Hit my stride

Lately I have felt like I have really hit my stride as a mom of two. It took me 8 months, but every day I felt like I learned a little bit more to be more efficient, patient, helpful, etc.. So now I feel like two kids is pretty easy. I am loving how smooth life is right now. I know that means something will happen to throw everything off course again until we all adjust again, because that is just the cycle of being a mom. Once you figure out a stage it changes.

I have also fallen head over heels in love with my kids. I didn't think I could love them anymore, but then they do something that makes my heart grow even bigger. I love that!

Brooke is such a sweet and loving girl. She is always trying to take care of other's and she is a really good friend to all those around her. She has gotten better about sharing, she doesn't cry when we brush her teeth anymore, she stays in bed until her "cow clock" wakes up and then she gets out. She listens good and chooses the right most of the time. She says the cutest things all the time and probably has just as eloquent a vocabulary as I do. She really just understands life, and loves it. I am so thankful for her and I am so glad that I am her mommy!! What a lucky person I am!

Preston is my little gift. I know how much Heavenly Father must love me just because of what a sweet baby he sent to me. He is patient, sweet, funny, happy, and just about every other good quality you could think of. He rarely cries. He is almost always laughing or smiling. He is a tender spirit and I can tell that he loves everyone around him. It is as if you can see the love that he has for his sister, daddy and others by the way he is with them, even though he is so little. He is starting to grow up so big lately and it is breaking my heart a little bit. I can't wait to see him in other stages of his life but he has been such a sweet baby it is hard to see that stage leaving. He can stand up, he is almost crawling, he scoots around the house just laughing and squealing in delight. He sleeps through the night normally from 6 PM to 6:30 AM. He does the cutest babbles and has a cute low man voice.( He can also scream and squeal like a girl though.) He loves to eat, and eats just about everything we do. He got four teeth this month, and even though you can tell he is in pain he rarely fusses over them. He really is the perfect baby. I'll put my order in for 5 more just like him.

I feel almost guilty to have as much love for my kids as I do. I am so grateful that being with them is my job and that I get to go through all the bad and all the good of every stage of life with them.