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3 Weeks Yesterday...

As of today I have been the mom to two kids for 3 weeks and 1 day.

Wow!  There was a point in time where I thought I'd never have kids.  After we got married we still thought we wouldn't have kids.  After a year and a half of blissful married life, we had a miscarriage.  This got us thinking, maybe one kid would be kinda fun.  Samuel was born two months after our 3rd anniversary.

Samuel was so much fun.  A cute little person to hold and love, to explore the world through his eyes.  He fit right into our life.  He was almost too relaxed.  Samuel wasn't big on eating so he slept alot and didn't gain much weight at first.  Once we got the weight gain on the right track he was still an awesome sleeper.  He started sleeping through the night at 2 months.  He almost never cried and was happiest playing on the floor.

After Samuel turned one, we thought we had this parenting thing figured out, so why not try for another one.

Charlotte was born 3 months after our 5th anniversary and 1 month after Samuel's 2nd birthday.

She is so much fun too.  She loves to cuddle and sit up like a big girl.  Charlotte is not the awesome sleeper Samuel was, at least not yet.  She wants to be held while she sleeps and she likes to eat lots of midnight snacks.  She does however sleep from 4am to noon with only one meal break.

The 4am thing is totally my fault, while pregnant I got up at 4am for work and didn't stop moving until nap-time at about 1pm.

I have come to the conclusion that my two children are very different.  That's a good thing but it means I have to adjust my parenting.  Parenting Charlotte is so different than Samuel.  Samuel is also different to parent now that he's two and a big brother.

I find myself reading parenting blogs during midnight feedings and changing how I talk to Samuel.  

Trying to find one-on-one time with Samuel seems to be my biggest challenge that and keeping him from destroying the house while I feed Charlotte.

All this to say, we have successfully parented two kids for 3 weeks.  We even got all four of us out the door and at church on time.  I think that's pretty good for our first try, stay tuned to see if next Sunday goes that well...

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