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2 kids, 2 dogs, 2 cats, and 1 husband – life isn’t perfect, but it is what we make it

Monday Comes Too Fast

apr_06 025We had a wonderful, yet exhausting weekend again.  It is frustrating sometimes to keep up with the pace at which we live our lives, but at the same time, I know that it will only get worse as Zach gets older.

I lucked out and got out of the Bunco game Friday night.  Turns out that my friend had the date wrong and it was actually supposed to be Saturday instead of Friday.  So, it got moved from her house to another house and unfortunately, I already had plans for Saturday.

So, instead of playing Bunco, we just hung out and visited instead which was quite alright with me.  We didn’t make it home until around 2:00 in the morning and then Zach decided I should stay up a bit longer.  I finally got to bed around 3:00.  Four short hours later, Zach was ready to get up for the day, which means I got to get up too.  Usually Saturday morning is my day to sleep in while hubby gets up but since he downed a 12-pack the night before, I let him sleep.

Zach and I watched a movie and when it was over, I put him down for his morning nap.  While he was asleep, I got dressed and went outside to work on the yard for a bit.  I trimmed up the bushes in front of the house and raked the leaves out from under them that had been collecting all winter.  While I did that, hubby got up and mowed the yard.  It looks about 100% better than it did before.

After the yardwork was done, I went inside and did a majorly rushed clean-up of the house, took a quick shower and then we headed out to meet up with my sister and her family for my brother-in-law’s birthday celebration.  We went to Dave & Busters for dinner and some game playing.  I totally kicked some butt playing Skee Ball.  Zach was much more interested in watching the guys throwing the basketballs next to us.  Future NBA star maybe? 

When we had all blown through our money we went back to my house to have birthday cake and watch a movie.  I made it through the cake, got Zach to bed, and then proceeded to fall asleep on the floor about 10 minutes into the movie.  I’m such a good hostess!  I woke up about the time the credits were rolling.

apr_06 027Sunday was a pretty busy day too.  After church and dinner with my family, we all went to watch my nephew play soccer.  I think this is his third year playing and he is getting much better.  The last couple of years he had a really hard time keeping his head in the game.  This year he is much more focused on where the ball is and even kept the other team from scoring a couple of goals.  After the game we treated him to some ice cream at Dairy Queen and then finally headed home.

I was so exhausted that I didn’t do laundry or dishes or anything lastnight.  I guess I have a fun night ahead of me tonight.  Well, after I catch up on lastnight’s episode of Big Love anyway.


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Oh, the Cuteness!

This is the absolute cutest thing I have ever seen. It might have made me heart melt just a little bit.

Also, I might mention that I am SO glad that it is Friday.

Hubby had to work way late lastnight which gave me time to cool off and hang out with Zach.  When he got home, the fighting was right back on, but the few hours in between were nice.  Hopefully we got some things out of our system lastnight and the weekend won’t be too bad.

I gave in to a friend and told her that I would come play Bunco with her tonight.  So not looking forward to that.  I’m not really into playing games.  Unless they involve shots and large amounts of tequila anyway.  Plus, Bunco reminds me of an old friend that I no longer talk to and that makes me sad.

Saturday we are going out to celebrate my brother-in-law’s (sis’s hubby) birthday.  Should be fun.  Might go to Dave & Busters which I think he would enjoy.

Either Saturday or Sunday I need to get to one of my nephew’s soccer games.  Only two weeks left and I haven’t made it to one yet.  I’m such a bad aunt!

Oh, and Zach had his 9-month check-up today.  They pretty much told me that he is perfect.  He weighs 22 pounds and is 30 1/2 inches long.  He’s in the 95th percentile for height and 75th for weight.  Not too shabby!  Plus the doc confirmed that it is ok to start introducing some whole milk into his diet which I am all for.  Formula is entirely too expensive.  Even cutting out one formula bottle a day would make a difference!

Guess that is all.  I’m gonna cut outta work early and get a head start on the weekend.  Adios!

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Re-Thinking the Breeding

Before I got pregnant with Zachary, I had many dreams of what the perfect family would be like.  I wanted to have two babies (preferably a boy and a girl) spaced about two years apart.  To me, that made perfect sense and was balanced just right.

In order to have my perfectly spaced kids, that means that I would need to start working on kid #2 by about the time that Zach turns a year old.  That would give us three months to work on getting pregnant in order to have the second baby by the time Zach turns 2.  It did take 2 1/2 years to get pregnant the first time, so I have no idea how long the second time will take.

Recently I have realized that Zach’s 1st birthday is coming up REALLY quickly, like in less than three months, and suddenly I’m not so sure that I’m ready to start working on baby #2.  I was very lucky with Zach and for the most part he has been a very easy-going kid.  But, lately he has become more and more demanding and is testing my patience on a daily basis.  I’m not so sure that I could even handle being pregnant and keeping up with him, much less having another baby to take care of.  On top of that there is the whole financial thing to consider as well.  Two kids in day care and diapers is a scary thought.

Plus, I still have about 20 more pounds to lose to meet my goal weight.  Originally I wanted to be at my goal weight before getting pregnant again in hopes that it would make losing the second baby weight a little bit easier.  I’m still losing weight, but not as quickly as I was before and I’m pretty sure that I’m not going to get rid of those 20 pounds in three months.  It is possible, but I will have to get very strict again on the diet and for me summer and dieting don’t work so well together.

A friend of mine had her second baby two weeks ago.  As I watch her and her husband deal with their new little girl and 21-month-old boy, I think it might be possible.  Then I wonder if I might miss some of Zach’s baby days by rushing into having another one so quickly.  Would he miss out on some of those precious moments that I want to give him because I am too busy or too tired to spend time with him?  Or, would having a little baby brother or sister around enrich his life even more?

I always thought I had it all figured out.  Now, I’m not so sure.  I know I want to have another one, but now I wonder if my perfect timing that I always dreamed of might just be all wrong.

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Boot Camp

I’ve always been a Windows user that really wanted to play around with a Mac. This might convince me to switch with my next computer purchase.  I think it is a great idea.  It would be wonderful for web site design.

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