Baby #2 Coming Soon!

pictures by my good friend Morgan

It's been 100 years since I posted on this blog and I was actually going to delete it, but then I went to fill in Kyle's baby book and noticed that I had NOTHING written down for his 12 month update. So I came back and read my 12 month post and was able to fill in all the info I needed! Then I started browsing through all the old posts and realize how much I miss it. True, I don't have tons of time to spend on it, but whenever I have a few minutes to spare (like I do today) I want to post some updates to help me remember this time in our lives.

Only 5 or so weeks until we meet our baby girl and I'm feeling READY. Not ready, like I can conquer the world with 2 kids (I actually don't know how the heck I'm going to do it!), but ready, like I can't sleep very well and I'm uncomfortable and my feet are swollen from running around with Kyle all day so let's do this.

I also can't wait to see her sweet little face and introduce her to her big brother, who is excited beyond belief.

January Update

Things are a little crazy in our house right now! I'm so excited to be teaching my first college class for the Spring semester (which starts next week, BTW), but since it's my first time teaching EVER I have so much reading and preparing to do, along with staying on top of all of my freelance writing deadlines and bringing home some cash from bartending. Brian is also super busy at work and finishing up projects at home, so between the two of us we could use a personal assistant to keep it all straight!

I am definitely not complaining, though. Teaching has always been a dream of mine and I am thrilled that I've been given this opportunity. My class is going to be Monday and Wednesday mornings, and I'll be doing my office hours 30 minutes before class starts. I've been told not many students stop by the office for help (darn college kids), so I'm kind of looking forward to having 30 minutes of quiet to myself to catch up on emails and plan my day. Kyle's grandma Suzie will be watching him at our house while I teach, and then Kyle will have a cousin play date at his auntie's house every Tuesday so I can stay on top of my grading and writing. My manager at the bar agreed to let me go down to two days/week instead of three, so that will help free up my weekdays to write and have some fun time with Kyle, too. It will be a busy semester, but I think it's going to work out great and I really can't wait.

In other news, we spent three hours at Ikea last Saturday (cue toddler and mommy meltdowns galore) picking out some stuff for my new office at home! We have a four bedroom house, and for the past few years one of the bedrooms has been our "room of doom" - AKA stuff was thrown in there and the door remained closed. I'm so excited that we took the time to clean it out and turn it into a functional space where I can (hopefully) be productive at home! We cleaned off the bookcase and desk and then bought a cute red cabinet for some of Kyle's toys and also got him a new easel with some chalk (Kyle helped Brian put it all together with his own hammer and tools, so cute). We wanted to get him this little table and chairs too, but of course they're sold out at the moment. My plan is to rotate the toys that are in here and put some sort of new, easy and fun little project in those white cabinets each week so when we go in there to work he's excited to check out what's inside and he can keep himself occupied for a bit while I work at the desk. I've been pinning some ideas and I'm excited to try them out! 

I hope with a reduced bar schedule, organized time to work and a new surge of motivation I'll be able to stay on track, kick butt at my work, plan healthy meals, keep a clean house and still enjoy time yogurt dates with the fam, time with my boy, QT with the hubs and maybe even an episode of The Bach and some decent sleep. A girl can dream, right?