I need a vacation . . .

I don't mean to complain, but I seriously need a vacation. This working mom thing is not easy. I basically have 2 full time jobs. My responsibilities as a mom are not reduced just because I'm away from my home for 9 hours a day. I still have to do all the things necessary to keep a house up and running, I just have 9 less hours in the day to do it. Just like anything, I do what I gotta do, but I am exhausted! Plus I have a side business that keeps me busy (check it out here). It's nothing extravagant, but it adds to my list of to dos.

Even though I'm exhausted and can't imagine my life any busier or any more exhausting, I know it will :) So I thought I would write down my what a typical day in my life is like so that years from now I can look back and laugh at how easy I had it.

So here is a typical day in my life . . .

5:30 am . . . rise and shine!
6:30 am . . . Hayden wakes up (luckily I have an AMAZING husband that takes morning shift
                    and gets Hayden fed and ready for the day so I don't have to get up too early)
7:00 am . . . Hayden and I are out the door
7:15 am . . . Drop of Hayden at daycare
7:30 am . . . Get to work and the real craziness begins
work all day
4:15 pm . . . Leave work
4:30 pm . . . Get Hayden from daycare
some days we run errands before heading home
5:00 pm . . . Get home and play a little, then start dinner
5:30ish pm . . . eat dinner
6:00 - 7:00 pm . . . Hayden takes a bath, we play, get ready for bed, spend time as a family
7:00 pm . . . Off to bed Hayden goes!
7:00 - midnight (on average, some nights later, some nights a little earlier) . . . cleaning the
                        house, painting signs, doing laundry, getting things ready for the next day.
midnight . . . my head hits the pillow

I'm not scheduled . . . no! :) I'm incredibly scheduled and so is my child. It was funny the other day our niece watched Hayden for us all day because our babysitter was sick (don't worry she's just home from her mission) and when I got home from work she explained to me that Hayden must know his schedule too because at 11:30 when he eats lunch he walked over to his highchair and said "up" before she could tell him too. And than at 1:00, when he lays down for a nap, he walked over to her and snuggled like he was tired.

Our house functions only because we have a schedule. I hope some day life slows a little bit, or I can stay home so I can be a little more flexible. But right now this is how it is. Again, I'm sure some day I'll look back and think . . . man those were the days . . . life was sooo easy. But right now, it doesn't feel that way. I'm just glad I've made it through another day!

Family Outing . . .

A few Saturdays ago we went to the Children's Museum for a fun morning as a family. Hayden had a lot of fun! At first I don't think he quite understood that he could just run around and play. Shane and I had to encourage him to try different things. . . until we got to the science area. There were all sorts of places to put balls and watch them fly through the air. Hayden LOVED it! At one point he was just running around like a crazy person squealing for joy! Shane and I thought it was hilarious. A little boy near by was a little afraid :)

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day . . .  

How do you not LOVE this face