Summer Routine Take One (1 baby!)

This is Mr. Handsome & I's summer schedule until the sweetpea arrives :)

7:30- Wake-up. Milk (coffee for me!) and TV/play time.

8:00- Breakfast for both- I almost never get this important meal! Feed dog. I get dressed/ready quickly while baby eats.

8:30 Dress little man & brush teeth. (dress myself now too if I didn't yet!)

9:00- Outside play or "circle time" (inside if raining). Tues & Thurs we have story time from 9:30-10

10ish- NAPTIME :) I complete daily chores according to the day.Straighten toys. Eat if I haven't yet. Take out something to defrost for dinner. I also use this time to shower some days.

Afternoon- Baby sleeps as long as he wants. Milk & lunch at wake-up. Vacuum. Use this time to get out and run errands. Inside play.

2:45- Snack & juice for baby followed by nap no later than 3:30 (usually 3). Make hubby's lunch for next day. REST! (haha right)

4:30- Baby MUST be up! Offer juice. Play w/dad.

5:30- Start making dinner.

6:00- Eat dinner. Relax. Baby outside play.

7:15- Baby bath & brush teeth. Whichever parent isn't bathing, cleans up dinner.

7:45- Quiet play (READING, blocks, etc)

8:00- Baby bed. Dad's homework/workout time. I shower if I still haven't been able to. Rest & watch tv.

We all know that babies don't always follow "plans". Lol, so this is really just a guidline. It usually works very well. And when things come up, it's ok for us to jump off schedule a bit. I hope maybe this helps other SAHM's :)

Pheww!

These have been some very busy past few months. With planning a baby shower, moving our entire home, 2 vacations, planning an out of state birthday party, my father's wedding, finding new dr's, all the while taking care of my little one (2 to be technical)- I can finally say it's over!! I must get a Thank You card for my mom and stepdad because they devoted lots of time to help.

***Deeep breath***

Baby shower cake

Wedding

Birthday Party

Time to relax this summer and enjoy these last precious moments with my son as an only child. Our new baby girl will be here by the end of summer and I'm glad all the major events are donesky (dunsky?).

I have been thinking lately that our little lady will make an early appearance, but who knows. So within the next week I plan to "nest" a bit. I know I just said I was going to relax, but this is the fun part! Pack my hospital bag, register at the hospital, get the bassinet ready in our room, get the breast pump out and ready, and purchase some last minute baby neccessities.

Also, I have completed our summer schedule! Yayyyyy- I will post this in it's own blog.

The No Good Day

Time: 10:40 am. Sleep last night: close to none. I was just tossing and turning, yuck. But finally I fell asleep and.....

At about 3 am Michael woke up screaming. Dad ran in to check on him and he has wet thru is diaper. Has not happened yet, but I guess was bound to sooner or later.

Back to tossing and turning. Mike wakes up at 5:30- so awaken again I am, but what can I do about that one? Fell right asleep for what seemed like 5 minutes, now it is 6:20 and I hear on the moniter "doobeedadadeee" (baby babble). Into his room to pop in the bink and cover him back up...

7:15- CRASH, BOOM! Nooooooooooooooo, thunder. Followed by squeals and barks from my dog who turns into a maniac at the smallest sound of thunder. Oh yes, then wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, baby is up.

7:30 Backyard is completely flooded-no dog out back to go to the bathroom. Let me get my coffee and get dresses, I'll take her out when the rain settles. Oh wait, what's that smell? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Poop & pee all over the carpet. Michael is crying to eat breakfast. UGHHH why me?

8-9 am. Sure Michael rip pages out of your books. Sure Michael smash crumbs into the carpet. Oh go ahead, pull out the trash from the trashcan (which has a lid, he is just growing like a weed). Of course you can pull out the dirt from the pot of the new indoor tree we bought. OH and you can definitly sneak in the kitchen and put shoes, sunglasses, keys, and other things you find into the the dogs water bowl.

9:02 exactly. NAPTIME. THANK YOU GOD. I put Michael down and there is no chance in hell I will skip this oppurtunity to sleep. I actually went into my bedroom for this one. Except I put Ellen on and she stole about 20 mins from this glorious time.

10:15- again "dooobeeedagagagaag". :(

Downstairs. Please Moose A Moose entertain for 20 mins.

Nope, he found a cup of milk that was left on the table, which he can now reach, and dumped it on the carpet for Dixie to enjoy. Thanks Michael. (by the way this milk incident happened while I was writing this blog. My fault I guess.)

God, please give me the strength to make it thru this day. Rainy day at that.

Leaving tonight for NJ for a super busy, errand filled weekend. Weddings, bday parties, fathers day.......

HAHAHA did I mention HA?

