Life After Baby Number Two

Alright, so last time I posted anything was... a little over four months ago? Shortly before our beautiful new baby Topanga was born. Perhaps you can guess that having a second child is quite a bit more difficult than I had originally anticipated; not so much that the second baby is hard to handle, but suddenly the first becomes more work once there's someone else there to share the attention.

Only recently have I finally been able to begin feeling like I can actually start working on my hobbies like writing and blogging once again, hence why I haven't posted anything prior to now. There's certainly quite a bit of work having to change diapers every couple hours after being used to not needing to do so with a 3-year-old. Gotta get up every few hours no matter what time it is to feed the baby and play a bit and put her back to sleep once she's tired again. So busy so much of the time.

But really the new baby isn't all that much work in my opinion. Like... I've done it before. Or even just helped with it. So I know what I'm doing with the second one rather than learning everything for the first time, and thanks to conveniently being let go from my previous job shortly before Topanga was born, I've had so much time to spend with her to get to know her up until this point. I suppose I'm honestly quite grateful for such opportunity, though it has truly been quite a financial strain which couldn't have been handled up to now without Carley being so awesome and figuring out the situation.

The really hard part of this whole ordeal has been transitioning Isabelle into no longer being an only child. I remember my sister saying that the hardest part about having another baby isn't the new baby... it's the first child that's the hardest part. I absolutely get that now; Isabelle is still teaching us new things each and every day for the first time which we can then use to teach Topanga in a better way down the road in the future.

So here we are, four months later from my last post... just when I think things will finally get back to the way life was before, things change again because she figured out how to roll over; now we've had to learn to sleep without being swaddled at night, and wouldn't you know it, she starts getting red-cheeked and fussy which is messing with her sleep schedule. Oh, children are such a frustrating and yet totally rewarding life adventure of new experiences each day. 

Have a wonderful day! ^_^

~ Kyle Welykholowa

We're Back And In Full Swing!

Hello everybody, we're back and in full swing! The wedding went great and so did the honeymoon; I can't wait to tell you all about the adventures we went on for a week.

First thing's first, to anybody who was able to come to the wedding, thank you so much for coming and enjoying the event with us; it truly was a spectacular time. It was so nice to see all our family and friends and surprisingly everything seemed to go without any hitch other than our little Isabelle getting somewhat distracted... which was totally adorable! I just can't express enough how thankful I am that so many people were able to come and especially our wedding party for being so awesome.

Speaking of the wedding party, how amazing did Carley look in that dress? I honestly wasn't sure if Carley would really wear a dress or if it was all an elaborate scheme to hide that she was going to walk in wearing jeans or something... but she really did wear a dress and she was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Surprisingly I wasn't nervous or worried at all about the event... probably something to do with us already living together with a child for quite some time. Carley on the other hand... seemed like a nervous wreck up on the altar. TO BE FAIR, not all of it was due to nerves; she is unmedicated with ADHD after all. Though... in saying that, she was also a little bit nervous.

Now that everything is all official, I see Carley being super excited all the time to tell people her new last name. She visibly gets excited to tell people and even to spell it out; it's really cute. At this point all we have left to do is to get all her ID changed over. It really is something special that this all happened. I'm so lucky to have someone like Carley in my life. I mean, yeah, sure... we have our fights, but honestly I think we compliment each other very well. She can be a little quick to anger and sometimes has troubles focusing on things, and I'm usually very calm and able to focus on things like driving the whole trip we're on.

The last thing I would like to mention right now: now that we're back, I should be a little bit more regular in my posts and things. I now have scheduled time for work and for leisure so hopefully we can put that time to good use by getting on a regular schedule with things. Coming up in the near future should be some stories about our adventurous honeymoon filled in with some reviews on the food in Calgary as well as some locations, so if you ever plan to head out there for some time, keep an eye out for my reviews on a couple really great places to go.

That's all for now folks! Let everyone know what you think of my blog and share share share with everyone! :D

~ Kyle Welykholowa