There’s no real point to this post except to share some photos of my deliciously cute boys. There has been a ton going on in my life this week between work and family and sometimes at the end of the day, before I go to sleep, I flip through my photos just to see Ashton and Alex’s little faces. I think every mom would agree that there’s a certain magic that happens when your kids have been in bed for a few hours and you’ve had some time to yourself (and perhaps a glass of wine) (or two): the day-to-day challenges like the annoying whining, dinner chaos, dirty messes and overall exhaustion they wreak upon your life don’t seem to matter. I forget that in the two seconds I took to go to the bathroom today, Ashton took his blue crayon to the walls and living room cabinets and while I was scrubbing to get it off, he dumped his snack cup filled with goldfish onto the rug and stomped them into oblivion. The stomping woke the baby up, which screwed his sleep schedule for the afternoon, so even though I put him in his crib he was screaming his face off with overtiredness while I was trying to wash Ashton’s hair at bedtime. And washing Ashton’s hair is a knock-down, drag-out affair these days. There was water all over the floor and let’s just say my stress level and blood pressure were not low.
But….but. Now that I’m in that magic zone and a few hours removed from the experience, it doesn’t seem that bad. So when I look at their pictures, all I feel is love. Here are a few of my favorites from the last week, especially this first one.
Owen is Ashton’s very best friend and they were swinging together on a gorgeous summer night – you can just see the joy on Ashton’s face and it melts my heart. Also on Ashton’s face is dirt, because they were playing in a big pile of it.
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I also just bought him his first pillow. The other night, I checked the monitor before going to bed and I could NOT make out what was going on in Ashton’s crib. Some weird shadow or shape? I went in and found this.
NILL FAMILY news 