My Once Upon a Time...

I really struggled with this one. When Fox turned one, we had a huge birthday party for him. While I would've liked the same for Finn, he didn't have baby friends like Fox did and with everything going on this year, I also didn't feel like throwing a party. I felt guilty over it for months leading up to the day. I kind of tried to justify it, thinking that we would go to Disneyland and the beach the week before his birthday, so that would be his birthday party. It's been two months since he turned one and honestly, I don't even remember what we did that day. Insert Mom Guilt here. Katie decided to have a little birthday celebration for him at her house a week later and invited me. It turned out that me and one set of grandparents were the only people in attendance.  I didn't want to miss his "party" and seeing him eat his cake, but I was really struggling with my feelings of being in that house. It just didn't feel right and made me s...

A little late, but this was our busy August! Apparently I took a million pictures this month, so hang in there! I turned around and he was halfway up the ladder. I'm not ready for the climbing stage. Little dude didn't feel too good that day, so I got a lot of extra snuggles. One of them is always hugging the other. Trying out his new (or should I say hand me down from big brother) big boy carseat. I was a little sad to retire the baby car seat for good. Okay, I was really sad. I took Fox to a birthday party while Katie was with Finn. I love being able to take him solo sometimes and I think he loves it too. It was a swim and foam party and he had a blast. All the kids waiting for their turn to hit the piñata! More baby snuggles...because one day he won't want to do it anymore. These pictures are exactly one year apart. First wagon ride for Finn, he was so happy and content the entire time. Wheneve...