Maniacal Days

Monday, September 29, 2008

This is me NOT working

I always think it's funny when people say to me: Are you still not working?
I start by saying
"Yea" and then correct myself....
"Wait scratch that....I'm working three jobs. Just none of them are 9 - 5."

In the morning at 7am my neighbor walks her two kids (boy 6, and girl 4) to my house. I feed all 4 kids breakfast, breakup the "NO I had that FIRST" squabbles between the 4 year old and Allie, walk everyone to the bus stop for the 6 year old's 8:30 bus. Then hop in the car and drive the 4 year old to preschool by 9am.

Then job #2, I go back home and clean up the mess in my house that somehow 4 kids can make in 2 hours, then put Luke down for a nap, do some sort of project or game with Allie. Luke wakes up, everyone gets lunch, then both the kids play for a bit while I eat lunch. Then I try and play with them for a bit, clean or do laundry, and then Luke goes down for his second nap. While he is sleeping I set up Allie with something to do (or TV) and attempt to figure out dinner.

Once Mike gets home I show him what's for dinner and then I leave for job #3 (2 - 3 days a week) and go to my parents house to do wedding flowers till midnight. I get home around 12:30 - 12:45 and start all over again.

HA so yea....that's me NOT working!!!
Goin to the office was MUCH easier.

Although, that all being said, I still like being home with the kids.
It's just not a walk in the park.

Labels: A Day in the Life, you wanted to be a mom

Posted by Jenn :: 8:49 AM :: # 4 comments

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Not a baby

My baby is officially not a baby. *sigh* How did such a thing happen? A whole year just flew by in the blink of an eye! Wow.

Luke turned one year old this week. He is now officially no longer an infant. He's crawling, finally. He's starting to talk, which still amazes me. He's like a little person. I, however, am in disbelief.

The frail little baby that I had to bring back to the hospital only a couple of days after bringing him home, to ensure he was gaining weight and getting stronger, is now crawling all over my house pointing at everything that catches his eye and saying: Book - ah?

He's not only NOT a baby, but he's huge! He's wearing 24 months, he's getting all these adorable curls all over his head, and he probably weighs the same as Allie, who is going to be three in a week.

We originally had some concerns about him not crawling, but he's a crawling maniac now. I was giving him till his first birthday to crawl, before starting PT, and about a week or two before his birthday he perfected it. He crawled just like he does everything else: He's in no rush, he's laid back, he's happy, he goes with the flow, he smiles through life.

I've been neglecting this blog. Everyday I have posts written in my head, but they never make it here. For some reason, by the time I get on the computer my brain is so fried that I can't write anything. I'm lucky if I can check email and facebook. LOL I've mostly felt bad about this because I have neglected keeping tract of Luke's first year on this blog...or at all, actually. With Allie, I wrote every day, every first was documented. Every feeling contemplated.

Here's the reason, or excuse, however you want to take it. With Allie, I wasn't there. Everyday I was at work, missing everything, and most of all missing her. So the only way that I could keep connected to her, is by using my lunch break to write about what was going on with her that day. It kept me feeling connected. With Luke, I'm here! I'm witnessing every day of him growing and changing, so the NEED to document it isn't there.

It's sad kinda, sad that it's not documented anyway, but happy! So here's the documentation: Luke is a year old! He's smiley. He's laid back. He finally started crawling about two weeks before his first birthday, and will probably be walking in a month or two. Besides "ma ma" and "da da" he says "book(ah)", "more", "no", and "boo". He's trying to say Allie (aahhh EE), Thank You (annn ooh), Elmo (BA MO), Bus (baaah...??), and Luke (ook)! He's a mama's boy, and is very attached to me. The only person that he will willingly go to regularly is Mike. He'll go to other people, but as soon as he sees me, he's lunging out of thier arms for me.

which...I may kick myself for saying this one day...but for now...I kinda enjoy. *smile*

Labels: A Day in the Life, Luke the Linebacker

Posted by Jenn :: 9:17 PM :: # 3 comments