Flackback-ery

There are a lot of side effects of parenthood. Lack of sleep, having to go all covert ops so you can eat junk food, body sagginess in all the wrong places, feeling like you are constantly losing your mind, and the inability to yell at someone without garbling their names (TAL-GRA-KEL-HERSH-CHA *deep breath* GRACELYN! GET OFF THE TABLE!).

There's also innumerable perks, such as the flashbacks to my own happy childhood.

For instance, I recently came to the realization at least half my brain is STILL full of Disney song lyrics.

TALE AS OLD AS TIMEEEE!!! SONG AS OLD AS RHYMEEEE!!!

I'm not sure how I feel about this. One one hand, it might be nice to have that brain space for important stuff like physics or ... something. On the other hand, I would totally kick butt at Disney karaoke night at the local bar.

November {Snapshots}

November was a fun month (and it seems SO long ago already). We played in the snow ...

Well ... ate it, mostly.

And found some wet, soggy leaves ...

I'll Never Be a Pro Newborn Photographer

I spent the better half of today taking newborn pictures of Kellan. They are finally edited and may I just say GAHHHHHHHHH. That junk is hard, you guys. I didn't think it would be that difficult to take some decent shots of a sleepy little blob, but boy, was I ever wrong.

First, he refused to go to sleep.

Nope.

NOT GONNA DO IT.

Then he peed.

Kellan is here!

Soooo ... it's taken nine days to get to posting something about this, but in case you missed the FB update, baby has arrived!

Kellan Maddox Walker

Born January 5, 2014

On top of the heart melting qualities of this little person, I am just SO ETERNALLY GRATEFUL I'm not pregnant anymore. I got a good chuckle out of a draft post I wrote two days before he was born, lamenting on my condition and the universe in general. Luckily nobody is going to have to read it.

Things will probably be a bit sparse on the bloggy for a bit. Life with three littles is suspiciously easy at the moment, but I'm pretty sure that will change when K is not sleeping 20 out of 24 hours a day. I do have every intention of continuing to share the randomness that is life around here (sorry? you're welcome? Idk.)

I hope you had a wonderful new year ... or rather, first half of January.

How did that happen, anyway?