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July 10, 2004
July 10, 2004
Analisa ~ 33 months (in 3 days)
Abriella ~ 8 months
~Are you done having kids?~
Please tell me how do you know you are done having kids. I have always wanted lots. Well, 4 and then it went down to 3 and now I am pretty sure I am done. I am so extremely grateful for my 2 little girls. In a way I feel like how I can ask for more. I was blessed with two healthy beautiful girls. I think that with stopping now I will be able to do more. We can go on more vacations, buy more, save more, and put more towards their college funds, their wedding funds. So does that make me selfish? Or is it selfish to keep going and having more of kids and not be able to give them as much. Now I realize material things are not important. And that is not what I mean. But I guess I feel like we have struggled so much already and by having more we will struggle more and that is not fair to the 2 that we have. Sorry these thoughts are all jumbled up. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. When I was pregnant with Ella we were really struggling so I kept thinking that this will be my last pregnancy. Then she was born and things got a little better. Well, every month my mind would change on whether I wanted more or not. But as of lately I am really thinking we are done (I just realized I kept saying me, Scott is a part of this too : ) ). I am feeling really comfortable with this decision and happy to feel like we are moving on to the next phase of our lives. But who knows if this too shall change. So my question to all of you is how do you know? Do you want more? When did you know? Please share your experiences with me.
~Abriella~
My little grunter! She is still not saying anything exciting. She babbles bababa a lot. And boy does she like to grunt or moan. It is like she is concentrating so hard on something.
She is crawling so fast, it is hard to keep up with her. She can climb up the first step on the stairs. I really need to find some good safety gates for the new house. Does anyone know a good one to use when you have the wood railings on the one side? I have the oak railings going up stairs and down to the basement.
~Analisa~
My smart little girl! She is now able to count objects. She use to throw in more numbers then there were actually items. But now she can count how many are really there.
She also loves to tell stories. She has been telling us about Princess Adora who hides in sewers. I do not recall a Princess Adora so I am assuming she is making this up.
I have not had the problems I mentioned in the last entry with Analisa and going potty. So I am thinking it was how I was putting her on the toilet seat.
~New House~
Less then 3 weeks!!! I can not wait. The last time I drove past they were working on the siding. So when we go out there this Sunday it should be finished. I can not wait to see how it all looks. I love the siding color. I keep putting pics on the website so you can check there if you like. I will probably take more on Sunday so check back to see.
~Books~ (I can not use italics here for book titles)
Babyville was a good book. It is about 3 different women who all are in different situations as far as having a baby goes. The one wants so badly to get pregnant but can’t. The second doesn’t want to but does. And the last women, has a baby and goes through post partum. They are all intertwined. It was a good read.
I also read The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. What a great story! I loved it. I could not put it down. I also just went and saw the movie last night with Scott. There were things that were different from the book which made me a bit upset at first but it was a fabulous movie. I highly recommend it. And I actually liked the ending in the movie better then the book.
My next book will be another Nicholas Sparks. My sister gave me a few so I will be reading one of them next. I have decided. I just started The Guardian.
Have you read Family Trust or babyville?
Have you read any of the Nicholas Sparks books? Which is your favorite?
Thanks for reading!
Lucky Mama to Analisa & Abriella,
Raelyn
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