I love blustery fall days

And everything that goes with them. The smell of crisp, cool air. The leaves beginning to turn and crunch underfoot. The smell of apple cider and cinnamon, and woodsmoke as people fire up those fireplaces for the first time (I miss my fireplace!). I just LOVE fall!

I've decided fall is a great season to be pregnant in, too. Since I constantly feel as though someone's turned up the therostat inside my body, the cool air is a welcome feeling.

I also just realized today that we are four months from our due date. That may seem long to some of you, but four months is so short in the grand scheme! CRAZY to think in four months I'll have two children...that thought still overwhelms me sometimes! :) but in a good way of course.

In the meantime, I'm enjoying feeling Elena kick me more and watching Christian continue to grow and mature as a little boy. He's no longer a baby....man how time flies!

I can't wait to continue to watch and learn as all these seasons change...

Making it...

Yesterday was awful. I threw up most of the morning and felt just horrible the rest of the day. I didn't shower, never changed out of my pajamas, and just felt general disgusting. I know I probably had these days last time with Christian, but I feel like it's so much worse this time. Probably due to the fact that I'm trying to keep an 19 month old entertained this time around.

Poor Christian was cooped up inside all day and starting to go crazy and definitely driving me crazy. If I had a dollar for everytime I had to say (sometimes loudly) "No, Christian!" I wouldn't need to work at all! :)

This process the second time around is just so exhausting! I feel like a bad mom a lot of the time, but know that this just comes with the territory. I guess this too shall pass, and then I'll have another whole set of adjustments to make when there's two kiddos to take care of!

trying to keep my sanity,
Kate

Trying a new thing

After discussing the fact with Nathan that it was just "weird" that I didn't have a blog that I update on a regular basis with my thoughts and musings, etc... I have decided to try this one more time. I still have the kolb-family.blogspot.com and I will post pics and things there. But this will primarily be a spot for my (sometimes mindless) musings as I try to survive motherhood. :) Thanks for tuning in!