Crazy Love Gamble-Style

Have you ever been so far behind on something you feel like there is NO WAY you will ever accomplish what you need to get done?  Oh my gosh, I just ordered 3, filled to the brim, photos books and got myself COMPLETELY CAUGHT UP with the entire lives of my children thus far.  I am in shock.  Wow.  I wish I could convey the magnitude of this project, it was crazy and quite maddening, now I must vow never to get that far behind on this again!!  Yay!!!! To give you a slight idea how far behind I was, lets just say about 4 months of Norah's life had made it into a book and she is nearly three years old!!  I'm such a slacker!  Ava had about 4 books filled by the time Norah was born.  Now I put WAY more pictures in each though, so they take forever.  Here are a few of the throw-backs, so fun to look through! I feel so accomplished, but now my brain is completely fried...

Seriously, I'm just having too much fun to blog right now.  I keep taking more & more pictures so I feel slightly overwhelmed with editing.  I think there were 1164 LITERALLY last time I uploaded from a few days ago.  Yeah, that's a lot.  Anyhow, I will try to catch up soon, but for now, here we are:  All four of us! Love pictures with us all in them, even if I have to make it myself. : )

Well, today marks a little over three weeks  that I have had bronchitis.   It's really not that serious, just soooo annoying.  Consequently, my running isn't going very well.   My lungs just can't do it which is a slippery slope  because then the rest of my body doesn't feel used to it like it had.   I'm still going, here and there, but it's not the same. I don't go as far and I don't go as fast.   It's very disappointing.   This post was going to be a bunch of pictures because  I have a ton (whats new) to share but my computer  seems to be sick too. I can't edit my photos because it's taking about 6 million times  as long as it usually does for some strange reason.   I think it's actually a sign that I should OPEN the Photoshop  box I got for my birthday, which I would do if I didn't feel so  overwhelmed with photos to edit, kind of a catch 22, no? ...

Today was hard, to put it mildly. Some days parenting brings me to tears, this was one of  those days.  I don't know what it is.  Ava is the sweetest most loving girl.  She can charm the pants off of just about anyone and has a million perfect little qualities...BUT She is driving me bat-shit crazy lately. She KNOWS she is driving me crazy and it seems to just fuel the fire.   Yes, I know what you are thinking, she needs more  attention.  This girl is demanding attention every. single. second.  With out fail, she is asking for something at  all times.   Usually you can find her on me, physically on me.   She is loud, totally obnoxious, sassy, back-talking, instigator of all kinds of trouble, liar, wild and  constantly disrespectful. I am at my whits end.   I talk to her about all these issues until I am blue in the  face, I explain what s...

Things are busy. My house is a mess.   We are living out of suitcases & laundry baskets.   Oh and I haven't really started Christmas shopping yet.   I have taken another 3 million photos and all I really want to do is edit pictures, play on Pinterest & veg out.  But my household is calling and I know I won't truly be happy until I get it all back in order.   Hopefully that will happen sooner then later.   Little Norah is super challenging right now.   The cutest little handful you ever did see, but an absolute handful.   She is in to EVERYTHING.   Way worse then Ava ever was.   I find myself unable to accomplish much as all I do is chase her around.  A little constant chorus of Ava screaming "MOM!  NORAH IS IN TROUBLE!!!"   Really, aren't we all???  : )