8 Weeks

Landon is 8 weeks old and those 8 weeks have been something else. Here's a synopsis.

Week 1: Adjusting to no sleep, enjoying beautiful newborn.
Week 2: Jeremy has kidney stones all week..single mom heaven 24/7 (note sarcasm).
Week 3: Bear Lake.
Week 4: California Vacation, Strep throat, van breaks down.
Week 5: Recover from vacations, fix van $$$$$, celebrate 8th wedding anniversary.
Week 6: Mastitis...I don't even want to talk about it.
Week 7: Finally back to normal?, start working again, Jeremy's birthday.
Week 8: Here we are...Lincoln's birthday, Ella starts school!

Maybe I'll post more about some of those events later, or maybe I won't. But seriously, through it all we learn to be really grateful for the things that are going well. To go along with the 8 weeks, here are 8 things I'm loving right now.

1. Landon's easy smile and the contortions of his face as he tries to figure out how to talk back to me.

2. Lincoln's fierce desire to be a good, happy boy and do everything he is asked. He's a dream right now.

3. Logan's very loud, repeated, "c'mon mom" whenever he wants me to do something with him, and his hilarious guffaw of a laugh...gets me every time.

4. Exercising. So great to have a recovered, healthy body.

5. An organized, clutter free home (for the moment). I'm that kind of person who gets a lot of joy from organization.

6. Ella's smile. She's struggling a bit lately and whenever I can get a smile out of her it really makes my day.

7. Three kids who sit and hug each other in line at the grocery store because they love each other so much.

8. Watching Jeremy play with the kids. They love their dad soooo much.

Eyes Wide Open

Logan (2-1/2 years old) told me today that he did not need a nap because "my eyes are turned on, mom."

Seriously, where's the off switch?