Life lately

Life lately has been hectic. Motherhood has been at an all time challenging high. August is beyond rambunctious. I can't take my eyes off of him for a second! Yesterday he took off while I was busy juicing. I heard him in the garage and when I went out to check on him he was gone. I hopped on my bike and checked in the cul de sac where he would normally go if/when he takes off. He wasn't there so I started calling his name and getting more panicked. I turned at the top of our street and saw his little scooter parked on a sidewalk that leads to a pond. PANIC set in! I threw my bike down and ran to the pond and there as my little boy, only wearing a shirt and a dracula cape and that is it! He was running back and forth talking to the geese (thankfully they didn't peck him!) Life is just exhausting lately. Elly won't nap and the only time I can take a deep breath and relax mentally is when August is in his room with the door closed. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but for me this is new. Elyse was 5 when Levi came along and Levi was almost 5 when August came along. This baby toddler thing ain't for the faint of heart! I don't think I really understood how hard it is for moms with a lot of little kids that are close together. Now I know how incredibly chaotic and stressful it is to be taking care of 2 little ones who need me completely all the time! Phew!

Thanksgiving

My family drove down to be with us for Thanksgiving! We had a great time and some yummy food!

 

 

We went to see Hunger games and when I asked Hyrum (15) to hold my purse I couldn't resist snapping this photo!

Goodbye party

Levi had a going away party 2 days before we left with his cute friends. He was so sad to leave them, but he has been a trooper and despite his reluctance has made some great new friends here. 

Last meal

Our favorite restaurant was Meskrem Ethiopian in the West Village. We went there a few weeks before we moved for one last meal. I posted this on instagram and everyone groused and said it looked like poopy throw up. Well it's dang good poopy throw up that we miss terribly! 

Heritage

One day we went blueberry picking in NJ (way back last summer) and we happened to drive by this house. I wasn't even looking but Can said "hey isn't that your Aunt's house?" This was my grandmother's childhood home. My Aunt Francis lived in it until she died in about 2002. The last time we went there was when Elyse was 5 months old. We went right after Laura died on a 3 day trip so I brought Elyse 3 changes of clothes and approximately 5 diapers, why would I need more? This is why 19 year olds shouldn't have kids. 

This house is actually really interesting. My great grandfather married his wife when she was 13 and he much much older. They had 13 kids and kept expanding on this house, which ended up being quite a creepy maze of a house. They were Italian immigrants who wanted to keep their heritage a secret so they changed their last name and didn't teach their kids the language or customs. My dad actually found out this story when he was a small child. He was exploring the basement when he came across a headstone with the name "Sagaricci" on it. He asked enough questions until someone gave him the answer. So strange to think you would keep your background a secret. 

It was pretty cool to see since I had come here ever since I was a small child and I didn't think I'd ever see it again.  It was sold a few years ago but it looks just the same. 

Atlantic city

Karley invited us to Atlantic city for 2 nights and of course we couldn't pass it up! It was fun even though the pool was gross and we all got sick and didn't sleep. 

I was 35 weeks with Elly!

Mavi and August LOVED each other. Sad sauce. 

Elly's Blessing

Our little Cannon Elias was blessed at Thanksgiving time when my family was in town. Thank you all for coming, it was so great to show you all our new town! We love our little Elly belly and are so beyond thankful to our Father in heaven for sending him to us. He is so easy going and happy. He lights up whenever he sees any one of us. He loves to laugh at his siblings antics and sadly still keeps his mama up at night nursing.