It's amazing the amount of things that can run through your mind when your children are asleep. My house is cleaned, laudry is in the dryer, and dishes are done. All the shows I like to watch are on at night and I have nothing better to do.
A new childrens play place opened up in my town this past weekend. It's only a dollar a day if you sign up for the whole month. When you have the choice of paying $8 for 1 hour of play or $30 for the month.. yea. Needless to say, we spent the morning jumping in bounce houses, going down huge slides and playing in ball pits. I then got to thinking like always how amazing and blessed my life truely is. Of course my SO and I could definitely benefit with another income but we choose the simple life for many reasons.
1. No one can raise DS the way I can.
2. Never in a million years [unless we had no other choice] would I let any of our parents/grandparents babysit for the sake of dealing with a spoiled child.
3. I want my son to have a close relationship with me and SO because we both lacked that relationship with our own parents as children.
4. Putting JE in a daycare would of course risk him getting sick and I just don't want to do that to him.
5. JE isn't vaccinated and that leaves me with limited or even no daycares that would even accept him because of that.
Halloween is coming up in a month and we let JE pick out his own costume this year. I've decided not to spill the beans and just post cute pictures after. =] All I have to say is he, of course, looks more than adorable.
Speaking of pictures .. For some reason this computer doesn't respond to the camera cords. I will figure it out one day?
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
It's been awhile..
So much has been going on in my life. My mind has been running non-stop and I feel bad even thinking about overloading anyone with all these bricks. My life is going as good as can be right now. Actually, it's going better than I expected it to go. If you're ready, read on.
About 2 months ago, I got woken up at 6AM to a call from my mom. My dad apparently had a heart attack and had 50% chance of survival. ::gasps for air:: I can barely type this without wanted to burst out in tears. Within a week, a cousin of mine that I hadn't talked to in years was driving me back to New Jersey. Unfortunately, my father wasn't about to wake from his coma because he was over 90% brain damaged. We all made the decision to follow his wishes and took him off life support. Within a week, he was gone. This kind of stuff doesn't happen to me. This only happens to people I know or know of! People have heart attacks ALL THE TIME! This was my dad's first heart attack. I feel sick when I think about him. There is a piece of me that is now missing and I want it back. I've never felt so helpless. For awhile, I just lost myself. I wasn't being the mother I was supposed to be and was hating myself for it. Finally, I decided enough was enough and I stopped going out at night and pulled myself together. After a month and a half in New Jersey I am finally back with Chris in Alabama.
Chris got a new job working at a steel plant. [I think that's what it is] The pay is good but the hours he is putting in right now are brutal. I've felt more like a single mom lately. Ever since I left to Jersey, I've been on my own with JE. I don't mind at all since we've spent many months apart in the past. I just can't wait for things to come together and his schedule to be normal.
On a happier note, here are a few positive things that have been going on:
Jon-Erik turned 2 on July 2nd and has been fully potty trained for about 6 months now. He rode his bike using the pedals for the first time yesterday! I am so proud of the little boy he is becoming. He is such a smart kid but doesn't show it! I don't even bother telling people when he is capable of saying/doing anymore because he won't do it infront of anyone but me and a select few.
Chris and I are TTC and I'm hoping to have another summer baby. I started taking prenatals today since I heard that helps with the whole process.
Anyways, I'll update later. I'm going to see if I can find the cord to upload pictures to this computer!
About 2 months ago, I got woken up at 6AM to a call from my mom. My dad apparently had a heart attack and had 50% chance of survival. ::gasps for air:: I can barely type this without wanted to burst out in tears. Within a week, a cousin of mine that I hadn't talked to in years was driving me back to New Jersey. Unfortunately, my father wasn't about to wake from his coma because he was over 90% brain damaged. We all made the decision to follow his wishes and took him off life support. Within a week, he was gone. This kind of stuff doesn't happen to me. This only happens to people I know or know of! People have heart attacks ALL THE TIME! This was my dad's first heart attack. I feel sick when I think about him. There is a piece of me that is now missing and I want it back. I've never felt so helpless. For awhile, I just lost myself. I wasn't being the mother I was supposed to be and was hating myself for it. Finally, I decided enough was enough and I stopped going out at night and pulled myself together. After a month and a half in New Jersey I am finally back with Chris in Alabama.
Chris got a new job working at a steel plant. [I think that's what it is] The pay is good but the hours he is putting in right now are brutal. I've felt more like a single mom lately. Ever since I left to Jersey, I've been on my own with JE. I don't mind at all since we've spent many months apart in the past. I just can't wait for things to come together and his schedule to be normal.
On a happier note, here are a few positive things that have been going on:
Jon-Erik turned 2 on July 2nd and has been fully potty trained for about 6 months now. He rode his bike using the pedals for the first time yesterday! I am so proud of the little boy he is becoming. He is such a smart kid but doesn't show it! I don't even bother telling people when he is capable of saying/doing anymore because he won't do it infront of anyone but me and a select few.
Chris and I are TTC and I'm hoping to have another summer baby. I started taking prenatals today since I heard that helps with the whole process.
Anyways, I'll update later. I'm going to see if I can find the cord to upload pictures to this computer!
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