6 Weeks

I just realized I never posted this.  Hudson is 8 weeks now:

Hudson is 6 weeks old today.  Time has gone by so fast having two kids, that I can't believe I totally forgot to take monthly pictures like I did with Ryter.  Here is Hudson's first picture with his Monkey.  If he's anything like Ryter he'll be bigger than this Monkey before we know it!

Things have been going well for the most part.  If I could take each child and report on how they're doing as an individual I'd say Hudson is a baby so he doesn't do much but sleep.  I get up once at 12 and once at 4 to feed him.  I try to stay awake until 12 or at least crash while watching tv so that my 12:00 waking feels more like I'm still awake and not waking in the middle of the night.  He's a great baby.

Ryter is dealing with it all in his own way.  He's good in his new bed and rarely falls out, but without a side on the bed he's inclined to get out at the first eye opening so night time sleeping ends at 6 a.m. and naps are much shorter at somewhere between 45 min and 1.5 hours.  He's started hitting quite a bit on kids at the playground, kids we know, and Hudson too.  I guess we just wait this out and continue to repeat that hands are not for hitting.  I've been told it's normal and he'll grow out of it so I'm just waiting for the day we all wake up (at 8 a.m.) and hitting is a thing of the past.

Having two kids is crazier than I ever imagined.  The house is always a disaster, dishes are always piled on the dirty side of the sink, and half the time we have pizza for dinner.  Ryter eats by himself a lot while I try to figure out a schedule for feeding Hudson that doesn't involve feeding him while I'm cooking dinner or sitting down at the dinner table.  I seriously think it's impossible.  My heart breaks when I look at the back of that little blonde head sitting all by himself at our gigantic 8 person dining table.  He seems to eat when he's not bothered by anyone else around, so I guess I can look at it as letting him eat alone is better for his health.  Makes me feel a little better.

*having trouble with YouTube here so click on "Spaghetti" below.

Spaghetti

Rodan + Fields

So, I recently picked up a job.  Yeah, not something I really thought about doing right after having a new baby, but it seemed like the right time.  About a year ago my my aunt's husband's sister, otherwise known as my uncle's sister (lets just call her my aunt) brought up Rodan+Fields to me.  She wanted me to know about the power of selling these products and I brushed her off.  I wasn't interested at the time.  We had just moved into our house, I was pregnant, sick, tired, and drowning in boxes and unpainted surfaces.

My first thought was, ugh tupperware-like parties, don't people hate those?  I didn't want to do it, I didn't want to sell the product, I didn't want to talk about selling the product, I didn't want to humor anyone while they talked to me about buying or selling the product.  I just didn't want anything to do with it.  It was all based off the idea that people roll their eyes when a direct sales party is mentioned.  Well, along about three months ago my mom started using the product and it turns out it freakin' really works...like really works to smooth away lines and wrinkles.  Right then and there my eyes stopped rolling.

Sooooeeeewwwww, I decided to open my mind.  Not necessarily about the product because who doesn't want to get rid of whatever wrinkle they've got whether it be a lot or not so much, but to the idea of selling it.  I've got one kid at 2+ years old and he's having a super tough time in the terrible twos/new baby brother area and he needs an outlet as much as I do.  Well, when I decided he needed that and the only way I could give it to him was to get my butt in gear and either sell some lame crafty thing at the next street fair or climb on board this Rodan+Fields train, I decided to climb on board.

My big blue box arrived yesterday full of all of the skin care regimens I need to make this business grow!

I don't know a whole lot about it yet, but I have my own kit to use on my skin and I'm really excited to start before and progress photos!  I'll be posting them here.

My website is lnaslenas.myrandf.com.  If anyone is interested in purchasing any of the products, wants to hear about the products, have a one-on-one, or an event let me know.  You can also become an independent consultant yourself!

Here are a couple of photos of my peanuts!