On Being a Mother

I know that it is awful. I admit that I now feel very foolish, dumb, and guilty for having ever thought this way in the slightest bit. But, before having Harper, I did not give motherhood enough credit.
When I was pregnant, Kenny and I were talking with his brother and sister-in-law about our plans for the summer. I was saying how after I had Harper, I was going to go to school and get a part time job and still be able to do the whole mom and breastfeeding thing because I was worried about not having enough to do after working and going to school full time for the last year and a half... I wanted to keep myself busy. They were both very sweet about my foolishness... gave a chuckle, a nice smile, and wished me good luck (looking back, they both clearly knew that I had no clue what was coming).
Tomorrow, it will be my two months into eternity (because that is how long you are a mom for, eternity) and I must say that being a mom is hard work! In these two months, I have felt more tired, frustrated, confused, incapable, incompetent, overwhelmed, and exhausted than I could have ever imagined. However, I have also felt and been given the most patience, acceptance, support, and unconditional from Kenny, Harper, my family, and my Heavenly Father than I could have ever imagined. It has been simply amazing. I am truly blessed to be a mom.
On that note, I owe a HUGE thank you to my mother! She is the best! I truly aspire to be like my mother. She is such a good example to me with her constant service and care for others, her strong foundation in the gospel, and her steadfastness in standing for what is right. She is the most amazing women ever. She was my best friend all growing up. She is always there to just listen when I need to talk and give comforting advice. She knows just what to say and is usually right. She has always been there supporting and helping me. I just wish and hope that I can be half the mother, friend, and example for my kids that my mom was for me.


Thanks Mom! I love you so much!

A Quick Hello

Here is Harper about to take a bath! She absolutely loves being in the water. We put her in and she is just totally content... will calm down immediately and lick her lips repeatedly the whole time she is in.


Harper in her robe Uncle Cole got her!

Also, just wanted to say hello to my Grandpa & Grandma Dethloff! I absolutely love you guys and can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks!

Its almost over but....

Harper's First Easter

2 weeks

So I am trying to be better at updating this with picture for my mother. Harper is now 2 weeks old. We had a doctor's appt. today and she is a big baby. For her age she is in the 100% for her height and head size and in the 90% for weight... so i guess at least she is proportionate. But anyways, we are having tons of fun with her. Being a parent is absolutely amazing! It is crazy how much you love them... she doesn't even do anything except eat, sleep, poop, and cry... but we both are completely in love with our little girl.
Oh... there is one thing that she does that is entertaining (well at least to us), this is the face that she makes when she is gassy or about to go to the bathroom...



Sorry it is such a bad picture, but have you ever seen the movie Zoolander with Ben Stiller? Pretty funny, huh?!!

Harper Lilian- 3.10.10

more to come... someone is wanting to eat!

ugh...

DEAR CANKLES,

Please go away! I do not fancy having such fat,swollen ankles, they are not fun to walk on or look at. Plus, I miss getting to wear my boots to church. Oh and you can take the stretch marks and fat face with you!

Thanks,
Brittany

Done!

So as of Friday, I am officially unemployed! My last day was Friday and it was fabulous! I have loved my job, it has been such a great blessing and opportunity. But I can honestly say that when I got to work on Friday, I just felt done with it. I feel like I had done everything that I could and needed to with that job! I am really going to miss all of the friends and people that I met there... but thank goodness for facebook, goodbyes are no longer really goodbyes just more of a stalk you on facebook.
So... now with all of this free time for the remaining 20 days, I can focus on getting my classes done this semester and getting ready for our little girl. Plus, I am so excited to get more time to sew. (Kenny and I had a deal... we both had things that we wanted to get before having a family, I wanted a sewing machine and he wanted a video camera... nothing fancy for either of them, just the basics. So for Christmas this year, we got just that) But I have had a blast sewing so far. I have made a boppy pillow, burp rags, put some ruffles on the bum of a couple of onesies, mended somethings for Kenny and I, and just goofed around a lot. I am still quite an amateur but i absolutely love to sew and have tons of projects that I am excited to get too!