Yep...I did...

Yes.

I am going to devote a post on the Royal Wedding.

Yes.

I did wake up at 5:00am to watch it. (Ok, Brynn woke up ready to eat and so I turned on the TV just as things were gettin' good.)


Yes.

I know you are sick of Matt Lauer spending an hour describing the car she rode to the church in and I know just the site of Giuliana Rancic from E! makes you want to toss your crumpets but I thought I would give you my two cents worth.

Here we go...

1. The Photos:
Of course you know that I am going to comment on this. The official engagement photos the couple released are YUMMY!! Look at this...

I am so inspired by these. They look so beautiful and relaxed and...themselves. Love these. The official wedding photo is spot on. Love it.


2. Hats!
I want to go to an English wedding now, just so I can wear a hat. No, I am serious. They look like so much fun. There were some that were so classy and elegant. Exhibit A:

And then there were these:


Sweet Lady Gaga! What were they thinking? The sad part about those last two hats is when they went to the store and tried them on they actually thought to themselves, "I look awesome! I am going to pay this person some money to take this home. I am so excited!" Tsk, Tsk, Tsk.


3. Victoria Beckham:
I cannot believe that I am going to dedicate a number just to her but here it goes...

SMILE Woman!You make more money than the queen. You are preggers with your 4th child.
You are married to David Beckham! Let me repeat that...You are married to David Beckham!

You got a ticket to the hottest show on earth.
SMILE!!!!

4. The emotion:
I understand that fairy tales are not real. I understand that Prince William probably has morning breath just like us. I am sure that at one point in her life Kate Middleton has had a pimple. (At least I tell myself she has so I can feel a little bit better.) I understand that this wedding was the British doing a bang up job of showing off. But when you get right down to it this wedding was about a boy who loves a girl and he wanted to marry her. This was about a father who drove his daughter to the church to watch her become someone's wife. And when I saw William bite his lip just like his mom did I realized that deep in the back of his mind, as happy as he was, he was probably missing her. I thought the ceremony was sweet and just right.

5. The Dress...
I saw somewhere that Disney was having a special princess party for little girls to dress up in their finest princess dress, prettiest tiara and shiniest shoes to watch the wedding. I can imagine how big their eyes got or how much they squealed when they saw Kate's dress. I can imagine it because I did too. I GASPED then I saw it. It was stunning. It was elegant. It will live in infamy.

I really did have fun watching the Royal Wedding. I know it is a little silly of me but it was so nice to see two people so in love. I am also glad it is over. It is nice to loose yourself in a real life Cinderella story for a little while. Good luck to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

PS. Below is a post about Caroline, future photographer.

Stiff Competiton...

I showed Caroline how take a picture with my camera.

I might as well just let her have it.

Look at the pictures she took with them.




She is available for weddings, family portraits, and head shots. She has a reasonable fee.

Lie to me...

It gets easier right?

This whole business about going from one kid to two...
It does get easier right?

It has to because I have seen lots of my friends handle the transition easily. Easily as in they still have all of their hair instead of pulling it out and they can still talk in coherent sentences.

For now I will continue telling myself that it will get better, that I will become a pro at paying attention to my four year old while keeping my three month old happy and content and NOT screaming. I will think nothing of dragging two cute demanding girls to Target and come home with not only what was on my list but my sanity and a little bit of my dignity. It will become second nature to get my preschooler to actually SIT DOWN and eat her dinner, soothe said screaming baby and eat my dinner, while it is still hot. And I will be able to do all of this while looking well groomed and even a tiny hint of make-up.

Right?!!

For now, in the immortal words of Sue Dudley, I am just trying to make it to lunch tomorrow.


You know I can't leave you without this:

The witching hour...

I have noticed that the time between 3pm -5pm is the hardest part of the day. It is too late for Caroline to take a nap but she is tired. It is not quite dinner time. Forget trying to watch Oprah with a tired 4 year old and a 2 month old. Oh, and by the way I am exhausted from being up all night. It is not pretty.

So what am I to do? Grab my camera, put Brynn and Caroline near the window and have some fun!

LOVE!!!

My girls...

Bubbles...

Wonder what I will do tomorrow.

PS. Brynn had her 2 month appointment last week. She is doing well and is 11 lbs. 15 oz!!

Did you know...

that we dine with royalty!

PS.

{Sigh}

I am in love!

Thank you...

I have been writing thank you notes lately to people who have really helped me these past few months. We have had meals delivered to our home when I couldn't stand up to cook. I had phone calls just to check on me. I am so grateful to everyone for helping our family.
There are a few thank you notes I need to send but I am not sure how to address them so I thought I would post them here:

Dear employees of Chic-fil-A,
Thank you for taking pity on me when you saw me order my lunch with a four year old tugging on my shirt and a newborn in the heaviest car seat known to man hanging off my arm. Since I couldn't even put my wallet back in my diaper bag you offered to carry my tray to my table and help me get the baby seat set up. Thank you for also refilling my lemonade while I nursed my crying baby as discreetly as possible in the corner. I will return often to get my fill of the #1 combo, no pickle.

Dear sweet little old lady at the Target dressing room,
Thanks for giving me a sweet knowing smile when I needed to use the dressing room to nurse my newborn. I REALLY needed to get my shopping done and Brynn decided she was hungry. Having that privacy was great.

Dear HGTV,
Thank you for showing House Hunters at all hours of the night. Since I never know when Brynn will decide to eat I thought I would be at the mercy of Lifetime or the Home Shopping Network. While she is eating I can watch with a jealous heart a young family choose between 3 beautiful homes in upstate New York. Will they choose the house with a bonus room, the house with the big back yard, or the one with the big master suite? It doesn't matter. What matters is that I don't have to watch an awful movie with LeAnn Rhimes.

Dear Aunt Amy,
While I have to admit, I HATE the Barbie movie you sent to Caroline she loves it. And because she loves it she wants to watch it everyday. Because she watches it everyday I can close my eyes for a quick second. And I do mean a quick second. Thanks hon.

And thanks again to everyone who has helped us.

One month update...

Brynn had her one month appointment yesterday. Just to jog your memory here are her stats at 4 days old:

6 lbs. 9 oz.
19 1/2 inches

Four weeks later:

9 lbs. 10 oz.
21 inches

GO US! GO US! Those three am feedings are paying off. My girl is growing so big. Now if I can just get her into 3 month old clothes we will be set.

Of course I can't just leave you hanging without pictures so here you go.

This beautiful quilt is a gift from Connie Moorefield. I LOVE IT!


That is so close to a smile!

Caroline has been begging me for days now to feed Brynn. After I nursed Brynn, I pumped what was left and let Caroline sit in the rocker and feed her sister. Caroline was a pro. She is such a good big sister.