Baggy tunics are just the thing a girl wears when she goes to Casa Don Juan's and knows she's gunna put a hurtin' on a burrito and isn't expecting to button those jeans afterwards.
With everyone and their moms and grandma's getting pregnant recently, you would think that I would have the baby itch, but I don't. The itch comes in small spurts when i hold a new born but then it quickly passes. I haven't really thought about how many years apart I want my kids to be, or when we should start "trying" to get pregnant! Is that a bad thing? We're so happy with our ONE baby, it's hard to imagine what life would be like with two. We were talking the other night when we were cooking and I kept asking Dustin "Is it selfish of us to not want a baby right now??! Is it bad to not care if there are 3,4,5 years between our kids? I feel like we should care more, or should put a date on when we want to try!" Dustin reassured me that it's not selfish at all for us to want to enjoy our son and give him all of our attention. He will eventually have a sibling at some point (god willing) but we're really content with just one child right now. And if Conrad were a little older when we had an infant, He would be a big help to me!
It's a fine line though. You can't really put ten years between your kids. I don't want to not have another baby just because having ONE baby is easy for us and we've got this thing down now....
The pressures have gotten to be a little much from the in laws as well. My mother in law asked me if I needed her to babysit last night so Dustin and I could get crackin' on giving her more grand babies! "Maybe twins this time! They run in the family you know!" She says...
Wow.
I just keep imagining taking 2 kids on trips,
and putting 2 kids to bed,
and saving for 2 college funds,
and on and on and on.
This whole building a family thing IS overwhelming.
in LOVE with your tunic!!! goodness where is it from?!? need one for myself...
ReplyDeleteand as for the two kids...lemme tell you...having two is amazing...and while i say that neither gal was planned (by us anyway) there is no other way i would have it...we got pregnant with our second when our oldest was 18 months...so they're 26 months apart and i LOVE their age difference...they are THEE best of friends and while i struggled almost through my whole pregnancy on the issue of being certain that i would never love #2 as much as #1...that ridiculous feeling was lost the instant that little fire engine red head came into this world...and i am so very ready to have a third...b/c while having two that are almost completely self sufficient is heaven i feel as though someone(s) is missing from our family...and i need them here as soon as possible!
Your mother-in-law is funny! I can't imagine myself having a baby moreso if I'll be carrying twins. Though I'd like to have one, someday. :-)
ReplyDeleteP.S. love the tunic!
the tunic is anthropologie. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI think that once we decide or "try" to have a baby, or if we got a lovely surprise, we'd be fine with it, but it's just so nice with only one right now. My brother and I are 4 years apart and growing up we were super close, and now that we're older, we dont notice the 4 year age difference at all. BUT my brother in laws are 18 months apart and they get along super well.... In a way i guess it doesn't really matter.
I kind of describe my feeling on having another one like this, when we first had Conrad it was scary to imagine life with him, and then now, I can't imagine life without him. I feel the same way about a second baby. It's scary imagining two, but once the idea is a reality i'm sure it will feel just as comfortable and easy as it does now that we're adjusted to life with our son.
Thanks Brooke. You're such a cute mama!
youare a gorgeous thing.
ReplyDeletei love this top a tooonnn.<3
you are so so pretty. i think i just threw up in my mouth a little.
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Goodness, thanks ladies. what sweeties you are.
ReplyDeleteI'll take it as a complement- the throwing up part.
<3
"I just keep imagining taking 2 kids on trips,
ReplyDeleteand putting 2 kids to bed,
and saving for 2 college funds,
and on and on and on."
HA:) Why wait, it's so much fun... I mean... wait a minute...
You are HOT.
ReplyDeleteAnd having two kids is a lot harder than one. It really is. We always thought we'd have more... 3, maybe 4. I think we're gonna stick to 2. I think the idea of waiting is good... It's nice when the older ones can help out. We never had that. We had two babies at the same time. Well, a newborn and a 20 month old and it was ROUGH. Just do what feels right!
ahhh! don't scare me like this! i am feeling over-whelmed. haha...but alas, i will love this baby just as much and i know we will get into a routine and it will probably be difficult the first few months but i can't to meet this new little person...to see who else can be a part of our little family world.
ReplyDeleteanyway, love the outfit :) you always look cute.
My son is only eleven weeks and people are ALREADY asking me when I'll have more. I think about this all the time... It's sooo hard.
ReplyDeleteI dont think I could EVER not give conrad a sibling. Imagining my childhood as an only child seems really sad to me. We def want more babies, it's figuring when that we come to a fork in the road. Of course if we got pregnant tomorrow, we'd rejoice in that and get excited because no babie whether they are planned by the parents or not is a mistake, but there is no doubt that we would be a little anxious to some degree. But starting our families and having kids etc. are some of the most precious years of our lives as young moms and dads. It's just a lot to consider and think about.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all of your feed back!
whoa you look tall! cutes.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to have the first potty trained, that is very true. I have time, that too is also true.
ReplyDeleteit's the way the jeans fit that make me look tall and the heels! I'd cut off my pinkie fingers to be taller....
thanks katie
& Mara
Just found your blog and I love it! Anyway, my kids are 6 and a half years apart and I was really scared about how my son would react after being the only child and grandchild for so long. But he has been amazing since his sister has been born. I worried that they wouldn't be close like siblings that were closer in age but these 2 are so funny together. They adore each other. That being said, I had no idea how hard having 2 kids would be. It's totally worth it but it is hard and I can't imagine doing it when my son was younger. I always wanted a bunch of kids but now I think I am set with just the 2.
ReplyDeleteFelicia, that's TOTALLY true. I bet that would be kind of hard for a six year old to adjust to not being the only child-but that's awesome that he did so well with it and that they're such good friends!
ReplyDeleteI get a feeling that no matter what happens, or how many years apart my kids are, our family will adjust just fine! :)
I do have a brother close to my age but I also have two younger sisters who are 14 & 16 years younger than me and I think it's great! I love them so much and I especially love the age gap so I can drive them places and be a kid with them at the same time. Even if you do wait a while, your kids can still have that sibling experience and bond (plus, the girls and I never fight).
ReplyDeleteI LOVE tunics. That is all I've been wearing ever since I had my baby 7 weeks ago...tunics and leggings. I maybe been thin again, but I still have that mommy pooch and they hide it perfectly! =)
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