Whatever happened with me blogging?
Maybe it's the fact that I can't figure out how to post pictures anymore...
Or the fact that instagram is so incredibly easy.
Or maybe it's caused by the rapid decline in readers? I must ask, does ANYONE read blogs anymore? Does anyone read THIS blog anymore?
Either way, I should be updating.
Having a baby makes life move in both slow-motion and super-speed at the same time. Most days, I look at my seasoned sitter, 1/4 of a cheerio eater (he is a tad slow on the chewing part of being a baby), sitting up in the big boy tub of a baby and I wonder...
Where in the world did my baby go?
Once Cole hit 6 months I felt like my life was back; I felt like I could really experience the true joy of being a parent. I loved that he and I could interact, that he would babble to himself all day and laugh because I'd make a silly face. I cherished the moments of he in the high chair, and me at the table, eating at the SAME time...
7 months was even better. That sweet boy just grew and grew...not necessarily in size, but he was soaking everything up like a sponge! He would imitate me, and started growling like a lion - even on command! He began trying to un-buckle his car seat, and hasn't stopped trying since (luckily without success). Shane went off to another week of scout camp, just in time for me to get the flu and run a week's worth of two ballet workshops. Amazingly, we survived. Barely.
Now here we are...8 months into witnessing my little baby grow up too quickly. Although he can't crawl yet, Cole still seems to know how to get into everything and I find myself constantly laughing at what things he has discovered to play with. I love his adventurous personality. I adore the happiness he carries with him. I live for his dimpled smile.
One day, someday, this little fireball will let me hold him tight. Someday he will let me snuggle him, read him stories, and sing him lullabies. That still seems to be the only thing that I wish and hope for the opportunity to experience. Someday.
But for today, I'm going to try my hardest to be the best mom that this little boy deserves. I'm going to take him outside so he can pick more grass, and pull off more leaves off the tree. Drive him around town so he can enjoy the view of trying to un-buckle that seatbelt of his. Help him walk from one end of the house to the other, and praise him for trying so hard to learn and grow. I will help him hold the hairbrush and brush his hair just to make him laugh. I will kiss him endlessly and tell him a million times how much I love him...
because I do. I simply can't get enough.
12 comments:
I still read your blog! I love reading the updates and not just seeing the snippets on instagram. You are an amazing mommy and your little cutie is so lucky to have you as his mommy!
Love it! Hey, I still read blogs...but I might be the only one! Keep writing! You will be so glad you did.
I still read YOUR blog kenzie. its always so full of inspiration. I love hearing the joy new mothers get from their babies. it reminds me of all the things ive forgotten to enjoy. its good for me.
so dont stop.
thanks
:)
I feel like no one reads blogs anymore, too! But I do. :) I read your blog!
I still read! :) it definitely gets harder to blog with busy little ones around!
cute Kenz!! I read your blog ... and keep doing it even IF no one reads it. It will be a treasured family history of thoughts and memories that you will not remember ten years from now. And in ten years when Cole (and his little brothers and sisters) are reading about when he was a baby ... they will LOVE IT!!
I read! I like the comment from Jacy. Keep doing this so your children can be the future readers. Oh how I wish I had recorded more of the details about my babies. At the time I thought, I will always remember this moment. But it's so easy to forget.
I still read too! And I too am SO behind! Cole is so cute Kenzie. You are such a cute mommy too!
Keep the blog posts coming!
These recorded simple memories will become such a treasure to you someday. You'd be amazed what events and feelings you once experienced become nothing but a faded, distant memory as time passes. I'm thinking it's time for me to start blogging again!
I love you and that baby Cole oh, so much. xoxo
I don't get onto blogs very often, but I enjoy yours when I do. Actually I just got onto blogger and yours is the only one I looked for to catch upon. But maybe I'll have to check Brooks since she said she may start blogging again. :) I'm thinking of starting a different blog, so maybe I'll be in the blog world again. :)
Kenzie, I love to read your blog. You and your family are such a cute little ray of sunshine and that is what keeps all of us returning to read and visit your blog.
So much of motherhood is really deciding what is good, better, and best for our family, children, and ourselves. If a blog turns into a social pressure, another burden on your shoulder, or an item of guilt it may not be worth it anymore. Those kind of decisions are very personal and unique to each individual.
Luckily there are so many options for recording our memories for ourselves and our families because as Brooke said they do fade fast. Whether it's a blog, photos, Instagram, or a good old fashion journal those beautiful moments we cherish can be simply saved and preserved in the style that works best for us. And because we can't save every memory we just LOVE and ENJOY as much of life in the very moment.
You are an amazing women Kenzie, we all love you so very much.
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