Living on a farm

Seth and I both grew up living "in the country". We both said that we did NOT want to live out in the country when we got older because it is waaaay to far out and we are busy bodies and like to "go go go". Well we are right where God wants us to be right now, while it may not have been "our plan". I actually do LOVE living on a farm. The main reason I hated living out in the country was because my parents never wanted to take me anywhere and it was so hard finding a ride when you live way out in the boonies! I said that when I grow up I am going to live in town so that my kids don't have to worry about living so far out and have a hard time finding a ride! Well as a kid really did like the farm life. I learned to drive at a very young age driving all around in trucks on the farm and I enjoyed the animals and taking care of them. I even really liked picking all the vegetables and fruit that we grew. So I think that maybe the good outweighs the bad. Sure you can't really have huge garage sales and lemonade stands, but actually on this road you could have a yard sale. Hmmm...well I guess I will just have to be more mindful when my kids grow up and get to that "pre-driving" age and remember how much I hated not driving but not having a ride either. As kids, I feel that the country life is way better. You don't have to worry about robbery as much, traffic, etc. But you do have to worry about snakes :( We even have a pond so we get to worry about alligators and drowning. Maybe it's not safer??

Here is some pics of us enjoying the farm today. I would really like to get more animals out here, but I don't want ALL the responsibility that comes with them and Seth is not exactly the "farming/nurturing to animals" type of guy. Maybe when the girls get older and can really help and take care of them. My biggest problem is that I really am girly and just like baby animals, once they are no longer babies, it is like they do not exist to me, lol! So then what? eat them I guess haha.

Stevie feeding the chickens:


See how much she loves those dumb chickens!
Mad at me because we left the chickens, btw Seth thinks this outfit looks like a clown, but I love it, it's so bright and colorful!
Our pond:

Ear Infections

Stevie Joy has been really sick and not acting like herself lately so I decided to take her into the doctor. We took her in because she has been throwing up a lot and has had really bad diarrhea, but when we got there they ended up telling us that she also has a double ear infection. This makes her 6th time this year! They gave her a shot (she screamed!) and she now has some antibiotics to take daily. We have to go back in two weeks to check things out. If things keep going like this the doctor recommends that she has tubes put in her ears. I am not too sure what all this entails so I don't really know how to feel about this. Surgery is scary, but chronic ear infections are dangerous too. I know the doctors know best so I just pray for divine wisdom and trust in Him that everything will be okay. One a positive note: Neela can now roll over kinda consistently. She hates when she does it though during her sleep b/c she does NOT like being on her back. It is sad, but kinda funny b/c her cry is so pathetic and I go in there and she just has this adorable, confused look on her face :) Am I a mean mommy to think this is funny? haha

We may be getting a baby pig, but the girl hasn't gotten back with me yet. We are trying to "stock" the farm up. We have cows, goats, chickens, and dogs (oh yeah and one cat). A pig would kinda complete the farm don't you think? Here is a picture of them:

Another attempt

I am going to try this whole blogging thing again. I feel like we have a pretty, fun, and interesting life so we should share it with others. I am very entertained reading other people's blogs, but for some reason just find it to be so much work when doing my own. I do see the benefits in having it though. Especially with baby number two I am constantly trying to think back to how it was with the first one and the tricks we did, milestones, etc. If I had something like this I think it would help.

Probably won't be that in depth, but I am going to give it a try and see how it goes :)

I worked a half a day today. I really don't mind working all that much, but like I always tell Seth,
"My best day at work still doesn't compare to my worst day at the house!". I just really enjoy being home with my girls!! Speaking of my girls, they are doing very well. Neela is now 16.5 lbs, I can't believe it! Stevie is only like 22 lbs so that means they are 15 months apart but only 5.5 lbs apart. At this rate, Stevie Joy will catch up to her very quickly.

The girls are so different, like night and day. Stevie is much more "things HAVE to go her way" type of baby and Neela is a "laid back" kind of baby. Here is a typical example: the other morning getting ready for church Neela was lying on her blanket in the middle of the floor cooing and giggling at who knows what playing all by herself just as happy as can be while Stevie on the other hand had to follow me around and let me know that she wanted to watch a show, then proceeded to "tell me" (by whining) that the show I put on for her was not the right show so we had to go through the DVR library to see what she wanted to watch :) Then she wanted her juice....you get the picture? I am interested to see how Neela will be at the toddler age. I know you are suppose to love every age, but the baby stage still isn't my favorite. Well actually I really love it when they first come home from the hospital and you get to spoil them and just hold a sweet baby all day. And you are still healing so no one expects you to do anything either. So basically your full time job is to hold, nurse, and love on this sweet little baby that you have been "cooking" inside of you for nine months! I love it! Definitely one of my fav. stages, but then after about 2 weeks, I start lying them down for naps and training them to be independent sleepers meaning they learn to put themselves to sleep with no props. Neela is so awesome at this! In fact she won't even go to sleep if you are holding her (kinda bad when you are at a public place and you need to hold her for her nap, basically impossible!)

Well Seth is wanting some alone time now that he is through with his stuff on his computer, let's see how this blogging goes from here on out :P

Alina's Rockstar 1st Birthday

We had a lot of fun at Alina's birthday party this weekend! She had a rockstar theme, we really thought that more people would dress up (atleast a little) so we kinda stuck out like soar thumbs, oh well ;)

Stevie walking video

This is her on her first day walking! she is much better now ;)

April

We have a new baby goat on the farm. We decided to name her April, since she was born in April (how original)! She is so cute, I love baby animals.

Walking! YaY!!

Stevie Joy has finally decided to walk. She has literally been at the "almost" walking stage for longer than I have seen any other baby. She has always reached all of her milestones way early (sitting up, rolling over, crawling, etc.). The day she started crawling she also started pulling up and cruising, we just knew she would walk early. However, she just really enjoyed crawling soooo much that she decided to stick with that. Everyone always says that mommies shouldn't rush the whole walking thing because it is more difficult having a baby that can walk, but I don't really see how. For one, she would always hold out her hand and want me to walk her around the house and she was never was satisfied with one (or 4+ laps). And for two, she would WANT to get down whenever I was holding her, but I couldn't let her bc she couldn't just walk around (and a baby can't crawl on dirty floors). So far I have not been sad about the fact that she is walking. With this big 'ol belly always in the way and no hips to rest a baby's butt on, I am happy to let her roam around on her own and explore and not tote her around EVERYWHERE, I mean at least now I have a choice, whereas b4 all I could do is hold her. Also, I really wanted her to walk b4 Neela came (10 more weeks!!). I think it came at a good time, she started walking the day before Easter so she was able to walk around and hunt eggs and my parents got to see her walk which is really exciting. My dad said that I was walking at 9 months and Seth's mom said that he was walking at 17 months! So I guess that 12 months is a good in between age! Whenever I find my camera I will post some pics of her walking and try to do a video for ya'll.