This month has been challenging.... I'm extra ready to get away from life and take a break with my two favorite people. Unfortunately, our vacation isn't until September and right now another whole month feels like a freaking eternity! Gahhhh!!!!
We decided last month to put our house up for sale, so we've been working on cleaning, staging and finishing up the repairs. And honestly, as much as I love this house, I'm reallllly starting to hate it... if that makes any sense.... haha! I can't remember the last time we had a weekend that was not filled with house projects and chores. Ryan is burnt out on fixing and updating
things. And I'm burnt out on attempting to help while trying to keep a
baby entertained. Thankfully, the realtor is coming this week to give us instructions on listing and to assess our home. We're hoping that it sells in a timely manner so we can focus on being a family and spending the weekends together going on adventures, or relaxing, or anything else really.....
***Side note: Check out what Ryan did with the weird bump left in our kitchen from when we took out the old stove.
Made a pot rack out of scrap material -
now it looks like its supposed to be that way!
Before: After:
Madilyn has had it rough lately as well. She got her 6 months shots and her first 2 teeth all in the same week! She's reverted back to waking up for a feeding at least once a night, waking up and needing help getting back to sleep once or twice as well. We've tried to give her rice cereal to keep her full through the night, but her sensitive tummy doesn't agree with it. So now we are dealing with a cranky/tired baby working through digestive issues. Its been a long, hard month of being a momma....
On a more positive note, the month is almost over and we're moving on to bigger and brighter things. We've still had plenty of sweet moments with our girl even though this last month has been full of little struggles. We're thankful even on the hard days because she makes life better in every way. Here's the proof:
Cheeeeeese!!!
Look mom, I'm trying to crawl!
I give up....
Check out my two front teeth!
Beauty queen:
Annnnddd this is what happens when you leave her with dad for 5 minutes. She gets a peter pan hat made of newspaper...
Yeah, I'd make this face too if someone forced me to wear a paper hat that made me look like a little boy...
Enjoying the summer weather on the back deck:
