Mommy Life

I LOVE being a mom. Seriously, I think it is the greatest job ever! I am feeling really blessed to be able to stay at home. As challenging as it is sometimes, it is totally worth it and I wouldn't want it any other way.

Haven't had a lot of time to post lately...probably because I have an almost 4 week old with me all the time! Things have been going fairly well around here. I am able to move around MUCH better than I was right after Coleman was born. We are getting to know each other more and more each day. I am learning what his cries mean. My favorite one is when the bottom lip pushes out and he does an "oh so sad" sob which just means "I'm tired mom, I want to sleep". I think it is the cutest cry ever! The ones I'm not such a fan of are the screams that I can't do anything about because I've already fed, changed, and burped, and nothing I do seems to work. I then need to remind myself of my wonderful moms advice that "sometimes babies just want to be fussy".

Harley is adjusting well and has taken a HUGE liking to Justin. Not that she didn't like him before, but I think he is now her favorite person in the world, which makes me a little sad. I think because my attention is shifted on Coleman more than her now is making her sad. She has become very whiny and striving for attention. She likes to bring her toy to whoever has the baby and whines to go outside every 10 minutes, eventhough all she wants is a treat. Now that I am able to get around better, we can start going for more walks and then maybe I'll become a bigger fan of hers. She does love the little guy though....here she is taking a nap with him on our way home from Holland.



Life will never be the same again now that Mr. Coleman is here, and I am totally fine with that. We took our first family outing to Take of Kalamazoo last weekend and it went really well. It's funny how much "stuff" we have to make sure we bring with us (diaper bag, carseat, baby, stroller, etc.) We also took Harley to a lake so she could swim, which gave me an opportunity to dress Coleman in a cute hat and his sunglasses (still too big, but I couldn't help myself)



Isn't he just adorable!? Justin and I also went on our first date since Coleman's arrival. We had talked before he arrived about making sure we took time for ourselves and how shortly after he was born we wanted to make sure we went on a date for some "us" time. Well, at 3 and a half weeks, Justins mom came and watched Coleman for an hour and a half while we went to Applebees for dinner and Walmart for an errand (so romantic I know). It was nice to get away for just a short time and talk. It was also great to be able to finish a meal in less than 5 mintues! We are excited to take more "date nights" when Coleman is able to take a bottle and we can be gone for a longer ammount of time. Not that we want to be away from our precious son all the time, but we know that time together is super important for us to stay connected so that we can be better parents to Coleman.