Pumpkin Art

We had a lot of time on our hands today that we decided to paint our pumpkin.

Levia had such a blast that we decided to do a bit of face painting after.

 

Our pumpkin is not finished yet.

I have to add a coat of glue and glitter to the stem and then we'll be set to display our family's pumpkin on our shelf.

Can't wait to see how it turns out.

Levia's little work of art.

 



Pumpkin Patch 2014

 Our first trip to the Pumpkin Patch as a family of four.
How exciting it was for us.
Though the weather was not in our favor this time, we still managed to have fun.
It's been 3 years in a row that we've been coming to this one.
Not once has this place ever let us down.
It's beautiful!
I'm so happy we decided to take these photos before the pumpkins were gone.
Last year we waited too long and a lot of the pumpkins were missing.
It was still nice, but the more pumpkins the better.
Orange really is a beautiful color.

 

 

My beautiful family.



Oh Thursday

Oh what a day.

Today has been filled with two very needy girls.

Just waiting on my husband to get home.

 Rowan is asleep on me since she just finished nursing and Levia keeps asking about a bath.

Something I can not do right now.

She's very understanding, so she's anxiously waiting for Daddy.

That's one of her absolute favorite things.

Taking a bath.

She could be in there all day, splashing and playing with her toys.

It's funny when you ask her if she's ready to get out, she'll quickly lay on her stomach and says "no!".

I always laugh, she really could spend hours of the day in there if she was allowed to.

I'm glad Rowan sleeps a lot, but she loves to sleep on me.

She's quick to wake up when I move her.

I need to bring my ergo inside and see if she'll love that.

She'll be close to me and I'd have free hands.

But I always forget though.

 

 

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Rowan 7.5 weeks

 



My Breastfeeding Journey

Even though it's only the start of our breastfeeding journey, I'm proud to say that Rowan is still exclusively breastfed. (She's currently 7.5 weeks.)

That is something I could not say with my first child.

Levia was breastfed until she was about 6 months old, I do wish I could have breastfed her longer and exclusively.

I set goals for us this time.

Little goals to start off with.

Once I hit those little goals then I'm off to my next one.

I started off making these goals while I was pregnant.

I talked to my husband and in response he gave me his support.

He was proud of me, he is proud of me for keeping the goals I set.

If you're wondering what my goals are, here it is:

First, I told myself I will 100% breastfeed.

I will exclusively breastfeed.

No matter how tired I am, I will not give in.

"Breast is best!" is my motto.

Second, I decided to pump and freeze my milk for future use.

(Something I never did with Levia. I did use a pump but never stocked up. This time I have a freezer full of breast milk.)

Third, my goal is to breast feed exclusively until Rowan is 3 months.

Once, I hit that I go to my next goal which is 6 months.

Then 9 months.

Then 12 months.

I broke up the months that way I feel like my goals are short.

If I only looked at 12 months, I'd start to feel that's so far away.

I don't want to discourage myself.

Through all of this I have been blessed with a wonderful supportive husband.

I owe part of my accomplishments to him.

With Rowan, I also bought a nursing cover.

It has made feeding her in public so easy.

I'm not one to expose my breast, not that I am against it, it's just not for me.

As long as my baby is being fed and I am taking care of her, that's all that I care about.

I look forward to my breastfeeding journey with Rowan and updating how it's going for us.

 

For now, it's really going well.

She's loved.

She's being fed.

She's getting the best.

She's getting 100% of me.

 

 

I love how Rowan hold on to my clothes while nursing.

I remember Levia was all about holding the ends of my hair.

 

 

 

 

A photo of Rowan post-nursing.

Now that is one very satisfied baby.