let it be

if josh wakes up to find us on the couch in the morning chances are it was not our best night. although i will admit it evens out as i don't always mind extra snuggle time with little mister. apparently it's a mom thing, that even after a hard day i dread having to put him in his own bed at nighttime because i know i'll miss him because i just want to be near him.

i have been absent from this space of late. which i don't regret, when life is busy i'm okay with my blog taking a backseat. but i do miss it - i was looking back on my pages as well as some of yours while nursing and i realized how much i appreciate and enjoy having pictures and words to document the days. while i have been taking pictures-a-plenty i need to set aside a bit of time to attach some words to them for this space. one thing i am hoping to accomplish this week is river's two month post - this is one thing i feel i NEED to do. the days pass so quickly and he's changing at a rapid pace, i need something to help me remember these dwindling days. two months already, sigh. *tear. 

the things that have been keeping me away from this space have been good - the bit of free time i have is spent doing things for jaclyn. baking my favorite dessert, tossing together a salad, hanging the hammock, yoga - i'm a newbie, reading, napping, projects in the nursery (i will share eventually, it's slow-going) and sometimes that time is devoted to snuggling my sleeping babe, because i won't always be able to - he's already 'on the move' so to say. 

today river and i ventured out and did a little thrifting - it felt good to drive to travel to town on our own (it's a 30 minute drive one-way) and know that we are more than capable of doing it sans papa. we also met up with family for a bite to eat. it feels good to do things i enjoy (including two dates with papa in the past 8 weeks) and not lose myself completely in motherhood and it's often in these times i feel most refreshed and more equipped to love this precious little one.