)
But, I’m getting there...we’re all getting there and “figuring it out”!! I am very thankful for my husband - for the help, love and support he gives to not only me in raising our family, but to our children on a daily basis. He is such an active, loving, and strong force in our family and I couldn’t ask for a better partner in this wonderful life!
That it is Chels. Welcome to the party!
February 1st, 2019...to be exact. When was my last post? Oh, you know...just spring of last year! March 20th...of last year. To again, be so exact!
Unacceptable. Probably the only word to sum it all up.
I’m not one for making New Years Resolutions - it is what it is and if I make any sort of resolution, it better darn well be for life, not just for a few months to kick off yet another year. However, I do hope to turn to my blog more often this year as an outlet to chat with you all and write...to get away once and a while. That’s always been my sole purpose in having my blog, and I apologize I haven’t been better about it. Once upon a time in my single days, when free time was actually something that existed...I was semi good about it!
So...top of the 2019 daily (...maybe weekly, so I don’t completely overcommit to being an overachiever) to do list: write - post, update, communicate, whatever you want to call it!
I’m coming at you today during naptime - hal...le...lu...jah for naptime!
Both kiddos are down at the same time (knock on wood), so I have a chance to quick do something productive. So, here we are! Hi!!
In this post I sort of just want to catch up. Let you know where I’ve been in the almost YEAR since I went missing in action and update as to what in the world I’ve been doing - in life, with work, everything.
For starters, shortly after my last post, we found out that we were pregnant with our second little blessing - a baby girl!
Our son, Levi, was a little over a year at the time, and turned the big 2 (...yikes!) this past December.
So, last year consisted of me chasing around and wrangling my son on a daily basis, all while growing our sweet baby girl and managing what work I could in the midst of it all. Something I’ve figured out about motherhood: it is a never ending saga of “figure it out”. How to manage your ( and everyone’s) time, life, and emotions; all on very little sleep and with lots of hormones!
First pregnancy, that’s all you focus on...pregnancy. Happily and healthily growing your little miracle. When you have your first baby, you slowly figure it all out - how to raise a child, get yourself back on your feet, develop routines and then have to adapt to new ones a month later...you know, all the good stuff! After what seems like forever in getting to a point of somewhat confidence, you then (God-willing) get pregnant with your next and it’s back to square one; but this time...there’s no time to focus on this pregnancy because, yes...that’s a child attached to your leg!
(...my 2018 in a nutshell!!)
No, 2018 was incredible. We have so much to be thankful for and are truly blessed beyond measure.
We welcomed two nephews into our family last year - my sister in law, Jeni, gave birth in February to our nephew, Hunter, in Texas; and my brother and Olivia welcomed Isaac here in April. Our family also grew by yet another when my little brother married his high school sweetheart, Emily, in December.
It’s an amazing and truly special thing to see your family grow!
And then of course, there was November...when we welcomed our beautiful daughter, Penelope Grace Hicks, into this world!
She made her grand and rather rushed entrance on the morning of November 8th, and I can truly say that it feels like she has been a part of us all along. She is definitely a special piece of our hearts. This sweet little girl completes our family in the most wonderful way - to say we are smitten would be an understatement. Like any parents typically are, we were weary of how Levi would react to a new baby in the family, but he loves her so much and she just adooores him! Seeing these two beautiful little souls grow day after day and love each other the way that they do, is like no other. To be their mother is more than I could have ever asked for in this life.
Now, I have to say...
life with two definitely kicked things up a notch in the “figure it out” department of the motherhood saga I spoke of before!
I can honestly say that I feel like I’m just now getting to that harmonious place of figuring life out with two.
(Who am I kidding...there are still days that I don’t get my face washed until 11 am! Not to mention, it’s been three months!)
But, I’m getting there...we’re all getting there and “figuring it out”!! I am very thankful for my husband - for the help, love and support he gives to not only me in raising our family, but to our children on a daily basis. He is such an active, loving, and strong force in our family and I couldn’t ask for a better partner in this wonderful life!
Goodness, what...a...year!
And then...there’s work! I’ll save that for a separate post. So, I’ll update soon with all of that goodness.
Talk soon, enjoy your weekend!
xo
CRH
And then...there’s work! I’ll save that for a separate post. So, I’ll update soon with all of that goodness.
Talk soon, enjoy your weekend!
xo
CRH