Next on my to do list...

I seriously need to unsubscribe to emails from Kate Spade.

All my money apparently goes to keeping my kid in Clarks at freaking £30 a pair. Beautiful and overpriced purses? That was a long time ago, my friends.

That just happened...

I was in a meeting today for over an hour. When I got home and went to feed Elle, I realized that the left side of my nursing bra had been undone the.whole.time. Just further evidence that I am unfit for most social and professional situations.

Are you kidding me with this boy!?

Oh good morning world. By the way, you're welcome.
BAM!

This is why our marriage works

Today G and I took the kids to a used book fair. While there we found a 500 piece jigsaw and decided that we both quite fancied it. So we get home, put the babies to bed, enthusiasticaly pull out the puzzle, spend 30 minutes sorting out the edge pieces, another 10 minutes starting to put the thing together.  Then we decide it's too hard, pack it away, and spend the evening drinking wine.

An afternoon with my girl

When Iwan was first born, I remember thinking that I'd be happy to just have a house full of boys. I loved experiencing the growth of my relationship with my new baby son. Having taught middle school, my heart quaked at the thought of ever having a 13 year old girl of my very own.

But then I had Elle, and in the 125 days since she was born, she has dashed these fears. I love having a daughter, and more specifically, I love having Elle as my daughter. She is so sweet and sunny, and has the most amazing capacity for joy, and for bringing joy to those around her.

As much as I love watching my children interact, I cherish the times I get to spend one on one with my little girl. Iwan had me to himself for a long time, so I sometimes worry that Elle is getting short changed.

But yesterday afternoon we did get some of that rare time together. After taking care of a few chores, we snuggled on the sofa, read books, sang songs, and watched a little Gone With the Wind - an especially "OMG I have a daughter" moment. It was a perfect afternoon, and I hope it's something we'll both always make time for. I am so blessed to be able to spend time on earth with this little girl, and I am so excited for the wonderful crazy ride of raising a girl.

Emma's Diary Post- It's all about the poo

I totally meant for this to be my NaBloPoMo post for yesterday, but I scheduled it to post incorrectly- boo. So you'll get two posts today. That still kind of counts, right?
Anyway, here's my latest piece for Emma's Diary. Enjoy!
Emma's Diary: Just call us the Disgustingtons...

Cousin Love

They say you can't pick your family, so with that in mind we totally lucked out. Iwan is over the moon about his cousins moving to the neighborhood- and G and I think it's pretty awesomesauce too. I grew up adoring my cousins, but with most of them living 5 hours away, I was often left longing for more cousin goodness in my life.
And so watching the boys together today made me feel all soft and nougaty inside. How could I not? Especially when they do things like this:

NaBloPoMo

So November is National Blog Posting Month. The idea is that you post every day for the entire month. I'm actually going to try and give it a go. I can't promise that most of my posts won't just be pics of my kiddos, because they probably will, but I will try and get some actual decent writing in as well. Not just rambles. Like this. Hey! Here's a sideways baby!