Nana to the rescue!

If you didn't gather from my last post, life has been pretty challenging as of late! The honeymoon period between Colter and Madison didn't last long and we have been dealing with quite a few lovely behaviors :) Fortunately I only had two days by myself before the amazing Nana rolled into town. As always, she served her little heart out from sun up until after sun down.. cleaning, playing endless hours of mud pizza shop in the kitchen under the deck with Colter, going on adventures, putting her magic sleeping spell on Madison time and time again, and continuously encouraging. Now we just have to find her a job up here!! We love you Nana. I missed the smell of coffee wafting through the house when I woke up this morning.

the couch is gettin pretty full!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Can't pinch me! I've got my green on!

lunch after church in Edmonds

Smiles at 3 weeks old

Nana is the best at getting this little lady to sleep!

I'm going shopping!

Handsome dude

Costco pizza after church

A beautiful day downtown at the beach

This guy is all about railroad crossings

They spent a lot of time cooking in the kitchen under the deck

Pizza making is serious business

You know you're in Seattle when you have a picnic outside even when it's still 45 degrees just because it's sunny.

I am always wiping his face after he's done drawing. 

Days are comin...

Baby wants to be fed for the 5th time in 5 hours and hasn't slept but 10 minutes during that time.

Toddler throws markers and toys for the 15th time in one day and you have to yet again remain calm and explain that we can't be unsafe with our toys.

Days are comin young mama where you'll be planning weddings and graduations, not brainstorming toddler crafts.

Baby seems to want to be held all day long and gets fussy at the most challenging parts of day.. right during nap/lunch and bedtime.

Even with Nana in town it sometimes feels like too much.

Days are comin young mama when you'll come home from work to an empty house and instead of finding a Thomas the train tent set up in your living room, you'll find it to be way too clean.

You want dinner time to be all together, but lately the toddler eats at the counter, the husband runs to and fro getting milk, a burp rag, helping to clean up thrown food, and you sit on the couch feeding the baby.

Toddler hits baby again and your mind struggles to understand his behavior.

Days are comin young mama when you'll be the one encouraging your kids as they embark on this crazy journey called parenting.

You want to love your husband well and put him first, but with young kids it feels like all you can do is smile across the room at him admist the chaos.

Your days consists of playing cars, singing songs, drawing a crossing for the 100th time, and making mud pies in the kitchen out back.

Days are comin young mama when you'll look back at this time and will barely remember the tantrums, the late nights, and the long days.

Don't worry, you'll get through it.

Colter is twooo twooooo

We had a small party for Colter to celebrate turning the big 2 years old. It was so fun to see his face light up when he saw the transportation decorations including a track made out of tape on the ground, and lots of different traffic signs. We had our neighbors, the McIntires, the Heavialnds, the Wornicks, and Colter's friend Rowan over to celebrate with lots of yummy breakfast food, coloring, music, pin the smoke stack on the train, and a visit from our neighborhood sheriff. It was perfect.