A mothers work is never done

As I sit here at 5 in the morning holding my almost 17 month old who for the most part sleeps through the night now unless she's teething ( which she is) or pees through her diaper, wakes up and decides it's time to play, or.... Let's face it the list could go on... I quietly reflect on how beautiful she is. I realize that after almost 17 months if sleepless nights, rocking her to sleep, feeding her, changing her, and quietly tiptoeing out if her room not to wake her that a mothers work is never done. We are on call 24/7. There's no vacation days or holidays. We are always there for these little ones.

When she goes down at night, usually around 8:30, I feel like that's when I accomplish the most. I finally get to the laundry that's been sitting in the dryer all day, I finally sweep and mop the floor from splatters spaghetti, crumbled crackers, and who knows what else. I get to pick up all the  Tupperware strewn across the house ( yes she loves to play in the Tupperware drawer), I vacuum the tv room of yet more crumbs of crackers and what not ( how can someone so little make such a mess!) and finally when it's all done I get to sit down and who knows, watch a show, read a book, have a bowl of ice cream? And yet I'm too exhausted to do any of those things and so crawl into bed only to start over in a few hours. The question that lingers in my mind at the wee hours of the morning while holding my precious firecracker of a child is this, " is it worth it?" And my answer... YES. Every minute of it. I wouldn't change being a mother and having this little lady in my life for a second. Worth. Every. Minute. So.... I'm giving a shout out to you mothers who do it all. Bless your beautiful soul! And just remember, there's at least one mother out there doing the same thing :)

29 weeks

For Christmas I really wanted to do a 3D ultrasound for the little man. We did it with Hannah and it was so cool! So Sean finally gave in and we were able to see the little man at 29 weeks. He's so cute! I think he looks just like Sean :)

Christmas

Christmas was fabulous this time of year. Even though I missed home terribly I was lucky enough to spend it here with Sean's family. It was SO much fun!

Our festivities started on the Sunday before Christmas. We all went up to Sean's uncle Nate's house. It was great. We had fabulous food, great conversation, and a fun white elephant gift exchange. We really enjoyed ourselves and Hannah had a blast.

Christmas eve we gathered at Sean's parents house. We had an AMAZING Mexican dinner with mole, tamales, enchiladas, tacos and tons more. It was all SO good. I actually made my Mom's famous 7 layer bean dip and surprised myself. It was actually really really good! I also made my mom's english toffee that she makes every year at Christmas time. I'd like to start/keep these traditions for my family and continue with more traditions Sean and I will make. After dinner we gathered around for some great music and some great stories read by Grandpa Momberger and Papa Bowman. It was great!

Christmas morning we stayed here at home with our little family and opened presents here. Sean got me a breadmaker! I've wanted a breadmaker for the longest time and he got me such a great one. It makes REALLY good bread! I've made 3 loaves already and they've been devoured immediately. Best present ever :) Sean got a new phone, some tools, and lots of candy and clothes :) The best was little Hannah. She was AWESOME! We got her a cute little airplane thingy that she can sit on and steer around that she absolutely LOVES. She wouldn't get off the thing and better yet she could care less about the gifts Santa brought her. She's such a character :)

We then went and had breakfast at Sean's parents, came home got ready for the day and then headed back over to Sean's parents for Christmas dinner and presents. Hannah got the cutest little vacuum and blocks from the grandparents and grandma Bowman made the sweetest little blankets for the little man who's coming in March.

Overall it was such a great Christmas with family. We loved being together especially having Sean home these past two weeks. It's been so fun.