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.