We knew that we were having Hatsy at the beginning of our busy season. We knew that this time of year is always a little nuts. I, however, was not prepared for just how crazy these last two months would have been.
I mentioned in the monthly update that we had family reunions upon family reunions, and that hasn’t stopped. We’ve had camps after camps and meetings after meetings. It’s an exciting and exhausting time. With a lot of learning on my part.
I’ve always been open and honest on my blog ( and if you ever chat with me in real life. I’m a pretty open book) so I am just going to come out and say that these last two months have been sort of a wake-up call to me, as a mom. I’ll explain. I realized I was NOT managing my time well. Every day I would prioritize a different area of my life over another, but in doing so I was slacking in EVERY area of my life. But the part that was hurting the most was my relationship with Eloise because I was busy, busy, busy and trying to do ALL THE THINGS. Reality check. I CAN’T. I had to take a hard look at myself and rearrange my thought process about what I wanted out of each day, how I was going to tackle all the things and most importantly, what are my priorities. (My family, obviously) It’s a hard pill to swallow when you realize you haven’t been the best you can be. BUT, I think the most important part about parenting is being intentional. I do not expect to be a perfect parent, but I will admit when I need to change some things and most importantly I will TRY. Try to do my best and learn as Eloise and Hatsy grow. That’s what counts, right?
I felt pulled to write this down. Mainly for myself. lol. Keeping myself accountable and it also just helps to get things off your chest so you can think more clearly, BUT recently a friend said to me, ” I don’t know how you do it all.” and someone else said, “you are like super mom, doing everything.” And this is the big ole reality od social media. I am NOT doing it all. If I am killing it in one area of my life, I am probably lacking in another. I have been listening to podcasts about time management. It’s actually helped a lot! ( I just don’t have time to sit and read anymore, but podcasts I can do while editing and driving which is AMAZING) So If you have any great podcast recommendations on balancing life or even audiobooks, let me know!
Ending on a much happier note, I spent a morning this week with my two friends who had babies the same time as me. ( Like, Miss Nora was 4 days before Hatsy and Miss Ember was like 4 hours before Hatsy. lol) Deborah also has a toddler and it was chaos. But it was perfect. Sitting in chaos with others who understand your chaos is good for the heart. We are all photographers so we decided to shut us all in a room and take some photos of us and the kiddos. Mindy has a super cute in-home studio so it was perfect and insane. I am obsessed with these photos and told the girls all I wanted was a cute photo of me, Hatsy and her baby bum. (Eloise is in a stage where photos happen if she thinks they should. I don’t force her in photos so she came and went as she pleased)
These are some of the photos Mindy took! You should follow her work here!
And here are a few I snapped of our kiddos together. <3<3 
