elly grey

it has been over a year since my last post.  fail.  

so much has changed in the last year but mostly we added a new family member.  

elly grey baker

10.16.2013 at 12:18 pm

8 pounds 10 ounces, 21 inches

i really don't know how it happens.  how you can love something (or two) so much.  when we got pregnant the second time i was so anxious about loving this baby.  i just couldn't imagine how i could love another child as much as i loved isla.  would it always be like this?  would that baby always feel second?  and then we found out we were having another girl and the feeling amplified times 100!  in my crazy mind at least if they were a different sex i could fathom loving them the same but in a different way.  but with 2 girls how was this ever going to happen!?  (i had some crazy mama hormones going on)  

then she was here.  there was definitely an adjustment period.  the second baby was WAY harder than the first on me.  things were way more complicated with 2 kids.  i was a typical sleep deprived, hormonal mom, elly was colic (and turns out had awful reflux), and isla was an almost 3 year old (wow).  but we got through the first 4 months and things started looking up.  

i'll never forget rocking elly to sleep one night when she was about 3 months old and looking at her sweet face and crying so hard.  it was the 'real' first time when i wasn't stressed or worried about something else that had to be done or being distracted by isla that i looked at her and felt this overwhelming sense of love.  i know that sounds bad but that isn't how i mean it.  i loved her the very second i saw her in that delivery room but this was the first time it hit me that you can love 2 (or even 3 or more i'm sure) children with all your heart... there is room.  i can't imagine my life without this happy, serious, lovable, funny, cuddly, smart, sweet girl.  she has quickly become the favorite in our family to all 3 of us :) (kidding).  isla adores her and calls elly her best friend all the time.  and elly looks for isla at all times and follows her around the house.  i never had a sister so its already amazing to watch this bond between them.  it is going to be such a joy watching them grow up together.

xoxo

life lately...

i have been the worlds worst blogger the past 2 months (not that i was ever that good).  but i'm back and going to try and be better!
i have like a million pictures, so this is basically a photo dump of everything from the last 3 months!
(i know so exciting for everyone :)

so after this little lady turned 2...

we partied it up!  which i have barely any pictures of... mom fail!  but it was a cookies & milk themed 2nd birthday, because what 2 year old (or 31 year old) doesn't love cookies!!   all her friends came and we filled up on pizza & cookies and played and just had so much fun!

then the next day i ran my first (and quite possibly last) half marathon.  don't get me wrong it felt great to stick with something and complete a goal (i get lazy and distracted easily and don't usually follow through with things).  but it was hard and my body was a little upset with me after.  we will see what my future in running looks like, it's still up in the air at this point.  i ran with katie, jill, and kristen and couldn't have been more thankful to have those girls there!  and we had our family and great friends at the finish line to cheer us on.  it is a pretty fun memory!
(ps.  it was kind of freezing and soooo windy!)

pre-race excitement!

somewhere around mile 8, where i maybe could have died...

finishers!!!

my littlest cheerleader...

the fam...

such good supporters!

and sweet friends...

then it was time for a new '2 year old' hair cut...

and it looks so much better!!!

and easter!

we had a neighborhood easter egg hunt

oh and this is what happened when i tried to put my daughter in a dress for easter sunday...

she just kept asking for me to put her 'clothes on'.  since when did a dress not count as clothes!?

and we have had some fun play dates...

colored our face...

hung out with nay nay and pops...

visited daddy at work...

played on the new swing...

took some glamour shots... not really but doesn't this pic look like it!?

and this one too!

did some swimming and ate some popsicles...

looked oh so cute!

and even shared some watermelon with daddy...

oh and found out isla was going to be a big sister!!

can't believe we will have another little one around here in a few months!
sorry this was so long!  i'll keep y'all updated more frequently to avoid the massive amount of pics.
xoxo