Where do I even start???

We are all healthy and happy, busy but excited, tired but surviving. We are all living and life just keeps happening for us.

I actually never meant to stop blogging. It just kind of happened.

I have felt like I was drowning with my 3 under 3 and I am just now starting to feel like I can breath (sometimes).

Life has not slowed down for us at all. We've had birthdays, summer vacations, play dates, zoo trips, and the latest MOVING.

Since Kenley was born almost 8 months ago. Bob and I have had little time for anything but family and work. Having a preschooler, toddler, and newborn has not been easy.

Life is fun. Life is crazy. Life is loud. But slow, it is not.

Calan will be 3 1/2 in a week. He is quite the little boy. He still has an amazingly sweet heart and continues to show compassion. However, his love for superheroes and finding villains tends to leave Maisie his villain, which you can only imagine the wonderful bickering that comes from that.

You can tell that he just sees things differently than me. He lives in the gray. Where, I am more of a black and white kind of person. No toy is just a plane or just a truck or just a Mr. Potatohead. They are whatever his imagination sees. Some times this is fascinating to watch, other times, kind of annoying since toys tend to be everywhere rather than where I would like them to be.

He is not in preschool. As of right now, we are homeschooling our children. He is doing great with a lot of things, but hand activities like writing or coloring or cutting are pretty challenging for him. He is practicing, but it is a slow process.

Maisie is quite the little ham. Probably the most polite child I have ever met. Says thank you to everyone for everything. She is so appreciative for the simplest things. You can tell her heart loves service. Always making sure Calan or Kenley have their favorite toys. She, however, can be quite the little stinker at the same time too. She is my instigator. Everything is quiet and calm, so she decides to to sit on Calan. Yep, she is that kid.

But, she loves to dance and sing. She is my dance party queen. Always up for a little kitchen dancing. She is starting to like pink, her play kitchen, and a few other typical girly things, but yet, she still loves tools, trucks, and trains. She walks to the beat of her own drum and I love that.

Kenley is no longer my 6 lb baby. She is my chunky monkey.  At 7.5 months, she is already fitting into 9-12 month clothes. She is my mover and has been crawling for a couple months now. She loves to explore, which means she is in a pack-and-play a lot of the time. If not, the girl is everywhere. She loves to be smiled and talked at by anyone. It does not take much to keep her happy, definitely a third child. She is a go-with-the-flow kind of girl, and honestly, she probably doesn't have a choice with so much going on around her.

As for me, holy smokes these past 8 months have flown by. I really do not know where 2013 went. Every time, we think life will slow down. It just doesn't. And that's why I want to start blogging again. I am not sure how often or what I am going to blog about. But so much is going on and I need to write it down. I need to digest and figure out my emotions, which is what blogging has done for me. I need to talk about the fact that we moved from our first home, that my children keep my on my toes constantly, that my social life is pretty much nonexistent. I need to write. So today I am starting and hoping that I can once again share my life and struggles with you.


The beautiful photos were taken by Photography by Dina Marie.