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Saturday, February 04, 2012

Gettin in the Groove

Oh boy, where to begin?
I'm such a terrible blogger. I was going to blog about my awful experience at Target today, but I'll save you the details. Let's just say it involved a HORRIBLE diaper, and having to go to the baby aisle to buy some new socks! Thank God for cell phones, big brothers, and husbands!

I've been back to work (from maternity leave) for 3 weeks now. I must say, it has been much easier this go round than it was with Jaxon. For starters I got to take 3 months off which was extremely nice. I think the other thing that makes it easier going back to work is that I can see my babies any 'ol time I want! The daycare has web cams! I LOVE it. I absolutely love the ladies that care for my sweet baby girl. They do a fantastic job and Lillian has adjusted nicely to daycare. I also enjoy watching Jaxon. He cracks me up! I love watching his class and watching him learn new things.

I was worried about going back to work with a new baby given that I commute much farther now than I did when Jaxon was small. Lillian has made it so easy. She is a GREAT baby! She goes to bed around 7pm every night and wakes between 2-3am for a bottle, then immediately goes right back to sleep. My alarm goes off at 5am and I leave for Dallas at around 5:45am. My company recently moved locations. I was terrified thinking about my new route as it would involve 635, and I've NEVER been a fan of that highway. Since I leave so early in the morning's it's really not bad at all. Coming home, I take Loop 12 to the Dallas North Tollway, to George Bush, to I35. I get to the daycare right at 5pm everyday, so it's not bad at all. We have adjusted nicely back into our normal routine. I get dinner started, wash bottles, and of course Jason comes home and helps get stuff ready for the next day. He drops the kids off in the mornings, so making sure that EVERYTHING is done the night before helps him to have a stress free morning. It's funny how much of a team effort raising a family is. My mom was a single mom and I still have no idea how she did it. I rely SO much on husband, and couldn't do it without him!

Moving on....
I've taken up knitting! Loom knitting that is! I love it! So far, I've learned to make hats and scarves. I've become so enthused with it that I've found myself clipping the Michael's coupons so I can buy more yarn! I think I just really love that I have finally found a hobby. I've always wanted to do something crafty, but just hadn't found my nitch. (Scrapbooking was a big waste of money! Don't get my husband started!) Anyway, I've made several scarves for friends and several baby hats for all my friends who have had sweet new babies this year.

Wednesday night bible study has started back up at our church. I contimplated signing up because of Lillian. I just didn't think that I would be able to leave work, pick up the kids, feed them, and make it to church on time, but when my friend Marissa said she would like to attend the class I made a way! "Read the Bible for Life" is the name of the class we are taking and this past week was our first session. I took both kids with me, but moving forward Jason is going to come home early so he can keep Lilli. She goes to bed at 7pm so there is just no sense in me taking her up there. Jaxon however, loves it! I'm so thrilled that my friend is joining me at church. I really, really love our church and our church family and couldn't imagine doing life without them.