Author Archives: Jess

2 months

2 months

Eva has been with us for 2 whole months and I’m tired.  I think I’m the most tired I’ve ever been in my whole life.

But look at that face… that makes it all worth it.

And I have a lot of help.

brother and sister

brother and sister

I love that Jonah has taken to just carrying Eva around and hanging out with her.  It makes me thankful that I homeschool and that my big kids get to be HERE for this babyhood that goes by so fast.  Sometimes the baby is the lesson- a lesson they can only get by being home.

just one hour

Sometimes I am paralyzed by the thought of doing something.  I fret about all the work it might take to get there or the mess it might make that I already don’t feel like cleaning up.  It’s funny how such thoughts are such an energy drain.  Granted, getting myself and six kids ready and out the door more often than not causes breaches in my patience.  A batch of new play dough or a sewing project with a child inevitably creates piles of clutter and a crumbly mess on the floor.

But doing is always worth it no matter how hard it is to overcome the inertia of not.

autumn

found fort

walk

cheese

grass

j

almost done

color

blue::yellow

over

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together

pods

mantis

Doing, acting creates more energy than all the fretting sucks up.

Just one hour can hold a whole day’s worth of connection, beauty, fun, wonder, and creative rejuvenation.

It’s one of those lessons I have to learn over and over and over.

(photos by both Brenna and I)