For any of you who have, for whatever reason, tried to continually check-in to Brittain’s blog to find out the latest with the Gill family and have found NO updates for several months, let me catch you up. We now have a 5 year old who is in Kindergarten and an almost 7 month old (on October 19th). Where has the time gone you ask? I am wondering the same thing.
It started about 4 months ago, that little voice in the back of my head that would consistently say to me, “the blog, the blaaaaaaag”. I would feel that tinge of guilt and make a promise to myself that I would start trying to catch up THAT night. Then, that night would hit, the kids would be in bed and I would find myself sitting on the couch staring into nothingness and wondering when my brain would reset so that I could actually think again. Writer’s block? Perhaps. But the problem with that theory is that I have so much inspiration in my own home every single day. The only thing I can figure is that it has to be Writer’s Overload. I have SO much I want to say, too much probably. It’s more than I feel like I’m able to type, and I’m sure it’s more than any of you want to hear.
At this point you may be wondering why I’m writing now? What was it about today that made me want to write? Well, to be honest it really just stems from that guilt thing. Coleman already has had only about a quarter of the number of pictures taken of him than we took of his big sister. ?And the videos? I just hope we have two or three of those (compared to the hundreds of Brittain)…and more importantly I hope we know where the hell they are and that they didn’t get deleted accidentally. And also it’s because I’m sick and tired of having the most insanely long mental list of things I need/want to do and nothing ever being crossed off of it…like couponing…and updating my photography website…and doing some more photography…and getting in touch with some long lost friends…and doing things that would qualify me for becoming mom and wife of the year…
I’ve missed all the important milestones in Coleman’s life so far. I’ve spent the last week or so wondering how I could possibly let these things slide without making a big announcement about them on the blog. But then it occurred to me. It’s as if with Coleman everything is going at warp speed. And I’m not just talking about the fact that now that I have 2 kids, things just move more quickly. I’m talking in a literal sense. If you have been a follower of Brittain’s blog for a while you know that Brittain wasn’t even crawling on her first birthday. We were able to sit Brittain in the middle of our bed, turn on a Baby Einstein video and go off and take a shower and get ready without her budging from the spot we put her in until she was well over a year old. Coleman, on the other hand, has already toppled off the bed onto the floor twice when we have taken our eyes off him for 2 seconds to tend to the other child. We are still adjusting to the difference in personality…and the fact that he’s a boy. At 6 months old he is crawling and starting to pull up. He grabs anything within his reach and is best known for his ability to spit up on anyone that holds him (or even just those standing near him). He’s happy all the time, except when he’s hungry. We decided to make our own baby food this time around and it’s a good thing we did. We would definitely be near broke from this expenditure alone. At 6 months and weighing in at 19 pounds, the kid likes to eat. Polar opposite from his sister we’ve now got a GOOD eater on our hands, as it looks so far. He actually likes vegetables…he will literally eat anything that you put in front of him…as long as it fills up his tummy.
So much is different now. Some things are frustrating, but within the walls in which I live, the beautiful children that we created put things in perspective for me, and at the end of any day I go to bed thanking God for what I have been blessed with.
Here we go…bear with me. There’s clearly several months of catching up to do here.
