Three Weeks + Real Life Update

Today our Brady-boy is three weeks old!!

 

It's hard to believe it's been three weeks since he joined our family!!!

And here's a real life/unfiltered update for you....

If it isn't one thing with this house, it's another. Derek & I are both nearing the end of our patience with the never-ending list of things that keep popping up for us to deal with. We've had ants, a power outage, our sliding glass door is broken, the fridge is leaking, and then today our gas went out--of course I didn't realize this until we were trying to make dinner on the stove & there was a wet load of laundry in the dryer & washer...still trying to figure out what to do with all the wet laundry, ugh. And of course all of these issues are in addition to the problems we already dealt with in the first few weeks we were in this house. It's seriously always something every time we turn around.

Obviously, none of those problems are a huge deal on their own...but add them all up and throw in a newborn & getting adjusted to a new house/community, and it's just a bit much. I really should have been figuring out a way to get my clothes dried right now, but all I wanted to do was sit down & cry. I decided to sit down & write instead since writing is usually pretty cathartic for me...and it doesn't leave me with puffy eyes & a headache, ha! And as I looked through my phone for a few pictures to add to this post, I was reminded that even though it feels like EVERYTHING is going wrong right now, we still have a lot to be thankful for.

Brady lounging poolside while his big sisters swim :)

So thankful for these four!

The girls came in from the pool for their bath but first had to go love on Little Brother ;)

This is what bathtime looks like these days :)

Shelby wanted to cover Brady up in her Frozen blanket this morning

Shelby loves to sit & read by herself. We have spent a lot of time at home this summer between unpacking/getting settled in the new house & now having a newborn, so this girl has gotten LOTS of reading time in!

These two have made my life so much easier lately by playing so nicely together...most of the time ;)

First time in the baby carrier!

I was reading to the girls one afternoon before naps & Derek took this picture without us realizing it. I'm so thankful he captured this candid moment! In twenty years when I'm looking back on this season of life, this is what I'll picture. This is what motherhood looks like to me.

And one more picture Derek took without me realizing it....this is what mothering a newborn looks like. ;)

I'm ready to eat a big bowl of ice cream & go to bed. Things always look better in the morning!