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This is a blog about our life. I started the blog because we lived overseas for my husbands job. That meant it was hard to keep family, back in The States, in the loop about what we were up to. It also became a great way to share my sons birth story with everyone who we wish could have been there. I slowly got busy with life & stopped blogging. Here we are in 2014, living back in the good ol' USA & as we make life changes I find this to be a great way to share my thoughts and save them for my son to look back on someday.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Goodnight Moon

Ugh! I am so tired. I am sure my body is pissed. Surely it is wondering what happened to being a SAHM. Ha, surprise! First two days at work are history.   
Been four days of school for the kid. He absolutely loves it. He is always ready to go back. The early mornings are taking its toll on him as well. He didn't get a full nap today though so hopefully full naps will help him. Why don't I get a nap? 

Work is good so far. I think I'll enjoy it there. Everyone seems to get along. So rare these days. But I do miss my baby like crazy everyday. Thank goodness it seems like I'll be busy most of the time once I get into the swing of things which will make my days go by faster & the sooner I get to my baby the better! 

The tshirt we ordered for the kid for his bday arrived today....getting excited for his bday party! 3!!!! Eeekkkk!


Saturday, July 12, 2014

We did it!

We survived day 2 of daycare. Well, we refer to it as school. Ever since the kid understood his neighbor friend went to school all day he has asked to go too. Day 2 was easy for the kid. Once again he said bye, love you and sent me on my way. Didn't even get up from playing with some trains to give me a hug. I figured day 2 was a good test. Now he understands he is going to be there all day, would he stay or would he say heck no you're not leaving me here all day again! He was a-ok being there again. Of course I have a hard time being gone from him all day. It is easier though since he is happy there and wants to be there. I don't even know what I would do if he cried every time I dropped him off. Well I am sure I would cry too. I keep telling myself that it's good for him. His teacher truly is a teacher (no she really has an education in teaching) and has a passion for teaching kids. I am excited to see how much he learns. The first day she let me know they read a story before nap time. I didn't ask about it but asked the kid when we got home. He kept talking about Mac & Cheese. Huh? I was like yeah okay whatever LOL I didn't know why he was talking about Mac & cheese. So yesterday I asked her what the story was about and she said MAC & CHEESE! My baby really paid attention lol she said he doesn't like to stay sitting for the story so she was surprised he was really listening. He even asked to hear it again for story time yesterday. I just love him! 
It is crazy how fast my little man is growing up. He will be THREE in a couple weeks. We are gearing up for his birthday party! I can't wait to see if he goes down the waterslide. I'm sure as soon as he sees the kid from next door do it he will go too...I hope! 
Hopefully headed to the lake today so the guys can get some fishing done and we can have some BBQ! I should mention I love being back home in Texas with family. I should blog about it ;) 
Someone likes selfies!
Learned from his Tia Alice
Such a big boy now...helping dad measure!




Friday, July 11, 2014

Big Changes

First day of daycare! 
Ready to go! 



Almost 
7am. Laying in bed, full face of makeup & hair done. This is the second day of getting used to waking up early for new job. Yup, I got a real job. A grown up, mon-Fri job. I dont start til Monday but I used yesterday & today to get us adjusted/ready. Us? Well getting a job also means D.A.Y.C.A.R.E for my baby! Yikes! I knew it'd be hard to let him go but it's stomach upsetting hard. Yesterday wasn't so bad. He is going to an in-home daycare ran by someone we know & for whom I have babysat for. So it wasn't as hard leaving him there as it would've been in a real daycare. I can't express how much I wish someone in the family would've been able to come watch him but no such luck. 

Why work? So I've been asked by a few people why am I going to work if I have such a hard time leaving him & financially we are okay without Income from me. It's easy. He won't be home with me forever. Next fall he would go to pre-k and then it's off to kinder. If I waited until then it would be 8yrs out of the workforce for me and 3yrs since I finished my degree basically making it irrelevant.  I have always wanted to work. Actually growing up my dream was to be a working mom with a stay at home husband. <---Crazy right? Having been a SAHM for 3 years has been AMAZING! I wouldn't do anything different well maybe I'd wait another year to apply for jobs lol 

Money, money, money. I have a good amount of student loan debt. Honestly, if I didn't I probably wouldn't care if my degree went to waste but I absolutely hate feeling like we spent all the money for a piece of paper on the wall.  Granted my new position isn't in my degree field, I do think I was chosen because I have a degree. Paying for daycare...HOLY COW! It's expensive. I can't say for certain that this job is permanent because it may end up just not being worth it when we consider daycare costs. It's already $100/month more than we had wanted to pay. But even at the rate we want to pay it'll be a good chunk of my check. So once we really see what I'll be bringing home we will decide if its worth or if I'm just working to pay for daycare & have a couple dollars leftover <---not worth it!  

Bubble guts. Leaving my baby all day is super rough on me. I feel like today is even harder than yesterday FOR ME. Yesterday was pretty easy for him. He said bye, love you & didn't mind that I left. Wahhhh :( that does make it easier for me though. The last time we attempted daycare a year ago he cried, I cried & he never went back LOL yup I'm that mom.

So here we go...Day 2...to be cont.