Lately...

I haven't been able to post a whole lot, for obvious reasons. I'm quickly learning that being a mother of two is a whole different ball game. I'm prettymuch exhausted all of the time, as my body is adjusting to only getting an average of 5 hours of sleep per night. My objective this week is to get Evan to take an afternoon nap while Jacob takes his, so I can at least have an hour to lay down. It is a lot of fun with two boys, and I keep reminding myself to enjoy these moments, even the hard ones, because I know they won't last forever.

We've had a lot of busyness lately with relatives in from out of town and lots of family stuff. We've really enjoyed that, especially Jacob with cousins to play with. Next week, we will travel to Portage, IN for my nephew Nicholas' 7th birthday, so we're looking forward to skipping town for a few days. When I get some more time, I'll do more posts and include some recent pics.

Lastly, I can't let this post go by without mentioning that today is my 4th wedding anniversary.
Today, I have been married to my wonderful husband, Franklin, for 48 months. There is still no other person that I'd rather journey through life with. He is a wonderful father, and I am so proud of him. Tonight, Grandma and Papa are babysitting both boys, so we can have a date. I can't wait!!! I love you, baby!

Evan Lucas Choate

Well, I finally got a few minutes to sit down and blog a bit. I'm sure most of you know this by now, but Evan Lucas arrived last Tuesday, 5/27 at 3:18 p.m. He was 8lbs, 4oz, 20 inches and very healthy. The delivery went very well. It was an induction, so I was a little skeptical of how smoothly things would go, but I had little discomfort and the labor was only about 5 hours from start to finish. The last few days have been busy adjusting to life with two little boys, while getting very little sleep. Luckily, Evan is a very peaceful baby, who hardly ever cries and does a lot of sleeping. He has his days and nights a little mixed up at this point, so we're working to adjust that as well. Jacob loves his baby brother. He's always wanting to kiss him and see what he's doing. His life has prettymuch gone on as normal, and he's getting lots of extra attention from Daddy and his grandparents. I've posted some pics below. I'll blog more later when I'm not so exhausted :-)