Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Update on life

Busy is an understatement of what our life has been lately. Now that life has begun in full swing, it is crazy! I can't even describe it. My mind is constantly going a mile a minute and over all I'm just tired!

I wanted to do an update to what is going on in our lives since this blog is to document our life.
  • Josh has to turn his thesis in in three weeks! I am so excited and so proud of him. We are both ready for this journey to be over. After he turns it in, he will have to defend it, and then he will graduate in May! This all means that he doesn't get home until 7:30-8:00 pm every night. He also works on it every Sunday. We eat dinner then collapse and do it all over the next day. We pray that a new degree will lead to a new job. Then he will start on his doctorate this fall! And so it begins again...

  • Hadley is growing daily! I will post her 5 month update next week right after she turns 5 months! I cannot believe how fast time is flying. While I want her to stay this age, I'm so excited to be with her this summer and really watch her take everything in!

  • I'm back at work and learning how to balance being a working mom. It's crazy! I'm so glad we prep as much as we can on the weekends but honestly it's still hard. I bring work home every night and try to go in on Saturday mornings. But I still don't feel caught up. I'm sure by the time summer rolls around I'll feel like I've got my act together again. Until then, I have a lot of work to do and just not enough time in the day to do it all.

  • Our home is back on the market. We will not be taking it off until we sell it. We have no idea where we are going to move but we are ready.

  • Oliver and Wembley are doing great! Wembley is still such a little sh*t and was locked in Hadley's room for three hours earlier this week...while she was sleeping. Of course I panic because I don't want him to hurt her, but luckily he is scared to death of her so would never jump in the crib. I finally went in her room to adjust her heating vent and he comes out meowing like crazy; almost yelling at me. Oh that cat! Oliver is still having a hard time adjusting to not being the main baby. We still give him so much attention and he's snuggled in our bed each night. But he gets upset when I hold Hadley and can't have him on my lap as well. But do worries, he totally tries to join us.

  • Meal planning is still going very well! I need to get back on the ball and share on my Tasty Tuesdays. We were thrown a curve ball a few weeks ago. Josh has had a lot of stomach problems for over a year and I've been telling him that he needs to see the doctor because my instinct has always been a gluten problem. While he has not been tested yet, he has taken gluten out of his diet almost completely. Already he has done so much better. He hasn't been sick and feels better overall. This has changed how we eat. We've talked about how gluten free is a lifestyle change and, whether or not he has a gluten allergy or not, we know that it is a healthier choice.

  • I haven't shared on here yet, and don't want to say a lot about it, but I'm still not recovered from my delivery with Hadley. I have an appointment with a surgeon on Friday so any prayers you could send my way would be very much appreciated. I'm hoping everything will heal on its own and surgery is not needed but whatever happens is for a reason.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

So What Wednesday!

Today I'm saying so what if...


  • I'd love to win the $350 Black Friday Giveaway! But I can't because I'm hosting it with a group of fabulous ladies! I'm very excited to see who does win it!

  • Hadley randomly decided she's going to start getting up three times a night instead of the one she had been doing. Thanks love. Right before I start going back to work :)

  • I can't decide what color bow to put in Hadley's hair for Christmas pictures. It's a stinkin' bow!!

  • I changed my mind about what I'm wearing for Christmas pictures. Shame...shame.

  • I didn't know there was an "other" folder under my FB messages. I had 30 unread messages!! Some from people who were interested in piano lessons months ago. I feel terrible for not getting back with them.

  • I've cried every night this week when putting H to bed because I'm not ready to leave her yet. I know it will get better. I'm just sad.
What are you saying SO WHAT to?

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

So What Wednesday

Today I'm saying So What if...


  • I called to find out when Santa will be at the mall and his first day is this Saturday. Saturday?? Really? 
  • I also texted J and told him we are going to the mall one day right when they open and running to get in line. I do not want to wait in a line for hours...J does not do well with crowds! 
  • I have a countdown in my head to go back to work and it's not a happy countdown. It's an, "I'm not ready to leave my baby" countdown. I'd do just about anything to be able to stay at home with her, even part time. But it's just not God's plan right now (or my student loans).
  • I have quite a few blog post ideas but just need to find the time to write them.
  • I'm worried about how I'm going to balance baby/husband/family/work/house when going back to work.
  • Oh, friends? What friends? I figured that comes later when I get myself somewhat together with a new schedule...hopefully.
  • We can't really find a church that we love. We've tried a couple but nothing just feels right.
  • I'm hoping for a lot of snow days this year. Snow days means spending more time with my sweet girl!
  • J and I still haven't had a date night since H was born. That's on our "to-do" list. We talk about it a lot though!

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

So What?!

So what if...

    Life After I Dew
  • Some days my house is clean, other days it's a disaster. More disaster days than clean days.
  • I'm dreading going back to work already...and I have until the end of November.
  • I cried on my birthday. H had a really rough night and her tummy was hurting her. I just wanted her to go to sleep!
  • I'm almost done with Christmas shopping!
  • We've run a million errands the past two days and H has slept in her car seat. Not ideal for trying to get down a nap schedule.
  • I'm so excited to see a good friend in November, who is currently living in SC. While that day cannot get here quick enough, I want it to take it's time because that will mean November is half way over.
  • I'm always looking at houses online. We really want/need to move.
  • I'm behind on blogging. Still trying to find time to get everything done during the day!