These past two months flew by! We had my WHOLE family in town! It was amazing. It was fun to be in one house together again plus the extra few in my family. I think I have finally achieved my goal of overcoming their fears of L.A to LOVING IT! There were even hints of possible retirement at this location ;). I couldn't agree more, my love for this place grows every week. There is just something about that ocean ;) Kiera embraced in all of the attention! I miss her calling their names every morning. We did so many fun things as a family. We even took a two day trip to Palm Springs. Even if all of the activities were fun my favorite thing simply is just walking with my family, snuggling in the girls room for a chit chat session, teasing the brothers about girls, prayer/ family gatherings right before bed and battling my siblings in determination to win our newest board game. Also I really really loved being able to see them love my children and admire them the way I do.
So how is it with two?
I am still in awe that I am a MOTHER of two. I still haven't gotten over the fact that I am married. I am just so grateful that I am at this stage and have the blessing of them. They have changed my life and have added purpose to a different degree. Kiera has adapted well to her little sister but is jealous at times and I have to work hard at giving her individual attention. Which Liana has made it easy to do since she is such a good baby! I was nervous that she would be hard since Kiera was easy! But I guess Heavenly Father wants to encourage me to have more ;). haha Liana is growing fast! At her 5 week check up she was already 10 pds. She can focus her eyes on me now and has started to smile! Which just melts my heart. Kiera attempts to make her smile too. Kiera is such a mommy at heart too. When Liana cries she tries to comfort her I even heard her tell her not to worry since mommy is coming. She has started to last 6 hours without a feeding at night which is nice :D. I hope this pattern continues to 8. What has made the biggest difference to this adjustment is of course my amazing husband who has been helping out a lot. It's so sweet watching him get up in the middle of the night if Kiera has a nightmare or something odd. It's also incredibly helpful when he takes the kids in the morning if they wake up before 8! There are diff moments when I am just too tired to handle them. Usually at 5pm when both are crying at the same time. I have realized that breathing helps and letting one cry for a while is really no big deal. Oh how I love our growing family :D
