Our little miss Isla turned 6 months last week. I instantly tear up at how quickly these months have flown by (also, apparently having 2 children doesn't lend itself to blogging any more regularly!) 6 months is a hard mile stone for me. Maybe because they are starting to sit and EAT solids! That newborn smell is fleeting and her independence is beginning to unveil.
Isla Anne Louise is just the sweetest little baby girl. truly. She's so so happy, gives the biggest smiles ever and the amount she's already "talking" and using her voice leads me to believe that I'm going to have a sweet little chatter box on my hands. She's so expressive and loves to make eye contact and then light up the room with her smile. She's intoxicating and I just can not get enough of her. Her most favourite form of amusement is watching big brother run around the room, she hardly takes her eyes off of him when he's around. It's such a delight to watch how their interactions unfold. Pax loves his little sister too. He always refers to her as "baby eye-wah" and if she's crying he's quick to let me know that she's either hungry or tired ;) He's done a wonderful job of learning to share Mama with his sister, the initial change was hard (!!) but he's quickly come a long way, he's so gentle and loving with her. Melts this mama's heart. I feel like the amount of time that I used to have in a day has been cut in half! I now understand the term "juggling act" in a whole new light. I wish with my whole heart I had a pause button that I could push just to slow life down with these babes of mine. I think that's why I feel so strongly about this blog (which I like to think of as an online journal). So that we can all look back on these days that are blurring together and remember some of the beautiful moments that otherwise would have been forgotten.
For me the change from having no babies to one babe vs. having one babe to two babes was a breeze. I was SO ready to be a mom and was just thrilled to have my life change when Pax came into it. The change from one to two babes was HARD!! I felt so torn right down the middle. When they both were crying or needed me, I felt paralyzed. I didn't know who to go to or how to help them. I do know that I had a bit of postpartum blues going on, and once Isla came Pax's sleep regressed horribly. I was getting maybe 1-1.5 hrs chunks of sleep and was feeling often like I was drowning. I wanted to be able to do everything the exact same for Isla that I had for Pax, like hold her all the time for each nap, and just felt so sad that she didn't get my undivided attention the way Pax had. It was never about her, I was so so so thrilled to have a baby girl, and loved her to pieces. I just felt so sad that I had to share myself between the two and wasn't prepared for figuring out how to do it. I also forgot how horrible hormones are and how much they impact those first few weeks. But even with all that being said I still miss those newborn snuggles and her teeny tiny perfect little body! I already wish I could do it all over again just because it's gone by so fast! Each day I'm working hard on enjoying all the moments. Being fully present. It all sounds so cliche when I type it out, but I just know how quickly it will fly by.
So in a grasp to hold on to her little 6 month self, I snapped these photos of our beautiful babe. Enjoy :)
And... had to add a few of her eating her oatmeal. She's loving it already and grabs the spoon for more! I did try to get Pax to join in on some of the photos but he wanted nothing to do with it. Instead, he pulled off all his clothes and climbed into the little red wagon full of rain water in the backyard and had a blast. haha.
There are so many other things I want to blog about too, Mexico, my sis' fam moving to our street... so I'm going to try to get another post up soon :)
