Addie Kate has been doing a lot better than we expected as a big sister. She had a couple of rough days when we first brought him home but since then has been great. We try and make her feel very involved in helping with him and she loves it. He is a real live baby doll.
Owen loves Addie Kate! She can get the biggest smiles out of him! I love that they love each other and have seriously been praying that they would grow up loving each other.
Getting out with two kids is quit different than just one. I literally dreaded grocery shopping with both of them, but it really hasn't been bad at all (maybe because Owen sleeps the whole time). What has surprised me is how many comments I get when I am out. I had someone ask me the other day if they were twins and then someone else asked me if they were nine months and a day apart. I have also had people ask me if we were done having kids after this. Total strangers asking me that. Its not like I have five kids with me when they ask me that. It makes you feel kinnda crazy.
So far life with two kids is much easier than I had anticipated. When I found out I was pregnant with Owen, I literally did not sleep for a week. We had wanted two close together, but when it was actually going to be a reality it was really scary for me. I worried about everything I could have worried about. Would I be able to handle two kids? Would they get along? The list goes on and on. God has been so faithful during this process...everything from insurance to preparing our family for another addition. Being a mom is absolutely the hardest but also the most rewarding job there could be (especially with a toddler and learning to discipline.) I am so blessed to be Addie Kate and Owen's mom. I regularly pray that God would help me to be the best mother to them that I can be.
