Currently | Changing Seasons

Happy Friday, everyone! Anyone else glad it’s the weekend? I’m officially 36 weeks now, and I am feeling it. Having an extra set of hands on the weekend is something I look forward to more and more these days.

We’ve had a ton of rain this week in Houston, but it has been a nice relief from all the heat. What does all of this mean? Seasons are changing, friend. Seasons are changing.

Here are some things currently swirling through my head.

ONE.

Planning…

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Yesterday, I planned out the next two and a half months worth of content for Seven Graces. (While I was planning, my very rambunctious three-and-a-half-year-old decided to cause two disasters, but we’ll get to that in a minute.) I hadn’t really planned that far in advance since last year. You can check out my post, How I Organize My Days to Save My Sanity, to see the Post-It planner that I shared on Snapchat. It’s my absolute favorite thing, and I always feel just a tad better when I have it filled out. Too bad I only fill it out about twice a year.

We’ll see how well I can stay true to what I have planned, but I do have a ton of collaborations coming up with some awesome baby products and products for moms. I also have some very special guest posts lined up, too.

So all that to say, the blog really isn’t going on maternity leave when I deliver in three weeks. I’ll have some posts drafted and ready to publish in case I’m not able to get to it because of, you know, a newborn. Sound good? This is all tentative of course, because I know how it goes: we make plans and God laughs. I would rather be prepared for the best though. ;)

TWO.

Thinking about…

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Now that I’ve caught you up to speed about what will happen during the transition of a new season of my life, I wanted to get your thoughts about an extension of this blog, a Facebook group. Lately, I’ve been having a really hard time keeping up with comments here on the blog and on Instagram. I do try to answer any question I can as soon as possible, but I’ve been awful at responding to every comment. For some reason though, I’m pretty quick to respond to questions and comments on Facebook.

Here’s what I’m thinking. I love this community that we’ve built here. Whether you just read the blog and don’t comment much, or just like to follow along on Instagram, or just like to see what I share on Facebook, or you just follow because you’re a friend, would you like to have our own little community where it’s easy to reach other in a Facebook group? I don’t want to add another Facebook group to your life (I think I’m a member of about 100), but maybe some of you would really like it.

It could be a place to ask other like-minded ladies questions that have anything to do with the topics of this blog: faith (encourage one another), family (motherhood topics), favorite things (recipes, baby products, fashion tips). Anyone interested? If not, no big deal, but I did want to offer it up as possibility. Let me know your thoughts, please!

THREE.

Motherhood…

Well isn’t this the truth? Yesterday was one of those days that I kind of threw up my hands and said, “Well, there goes the neighborhood!” I laugh now, because it wasn’t even that big of deal, but don’t we all have those days where everything seems like a bit much?

While I went to the bathroom for a split second (because I have to pee every five minutes now), Charlotte was wreaking havoc in the living room. I had just put my big calendar on our coffee table with some sharpies and had placed my laptop right next to it. Well. When I came out, she said, “Look Mama!” Lo and behold, she had colored all over my laptop with permanent marker. I was irate, I admit it. I lost my cool. In an effort to teach her right from wrong, I disciplined her, and then tried to clean it up. You’ll be happy to know that alcohol swabs take permanent marker right off Mac laptops. I felt bad for getting after her, but sister girl knows better.

Then, a few minutes later, when I was grabbing some snacks from the kitchen, I heard her in the bathroom. I thought she was washing her hands like she loves to do, but then I heard her screaming in a panic, which caused me to be in a panic. I ran to her, and she was pointing to the sink saying, “Look! Look!” She was playing with her mermaids, had the plug closed, and had the water running. Yep. She was flooding the bathroom. Thankfully, she only had run enough water for the floors to completely be covered with a very thin layer of water. But yet again, I had to discipline her and let her know that water, as fun as it is, is not a toy.

I was a bit exhausted after all that. But that’s motherhood. Just like Lysa Terkeurst says, “it’s a million little moments that God weaves together with grace, redemption, laughter, tears, and most of all love.” Yesterday, I had all of that. So we’ll call it a win.

FOUR.

Nesting…

Nesting is still in full effect. After my shower, I received most of my nursery bedding from my family so we were quick to putting everything in place. We also received a beautiful refurbished rocking horse from my mother-in-law, and it is so special! I’m pretty sure it will be an heirloom now.

And in case you didn’t catch it, we finally shared our little boy’s name. Colin Michael will be here soon! As nervous as I am, I am so excited to meet him.

And last week this came in my mailbox from Softsie (c/o). I love zippered footed pajamas the absolute most! This Softsie footie is special because it’s organic, all-natural, hypoallergenic, and infused with aloe vera, jojoba oil, and vitamin E. How cool is that!

I’m so excited to have all of this ready for little Colin. Now I just need to wash the clothes, put together the bassinet, and finish the nursery.

FIVE.

Coming to grips with…

Being Type B. I wanted to write a full blog post about this, but I don’t think I will. I’ll just briefly go over it now.

A long time ago, we’re talking high school, I used to be what I thought was Type A. I never liked working in groups, and I always wanted to be the leader in group projects or just do it myself.  Then in college, I always pushed myself to be the best in anything I did, researched everything, and was a complete basket case who worried about any little thing.

Then life happened (you can read my very first blog posts for more about that), and things started to shift. When I became a mother, I was still anxious. My control-freak tendencies came back with a vengeance, and I’m pretty sure it’s why I didn’t enjoy the newborn days. That and sleep deprivation. But then the older my Charlotte got, the more I started to let go again. I realized I couldn’t do it all, and little things really weren’t a big deal.

I’m sure my Type B-ness drives my Type A husband a bit crazy sometimes, but we’re each other’s other half. He’s my ying, and I’m his yang. He keeps things in order, and I keep things in perspective. That’s why we work.

I used to be ashamed of being Type B, but now I embrace it. I read this article, “12 Things Every ‘Type B’ Person Wants You to Know” and took this personality quiz the other day, and it was like an epiphany. I’m Type B, and I’m dang proud of it.

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And that’s a ballgame! I hope you have the best weekend ever, and don’t forget to let me know your thoughts about creating a Seven Graces Facebook group. 

Be blessed, friend!

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