Today.

I don't know if you've ever heard, but having a baby is

CRAZY!

Crazy awesome, crazy hard, crazy good, crazy crazy! Our lives have pretty much done a 180, but we seriously couldn't be happier. We wouldn't change a thing. Our priorities have totally shifted, and we spend our time doing different things than we ever did before. For example: Christopher quit VanLadyLove. Sad, I know. But when it came right down to it, he hated leaving for band practice when that was time he could spend with me and the baby. Who wants to leave their baby when they don't HAVE to. Not Chris, that's who. Sometimes we miss it like crazy, but most of the time it's just nice to have him home way more often. He still plays with a group called Strange Family. The artistic outlet is super awesome, so we're glad he still has that! He also needed more time to work. Babies are expensive! He got a killer job at CHG Healthcare. They are such an awesome company. We are crazy lucky to be there! He misses seeing Elsie all day. Working from home had it's perks, but now we really savor the time when he's home. Me, well... I take care of baby all day. Every day. And I very literally can't think of anything I would rather be doing. It is by far the best job I have every had. For reals!

Back to the priority shift that took place in our lives. The blog basically fell right off of the list all together. Now that I've found my new normal, I realize I need an outlet too. I need a hobby, and bad. I actually forgot this place existed to be honest, but I really should be using it. Writing a blog is "me time." Maybe not the most glamorous "me time," but better than nothing and it does the trick! So here I am again.

 Let's be honest. Recaps are way too long and boring to write, AND read so lets start from today!

Today Elsie is 5 1/2 months old. I know Crazy! (There's that word again. It can describe just about anything associated with motherhood). When I think of her being 1/2 a year old, I go into a little shock. It's going fast people. She is the sweetest, cuddliest, smiliest baby I have ever met. "Angel baby" describes her to a T! She naps and sleeps AMAZING. Thanks to that blessed thumb of hers. She cries when she is hungry, tired, or hurt. (Dang teething!) Other than that she's happy and content every second. She has the biggest alligator tears, and can pout like you've never seen. It is beyond easy to get a smile out of her, but she makes you work to get a laugh. Some days I look at her and have to do a double take because she is getting too BIG! Today she weighs almost 17lbs! Yup, crazy. Needless to say we are madly in love, and everyone around her seems to feel the same way. I'm her mom, and that is crazy to me. I must have done something right!

Today we feel like the luckiest people in the world. Today we are the happiest we have ever been. Today we are going to go out and enjoy 70 degree weather, and we are going to soak in the whole weekend. (Thank goodness for weekends). Today we are going to kiss two HUGE baby cheeks about a million times. Today we are going to make fools out of ourselves trying to get laughs. Today is going to be a good day.

With this babe, how could it not be?