Outnumbered mom

Sometimes I think about having two kids and it stresses me out ha ha. I love Noelle, she is sweet, silly, affectionate, curious, smart, loving, friendly, amazing, beautiful, helpful, empathetic, she's a great sleeper (now anyway), she loves to cuddle, she's great with other kids, she loves babies, she's a little angel and I adore her! But sometimes she can be quite a handful, as any toddler. She is quite dramatic and can throw a tantrum to rival anyone. When I think about our expectant arrival coming this December I get a little overwhelmed. Noelle gets 100% of my attention right now, and when she has to share me, how will she handle that? When will I take a shower? Or eat?! Most days I do those things while Noelle naps, so what happens when she's napping and the baby is awake? What happens when I have to go to the grocery store? I don't even know how that's possible with two under two! I guess I would have to wear the baby and let Noelle sit in the cart.... Did I mention the lack of sleep?! How can you do that with two kids on different schedules?! Will I ever have any clean clothes? Ok, I could probably manage to wash and dry the clothes, but folding them is like 99% not going to happen. It pretty much only happens about 50% of the time now anyway ha ha. So yeah, sometimes I think about having two kids and it stresses me out.

But sometimes I think about having two kids and it makes me happy. I think about Noelle and all of her wonderful traits and how she's going to make such a great big sister! I think about how my girls will be best friends. I think about all the cuddles and love I will get from my little sweethearts. All those little hugs and kisses I'll get. I think about how little and helpless Noelle used to be and I get an uncontrollable little smile on my face thinking about it, I have loved and still love watching her learn to do new things and become a little person. I love watching her have fun and interact with other people. I still get to watch her grow, but now I will also get to watch another little one grow up! How exciting is that?!

Just yesterday David was like, "Man, what are we going to do when we have two kids?! How are you going to do that all day when I'm not here?!" Uh, yeah, good question honey! Ha ha, I just said, "I guess we'll see!" Because I have no idea! It will be an adventure, that's for sure! We have managed to survive Noelle so far, and she's survived us, so I think our chances of success this time around are pretty good... Of survival that is, not necessarily of knowing what we're doing or doing it well, but surviving, I think we can all manage that ha ha.

I'd love to hear any advice anyone wants to give about adding baby number two to the family. Bring it on.