New cut

Don't you love it when you go to the hair salon, talk about what you want, and the girl does nothing at all like it?!  I don't do short layers.  They make my hair look big.  We talked about long layers in the front and stacking the back.  When she did it yesterday, it looked great. Today I couldn't get it to be cute.  So here is a picture of the one time for the next eight or more weeks that I'll like how my hair looks....

Working momma... being real

So now that I'm back to work I've settled into a bit of a routine.  So I thought I'd give you an overview of what a typical day might look like.

12:00 am- nurse
3:00 am- nurse
5:30 am- nurse
6:00 shower
6:45 pump
7:10 leave for work
7:30 arrive & begin duties
7:50 tardy bell rings
10:50 pump (in a bathroom) & eat lunch
11:20 back to class
3:00 pump
3:15-5:00 work on the copious amounts of work that I never seem to be able to do throughout the day or sit through meetings
5:20 pick up my wonderful baby boy- this is my favorite part of the day by far
5:30 do dishes while Caleb snoozes in his car seat then wake and play
7:30 bedtime routine
9:00 bedtime for momma

It isn't really a glamorous life but it is my current situation.  I just thank God for the opportunity to work for our family.  Even if it isn't my desire or dream at this moment, when I think of the "big picture" it is okay.  It makes me happy to know that I can still nourish my baby while I'm separated from him. I know he is in good hands while I'm away.  I hope that our second income will prove to be lucrative to his and our future!  I try to be grateful even when I feel overly tired or overwhelmed.  The first couple of weeks back were extremely hard and emotional but I'm learning to take things day by day.  I think I even battled depression through it all.  I think I'm coming out ahead of it and can start to see some positives.  But, I know that I am very blessed and can always slow things down if it becomes too much.  I just feel thankful that I have a great network of people encouraging me along the way.  And this was my "being real" post so I apologize if it was scrambled or didn't make sense as I tried to get my thoughts out.

Sunday with the Boys

Four Month Well Check

Caleb went to his four month check up Monday.  He weighed in at 15 lbs 1 oz.  He was at the 36th percentile for weight.  His length was 25 inches (a little different from my measurement a week earlier) which is at 34th percentile.  His head circumference is 16.5 which is 52 percentile. Caleb has been so much fun this past month!  I really love this little boy more than words can tell.  I have enjoyed watching him learn to roll to his back and stick out his tongue.  He is such a talker and drooler these days!  We always stick a bib on him to save shirts!  We started daycare and couldn't be happier with it!

Brotherly love

These two are acknowledging each other more these days.  I thought it was pretty cute how Cooper got Caleb's attention!!



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First week of daycare

This was Caleb's first ever week of daycare.  He seemed to really like J and her 20 month son H.  Each day when I picked him up, he was all smiles & laughs for miss J.  He was fed and happy.  He would be so tired from his play that he'd fall asleep on the car ride home and I let him sleep in his car seat for 20 minutes so I could wash bottles and eat a quick sandwich.  He has gone to bed extremely easily at night too so I know they play hard!  He learned a new trick this week too, sticking out his tongue!

Here are a few pictures I received from J this week.

Saying goodbye is hard to do

For the past two years I have had the pleasure of working for Heritage school district.  I really enjoyed my experience there and my students.  This year I had an opportunity to work closer to home and even bring in more money for the family so I took it.  I've cried every day though because I knew I was trading in a lot of things and I didn't even get to say goodbye to my students or co-workers.  I was hired exactly one week before school started so there wasn't really much time to prepare.  They started me on new teacher orientation Wed-Friday 8-3:30 so that also abbreviated my summer and my last week to really bond with my baby boy.  I spent Friday evening in my classroom with Chris and my parents cleaning it out.  I cried, I cried a lot!  Here is what my room looks like all packed up in a truck.  This isn't even including what was in my car or mom's van.  And the other pictures are what my kitchen now looks like too.