It's been five months since I have been #winning surviving the parent game of balancing two. People always say going from one to two kids is hard, but man it is even harder than I could have imagined. I was ready for having a newborn again (sleepless nights, postpartum healing, etc.) but the energy you have to have in order to keep up with your oldest child is unreal.

Ryan (our oldest who is three) is all.boy.and.then.some. He's the sweetest kid with the biggest mischievous streak. I call him (and his teachers) Dennis the Menace. He knows how to turn on the charm. He also doesn't care if you have a new baby...his mommy better have all the energy to keep up with him no matter what. Just had a baby? So what. Mommy, you didn't sleep? You asked for it!

Despite the warnings, there are a few things that I still had to learn on my own (especially being a #boymom). And now I am sharing with you. 

1. Despite all efforts, your oldest (depending on their age) will regress. We were almost 100% potty trained and then we took the giant leap back and have been on the struggle bus ever since.
2. Your SuperMom skills could win you a gold medal at the Olympics. No lie, you will learn to be in two places at once, shower in five seconds, sooth a baby while reading/turning pages of a book for your toddler with your foot and block all sense of smell so you won't know how awful you smell since you haven't showered in a week.
3. Recovery is even harder... Because you can't stop moving and lay on a couch. While one baby sleeps the toddler is ready to play American Ninja Warrior with you.
4. No, your kids won't nap at the same time. Or, at least mine won't.
5. Gourmet meals will consist of.... Ha! What gourmet meals? If I didn't have time to shower... then I certainly don't have time to play Rachel Ray.
6. Coffee is the new aphrodisiac. Lots and lots of coffee.
7. Baby weight is the devil. You put in the work and got it off the first time around. The second time it's laughing at you while eating a tub of Ben and Jerry's watching a traffic accident. It ain't going anywhere.

Just being real.

14 months and another kid later...

You read the title right...

It has been over 14 months since I wrote my last blog post and their has been major change/additions in our household. So what's changed?

1. My previous blog, "The Adventures of Love and Marriage," has been reinvented as "Drink Wine and Raise Boys."
2. And, if you haven't caught on to the plural in "boys," then you are missing the biggest change... we had another baby! And..... it's a BOY!

Just after my last blog post, we found out that I was expecting. As exhaustion set in from another pregnancy and chasing a toddler around the house, I decided to step back from blogging for a while and concentrate on our growing family. Now that our newest baby boy is five months old and life seems a bit more settled (although always chaotic), I am back and ready to plug in. 

On February 23, 2017, we were absolutely blessed to have Reid Thomas Schwartz come into our crazy world. Ryan has surprised us over how well he has adapted to his new role and is truly the best big brother.

After Reid was born and I decided to jump back in to blogging, it was only fitting to reinvent the blog as raising two boys has become the biggest challenge and the most hilarious time of my life. I look forward to sharing this journey with you.

From losing the baby weight, to Ryan's three-year-old (yes he's THREE now) antics and adapting to raising two tiny humans - this ride is going to be quite the story to share with you.

Enjoy!