Now I have two!

My name is Melissa. I am 24, I have been married for 6 years now, my husbands name is Josh...and I am now a mother of two. Josh and I got married in September of 2001. I had my son, Taysen, in January of 2006, he is pretty much the highlight of my life. Waking up and seeing him every morning and being with him every day basically makes every day worth it! So much so that when he was just about a year old, my husband and I decided to go for #2. We got pregnant a month later and we were both ecstatic. We hoped for a girl since we already have a boy...and we got lucky! We had our daughter a month ago now. We named her Rowan. She completes our family! She looks so much like her big brother that I couldnt belive it when I first saw her. Taysen is pretty great with her too, which we totally didnt think was going to happen. We thought for sure he would be pretty jealous, but he is the total opposite! He loves her so much and rubs her head and he always gives her kisses. Its so adorable! He isnt too sure about holding her on his lap (he is only 21 months old anyhow) but he did it for about two minutes today. He just looks at her and talks to her. Its just the cutest thing. :) Anyhow basically, life is pretty fast paced now. There is hardly time to for me to eat lunch, let alone take a shower most days!! I have to wait for Josh to get home most of the time to get anything important done. Going from one child to two is definitely a change for me. I knew it was going to be work, but I didnt realize how much work it was actually going to be. I am doing pretty good though, at least I think. Haha...getting the hang of things is coming slowly, but surely. With Taysen, it seemed we were in a routine so quickly...he was sleeping through the night in his own crib by 5 weeks old. Rowan is 4 weeks old now...maybe next week will be our lucky week? Haha...Im not holding my breath! I dont know why but its hard for me to move her to her bed. It was with Taysen too, but I dont remember it being so difficult...its just beed too long ago...ya know, things just get foggy. Well I will be glad once she is sleeping in her crib, and doing it all night long too! My body will be happy too...haha. I love being a mother, its something I would never trade for the world. It makes me very happy, even if sometimes I feel stressed.

Well anyhow, while trying to get in a decent schedule with my two children, I am also back on the wagon of trying to lose weight. I have 10 lbs to lose to be back to my prepregnancy weight with Rowan. I have 20 to lose to be back to my prepregnancy weight with Taysen. Im going for the 20!

I also work. I work from home, doing computer work for the company I worked for before I had my kids. I just work part time now, but hey, its work. It at least helps pay the bills. I couldnt see putting my kids in daycare if I had the opportunity to be home with them everyday.

Well I guess thats it for now. Thats pretty much the summary of my life and how it is up to now. :)