Life is hard.

This life is hard. It really is. The demands, duties, (whatever you want to call them) of a wife and a mama are freakin hard. Exhausting, tiring, challenging. Sometimes I've got it all under control and other times I really don't. I get bogged down at least once a week with all the "things" that need to be done and all the things that I am not doing. I get really down.

That is when I know I need to refuel. I need my strong and mighty God to take a load of my shoulders, my mind and my heart. I need Him to take it all and carry me through this Life. Sometimes it is hard to turn to Him when I am feeling so down but I know that is what I need. I need His strength and His love to fill me up.
I was going to write in the first paragraph that being a christian adds so much more pressure and stress to mamahood and in some ways it does but the truth is that being a christian is what gets me through. Having Christ as my savior gives me the freedom and peace in life that I other wise would not have. When I humble myself and talk to Him about my struggles, let go of the pressures of life, and ask for forgiveness for my sins it is like nothing else. I am instantly at peace. Instantly lightened and my perspective on things is instantly changed. I would not be able to do life without Him. He is my everything!

I also would not be able to do this life with out my best friend, my lover, my soul mate, my life partner Petey. He is amazing and wonderful and the best daddy to our girls. He is not perfect but he is pretty close. ;) No really, I don't know what I would do without him.

So I am sharing all this to hopefully encourage someone. Life is hard. Whether you are a wife or a mama or neither it is hard. But we don't have to go through it alone, God is always there for us, He is just waiting for you to call out to Him! Be blessed!

I luv watching my one year old play!

and my 3 year old! :)

there he is, my Petey!

Some cold weather hiking!

19 weeks and the bump is here!