Ho Ho Ho

Time always seems to speed up so fast right after you have a baby. I think it is because their minutes of life are like sand. You grab a handful and then they are gone. Little babies change so fast, I just feel desperate to soak in every minute. So here we are, he is 7 months old and it is almost Christmas! Yikes! I will be switching into high gear here soon...I just know it. First things first, a Christmas card. Every year I visualize a beautiful picture of my kids and fight envy as all the beautiful cards of kids smiling at the camera arrive  in my post box. Seriously? I'm not sure how they do it.

First I think how great it would be to have the entire family in the picture but then I realize that I am not at all how I look in my head. I know that sounds really vain but holy crap. When you look down at your "girls" they don't look nearly as large as when you are looking directly at them. Nursing boobs are not my favorite. 

Second try, all kids looking at me...the Mom with the camera who no one is really interested in looking at anyway because they are perched on a rock wall. Genius, so all my boys want to do is jump off of it. I have thrown in the towel and embraced the beauty in reality. These are my kids and this is my picture. ( the one without the boobs)