So our family has begun the pre-early-beginning stages of becoming homeowners. We have been taking long drives thru the country browsing the styles of homes we like and areas. Apparently, we are looking in the wrong places. And apparantly, Mike and I both like 5 bedroom homes with giant yards and lots of windows and porches and enormous kitchens. We found a house on the smaller side (in comparison to the others in the neighborhood), and the price made us both laugh out loud. The homeowner happened to be outside and said it was the cheapest in the neighborhood, lots of kids, good schools, upgrades, yadda, yadda..... I might as well go ahead and say it- they are firm on the $370,000 selling price. Here comes the HAHAHA. The prices on other homes where we grabbed flyers were no less humerous.

Not the kind of price we are looking to spend on our first home. So, for now we will keep browsing just for fun. We want to get some debt paid off and apply for a mortgage by early fall. I pray it all works out for us!

We are not asking for much- I really want a ranch stye house, just one floor with a loft or small bedrooms upstairs. I MUST HAVE lots of windows because I love natural sunlight. Mike just wants a fireplace and garage. Simple huh?

Here is our dream home and I hope it's realistic for us:

Suds

They say the sound of rice krispies popping is the sound of childhood. Well, I couldn't help but laugh last night while laying in the tub thinking of this. Amazingly, all was silent in the house. I brought my book up to read in a warm bubblebath. However, as I sat in the silence, I was entranced by the sound of the popping suds - they sounded just like that crazy cereal! I could not even waste the moment reading. I closed my eyes and was almost in a mediated state. I then thought, this sound should be the slogan for me, or all mothers..."Suds, enjoy the moment, motherhood is NOT calling". hehe. Don't get too excited for me- 5 minutes later, baby was crying.

I pride myself in the fact that my son rarely EVER wakes up at night (only when his own man crib of course). Go figure...

Those ever so glorious suds then turned to sopping, sudsy water all over the floor. But it was worth those 5 minutes of quiet.

Routine, routine, routine!

I have heard it from so many mothers and it is the best advice ever! My little boy is most pleasant when his days go exactly as he expects. He is so used to our routine that the littlest changes throw him off. I must add, however, the days of teething are adding a bit of agitation to us all.. With summer just starting off and Mike on a new work schedule, we don't quite have a summer routine down just yet. I will have it completed by the end of the week :) Hopefully.

Our first swim lesson went great! Michael loved it and he is in a class with all girls! Lucky man- hehe. And to top it off- a 2 hour nap! Woooooohoooo!

For now, I will let you know that we STILL have the same exact bedtime routine that he has been on since he was 4 WEEKS!

6:00 dinner.
6:45 bath followed w/night time lotion
7:15 bottle & story.
7:30 bed.

Works like a charm & we get 7:30- 7:30. Thank you God!

Dinner tonight- grilled tilapia, grilled cream corn, and green beans= YUMMMO!

Back to business

Well we have finally settled into our new home here in Virginia. Although settled might not be the correct word- there are still things floating around that have no place yet. Mike returned to work today after having a whole month off! It was nice, but I was ready for him to go back and get back into our routine. Being his first day back to work and it is a new place, I'm quickly going to jot down a few annoyances here- then maybe I won't have to complain when he gets home.

Ok really quick- My dog will NOT go to the bathroom in our backyard. She usually goes out and "goes" first thing, but hasn't gone yet and it is noon! The yard isn't fully fenced so we must take her out on a leash and the bugs attack me! ughh I have gone through this 4 times today...

Michael has this really annoying high pitched shriek randomly. I don't know where it came from but it ripples through my bones.

I'm annoyed at myself because I'm really bored but I don't want to do annnnnything.

The dryer in this house sucks. Really really bad. It gets super hot, yet it takes 2 hours to dry the clothes? I don't know if I should tell the landlord or suck it up. Oh yea that reminds me that I hate renting. I can't wait to buy our dream home!

I took ground beef out for dinner for tacos. I do not like tacos, but Mike loves them. Thought I'd treat him...but now I screwed myself. lol

Sooooo I guess it't not all so bad. I must laugh at myself now. Back to blogging....

I have not been on here in quite awhile. Sometimes I think about it but I feel like I have nothing to say. Anyway, it have been an eventful month. We now have a walking man! We went on two vacations this month- Hilton Head, SC and camping in Cape May, NJ. Our little man is quite the beach lover!

We are going to the Y tonight to get memberships. Michael will be starting his swim lessons tomorrow! I know he will love it and the result when we get home will be a nice long nap for all of us :)

Pregnancy update- 28 weeks along! Miss Tenley is moving around so much and is causing mama much discomfort. C-section should be scheduled in the next few weeks for the week of Aug 14. All is well and we can't wait to meet Michael's little sister!

I'm going to be starting our (me and Michael's) new schedule this week once I get all activites set up. I'll keep you posted!