Life Update
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Even though the weather is projected to be in the 90+ weather range for the next ten days, it still feels as if summer is officially coming to a close. I woke up this morning to football commentators, Justin putting meat in a marinade, and chilly air (partially because it's never above 73 degrees in our house). We pulled out the grill for likely the last time this season, I whipped up my mom's famous potato salad, and corn on the cob is prepped to cook. I can't say that I'm sad to see summer go but I do love that we indulge in these finales at the turn of every season. Speaking of, I realized last night that I haven't picked up my camera in almost two full weeks. Most people love the warm weather and summer... but summer in Texas is actually pretty crippling for me.
I hate trying to capture my everyday moments when its humid, hot, and icky outside. I don't like being limited on exploration and due to snakes, tarantulas, and chiggers (micro bugs that make you itch like crazy) it's pretty much impossible for me to venture out. I've also noticed that while the house we live in is beautiful, the lighting is less than ideal. I'm forced to use the same comfortable light I always do and that limits the stories I can capture. I guess that was a big chunk of complaints... but also a reminder of how excited I am about fall being right around the corner.
Fall in Texas is gorgeous and this year BOTH of my girls can roam the outdoors with comfortable weather. I'm most excited for that. I'm excited to watch their imaginations go wild on our walks through the neighborhood in the evenings. I'm excited to head down to the annual pumpkin palooza for our little city and watch the air balloons go up high in the sky. I'm excited to bring my camera everywhere without any hesitation. I'm just so dang excited. We are just over a month away from our first trip back home since we left and I can't even begin to tell you the kind of happy jitters I have about that. I feel like we are double dippin' in goodness this year... I have zero complaints about that.
Here's a small scroll through some of my favorite summer memories we made this year. Even though its not mama's favorite season... I know my family had a blast.
♥- Leilani
I hate trying to capture my everyday moments when its humid, hot, and icky outside. I don't like being limited on exploration and due to snakes, tarantulas, and chiggers (micro bugs that make you itch like crazy) it's pretty much impossible for me to venture out. I've also noticed that while the house we live in is beautiful, the lighting is less than ideal. I'm forced to use the same comfortable light I always do and that limits the stories I can capture. I guess that was a big chunk of complaints... but also a reminder of how excited I am about fall being right around the corner.
Fall in Texas is gorgeous and this year BOTH of my girls can roam the outdoors with comfortable weather. I'm most excited for that. I'm excited to watch their imaginations go wild on our walks through the neighborhood in the evenings. I'm excited to head down to the annual pumpkin palooza for our little city and watch the air balloons go up high in the sky. I'm excited to bring my camera everywhere without any hesitation. I'm just so dang excited. We are just over a month away from our first trip back home since we left and I can't even begin to tell you the kind of happy jitters I have about that. I feel like we are double dippin' in goodness this year... I have zero complaints about that.
Here's a small scroll through some of my favorite summer memories we made this year. Even though its not mama's favorite season... I know my family had a blast.
♥- Leilani
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
there are no words to describe exactly what I am feeling at this moment. This month I will be meeting Ava. My pregnancy journey is closing in and motherhood is just around the corner. I thought i'd continue to be nervous about having my child tangibly here. For some reason I feel a sense of calmness this morning. Like when she gets here, my mommy gears will be in full drive and I'll know what to do once I see her face and hear her first cries. Deployment is also closing in on us. I cannot wait to have my arms around Justin. I'm ready for relief, joy, and overwhelming happiness to submerge. I don't think I could map into words what the experience over the last 8 months has been like for me. I have more of an appreciation for life and I'm thankful that I can take something so positive away from this. tomorrow I will be 37 weeks pregnant ! A full term baby I'll be having. I had a growth scan done yesterday and miss Ava is sitting at around 5 lbs. Definitely still on the smaller side. So small that the doctors are still opting for an induction. A big chunk of me is saddened by not having a natural labor. I know a lot of women enjoy induction, aside from knowing your baby will be arriving shortly, I don't really see the excitement or naturalness of induction. I know some women are unable to experience natural labor due to medical reasons posing a threat to them or their baby, in which case any type of labor would be acceptable to me. But for me to willingly want an induction is ludicrous. I am one tough cookie. I don't want Ava coming into the world with a drugged up mama. There are some many books and studies available for us to read today. Our country is seriously doing something wrong. I personally think it's due in large part to such a dependency on modern medications and technology. Mothers are becoming lazy and not relying on what their bodies are built to accomplish. Let me end that rant, it's a controversial issue and May is not going to be that type of month.
THINGS I HAVE LEFT TO DO
buy more newborn clothes for my small sprout babybuy summer clothes for block leave in New Yorkget the windshield on the car replacedget tags for the car renewedfinish writing up labor planfinish prepping Ava's cloth diapers- Do one final and thorough wipe down of the entire house before Ava is ready to come home
- get my car detailed
- finish reading heading home with your newborn, from birth to reality
- remember to pace myself and take it easy
I feel like these next two weeks are going to go by fairly quickly. I'm excited to write about my labor and delivery experience and hope to get that out as soon as I'm home with my baby girl and have a minute to update my readers :) I hope everyone is prepping for summer ! It's going to be a good one ;)
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