A Fresh Start...

I started a blog a couple years ago (though the majority of it has now been made private) to note the happy little things that each day brings: the joy of taking the girls on a wagon ride and feeling the sun hit our skin, the randomness of a successful attempt at cooking cause Lord knows I have been cursed by the baking gods for all eternity, the satisfaction that comes with completing a project for my little ones, a silly night out with my girlfriends lacking all sense and class but not seeming to care... the things that make me breathe easy, the things that make my heart beat a little faster, the things that I want to smile back on years from here...

I neglected it somewhere after the birth of my second child as I needed to focus on motherhood, my marriage, and my household. I needed to get real with myself. I have never considered myself a bad mother, but I do have to admit that Nick and I were kinda "thrown" into the whole process of parenting a little earlier than we expected and I am still very much learning the ropes and figuring out my parenting style. Heck, I'm still trying to figure out marriage.

This time around, I want my blog to be a bit more uncensored and to include the struggles that are molding us, humbling us, and bringing us closer together along with the joys and hardships of finding our rhythm, establishing traditions, and making our house a home.

The truth of it all is that there are weeks where we survive off ramen noodles and then there are weeks when we eat like kings... there are spurts where we make love every night and there are weeks when I'd rather stick my face in one of Cameron's diapers then even think about having sex... there are days when I question why Nick and I jumped into marriage and then there are days when I remember how easy it was to say "I do!" and how I knew that things would fall into place, just like they always seem to....

As the sweet saying goes,

"Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride"

I want to embrace it all.

<3