Let’s Chat

Hey hey!

Today I am wising that I was sitting outside in the beautiful weather and chatting with a friend. Since that is not really happening today, I am going to pretend like I am chatting with you here on my blog.

What would you want to talk about?

Here are some things on my mind:

• Orion is just the sweetest. He doesn’t sleep well at night AT ALL, but otherwise he’s just this perfect little human baby and we couldn’t be more delighted with him!
• On that note, when I had my 6 week postpartum checkup, they gave me a postpartum depression questionnaire. None of the questions applied to me currently (postpartum), but every.single.one was true during my pregnancy. And yet no one knew to look out for that, so I here I was just MISERABLE and turns out…I was probably extremely depressed. I’ve only heard of two other mothers who experienced pre-natal depression, but I think it needs to be talked about more.
• I LOVE SPRING. I am so excited to plant a sunflower field!
• My oldest is 8 years old and we have really started the whole puberty chats in earnest. It’s a little bit overwhelming for both of us, but I’m really proud of both of us for tackling the topic realistically and normally. Having normal conversations instead of just handing her a book or hoping someone at school informs her well enough. We did go to a class at our school last night for Moms + Daughters and it was wonderful. I am so thankful for the God-centered focus and the fact that over and over again Mrs. Hunter emphasized that the young lady should go and ask Mom first!
• Is jump roping a *thing* again? I think it is! My kids LOVE it and and I love watching them. I even ordered a double dutch jump rope so our whole family can work on jump roping this summer. Think I can do a jump rope hand stand by August?
• May is CRAZY. It’s just crazy. It’s nuts. Theo is working 6 days a week in May, and we have something in the afternoons or evenings at least 4 days a week. I am already ready to crawl into bed on May 30th, which is our first day off as a family. Instead we will probably want to go for a hike or do a million homestead chores that we have neglected this month. Ha!
• I might talk a little bit about school shooting, school resource officers, and complicated feelings about guns. It’s a tough topic, so this would be a deep discussion.
• I might also complain a little bit about Theo’s weekend schedule, and the fact that I will literally be alone with the kids on both Mother’s Day and my birthday this year. I know I need to just “shake it off” but I find those dates so hard to do alone.

Of course, that would be a lot of talking from me, so now it is time for me to hear about you! What is on your mind? What would you chat about if we were sitting across from each other at a little patio table?