Comments on: I survived. /post/2016/09/01/survival/ Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 By: Lisa /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3036 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 03:42:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3036 Thanks for the encouragement!! I agree, I may just be used to the chaos because this week does seem a bit better but I swear I have just as much going on! I keep telling myself it’s just a season.

]]> By: Gretchen Braun /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3022 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 16:49:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3022 Your life sure is chaotic right now! I went through a few months like that back in spring, and like you said it’s just a season. Either that or I just got used to the chaos and now it seems normal! Either way, you’ll make it through and come out stronger in the end 🙂 I believe in you!

Thanks for taking the time to link up with us!!

]]> By: Lisa /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3020 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:25:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3020 Oh gosh, I totally loved my first hike but it was EXHAUSTING. I recommend going on a toddler-led hike and wearing the smaller baby so you don’t have to push a stroller. And bring a snack so that if all of the other kids have one your kid doesn’t stare at them longingly until they share… because yeah, that definitely happened to us! Hahahaha!

]]> By: Lisa /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3021 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:25:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3021 YES! I don’t want to give up anything but when it rains, it pours! Everything I’m involved in seems to be getting more hectic in this season, but it should get slower after October. Hopefully!

]]> By: Lisa /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3019 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:23:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3019 Gosh the balance between doing too much and being bored is SO hard to find! It totally varies day to day for me! I think motherhood has the tendency to be very boring and isolating for me, so I definitely go out of my way to be active in other things, too!

]]> By: Lisa /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3016 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:21:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3016 The exhaustion is REAL in the third tri! I’m so glad I have most of my energy back AT LAST. Once I stop breastfeeding I probably won’t even recognize myself, I’ll feel so good! I can’t believe he doesn’t get any paternity leave! That is AWFUL and shouldn’t even be legal. It seems like almost no companies offer it and I hate that. Tim went back to work after 2 weeks and it wasn’t so bad, so hopefully you get into the groove of things pretty quickly! And either way, definitely snapchat away 🙂

]]> By: Lisa /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3017 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:21:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3017 Awww thanks for the kind words! I really love MOPS. We didn’t have it in Chicago and I have no clue why, it’s such a great organization and I highly recommend it!

]]> By: Lisa /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3018 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:21:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3018 Yessss I love all food, but especially when it’s brought to me!

]]> By: Lisa /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3015 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:19:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3015 Thanks for the kind words! One baby is plenty overwhelming, so your feelings are VERY valid! I just want someone to be at my house 100% of the time who cooks and cleans and sometimes babysits… for free. Is that really too much to ask?!

]]> By: Lisa /post/2016/09/01/survival/#comment-3013 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:18:00 +0000 /?p=6901#comment-3013 It IS super overwhelming, but I also know this is just a season where everything is happening at once and it should all slow down in a few months! When it rains it pours right?! And I love what you say about different moms – so true!

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