Buddha stole my seat!
Buddha can make Bugga laugh faster than anyone else.
Here he is entertaining him while I get his food ready.
Buddha eating whole wheat waffles with "spy" maple syrup.
Bugga with corn and butternut squash all over his face.
Bugga sucks his thumb in between each bite. :)Check out those chubby sausage fingers he inherited from his dad and grandpa!
6 comments:
When I see your two boys interact with eachother it makes me want another kid, but when crystal has a bad day (she's getting molars right now) I wonder if I'm strong enough to handle two in that mood at the same time. Does it ever get that difficult for you? I keep wanting another one and then changing my mind back and forth.
Oh man, I should post on here what I just wrote in my journal. :) You would laugh. It is hard. But there are definitely more good times than bad. Soren has just entered "terrible twos" which I thought we had smoothly bypassed. Ha ha...no such luck. It's pretty tough. Everyday Soren has at least one meltdown, some hysterics, crying, and disobedience. But there are also the "I love you's," the hugs, the laughing and funny sayings that make it all worth it. Two is hard work and great fun, so it's no wonder you go back and forth changing your mind. :) The nice thing is that when you just jump right in, you make it work because you have to, and you can always find what's good in life rather than focus on the difficult. :) So, there's my little sermon for today. Good luck deciding, Lisa! I love my boys and wouldn't change anything for the world!
I know what you mean about not changing what you have for anything. Everybody told us to wait to have kids when whe got married, and instead we decided to have crystal, and I'll never ever be sorry for that...but I feel really guilty when she freaks out and I think maybe I'll wait a little longer for the second. That's not how moms are supposed to think. I don't want my kids to be too far apart in age because I want them to enjoy school and a lot of other things at the the same time like I did with my family. I can't believe my mom was strong enough to have me and my sister a year apart though! It's really encouraging to see friends like you and Lisa F. who seem to be doing such a great job with your family. Is it normal for all moms to feel overwhelmed and inadequate? I guess so, but I only have one and I want to bang my head against the wall sometimes when she won't settle down hahaha! I guess that's just being a mom.
You are normal...totally, totally normal. :) And somehow, you'll just know when it's okay to have another. I'm glad you think I do a good job with my family. Thanks! I try. :)
Lisa- that is completely a natural mom reaction- in fact, I don't like mom's that say its not hard!! Because they are lying. . . I think it gets harder the older they get (I have a three year old) but it also gets so much better and better the older they get. Claire (my daughter) cracks me up at least a dozen times a day, and she gives the sweetest hugs. It makes up for the times she whines and for the times she pours the syrup all over her head, table, chair, floor, etc.
And I think if you waited for a time when things get easy to have another child- you never would have another. I'm a bit scared for the work that I face when the second one comes, but I think Liz is right- you can handle what you need to handle.
Yeah, I know, you're both right. It seems I could take anything on as a missionary...and I mean anything! Being a mom is a whole new ballgame for me though, it's a totally different catagory than I'm used to. The thing I remember most about trials in the mission is that every one got harder, but when I'd look back at my first few trials compared to what I had later I would laugh at how easy it would be now that I was onto something more difficult. I guess that's what progression is really about...going on to bigger and better challenges, no matter what catagory in life we're dealing with. I guess I shouldn't complain when Heavenly Father is giving me new lessons to learn. Thanks guys, and yes, Liz, I think you're a wonderful mother! (:
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