5 months of Elsie Jean!

I can't believe it's already been 5 whole months since this baby girl arrived!  A wise friend once told me that when you go from one kid, to two kids, the workload doesn't double, it quadruples.  To that I say, you are correct, my dear.  You know those moments when both kids are screaming, you have to pee, your phone rings and you still haven't started dinner?  Well, that is pretty much  my life.  Luckily, those moments are balanced with cute things like this picture:

 Sure they both have stains on their shirts, but the point of this picture is they are both holding still for 3 seconds so I could take a picture!  I actually had both of the laughing, that's how damn good I am. 

Tip your head sideways and this one will be lots cuter. 



She's just SO CUTE I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HER!!!




Blurry, but I took this one before I left for work.  It's hard to leave this cuteness.  Please note the darling hat, compliments of my mom's crocheting hands.




I think we can all agree that there isn't a time when a baby is cuter than fresh out of the bath.  Also, she still loves those two middle fingers.  Other interesting things about Elsie are she enjoys her 3 am feedings, peek-a-boo with her brother and eating my hair.

So that's us right now.  I love being home with my kids more, but I'll tell you this for free: it is a HELL of a lot of work.  I'm not one of those people who pretend it's 100% amazing all the time.  But the amazing parts are, well, amazing.  And the frustrating parts aren't so pretty.  Motherhood is the hardest thing I've ever done, but I absolutely love being a mom.