7 Months, We Are Both Growing Up

Miss Lou is 7 months.







I don't really know how 7 months with this little firecracker has gone by so fast. If you read my blog, or talk to me much you know that this little Lou has been a really big challenge for our family.

But isn't it interesting the things you are dealt that you didn't know you need?

Why did I need a challenging baby who doesn't like to be put down, cries all the time and STILL wakes up 5 times a night (yes last night!) you ask??????

Well she and how time consuming, energy exhausting, and mentally ruining she has been has been so good for me. It's made me mature and grow as a mother so much. I have been FORCED into a lot of things. I have been forced to simplify my life. To prioritize. To become more unselfish. To simplify the people that I interact with, the things I do, where I go, and yes.. my internet and blog surfing (heaven forbid!)
It is too bad that I didn't willfully do all these things out of sheer common sense. It took a firecracker that basically just made it so I wasn't capable of doing it all.
Raising a family is important business. Business that is sacred and the things and people that take us away from it should be important and worth our time. When I have my own personal time I am finding I am very choosy about what I do, what show I might watch, what craft I might craft, or what friend I might call.

It's not like I have totally traveled this journey and I am some all knowing expert. It's just something I am realizing slowly in hindsight. This is a journey that I am still on. A journey that I think has different turns with different road with each new child you have and each stage your children are in. It's most likely is a third child thing for me maybe more than the hard third child thing (maybe those of you that too have just had your third or second or first can offer your opinion) because the three kids in and of itself has preeeeeetty much put me over the edge and had to make me really adjust to some stuff. Maybe it's different for everyone, we all have our thresholds.

It's been really interesting having Indie and moving at the same time. Being in a new neighborhood has it's own adjustments and then pairing that with adjusting to this third baby and this journey I am on in my own personal life and family. It's definitely a huge part of the journey. Being in a neighborhood like I am in you don't just automatically have an age group that is where you automatically be together. We are all the same age, in the same stage of life, mostly newly moved in knowing few people. Finding connections can be hard. Finding people who are genuine, sincere and have depth... well... I'll let you know. So far it's proving to be wonderfully surprising and at the same time pretty disappointing.

So anyway.. Indie Lou is 7 months and we are up and kicking (usually all night).