A day in the life...

I thought it was about time that I gave an update on our daily habits...

5-30-6:30am - Wake up. Smiles and playing. Mommy showers and gets dressed, Ade watches TV in bed with daddy.

7ish - Mommy gets Ade dressed, and then we visit daddy while he showers.

7:30-8am - Mommy prepares Ade's school things - her food - and gets breakfast ready while Ade hangs out watching in her walker. Daddy heads to work.

8ish - Ade has breakfast.

8-9am - Ade might take a nap, or might just play with Mommy.

9-10am - Depending on the day's schedule, Mommy takes Ade to school.

10am-4pm  - Work, work, work, meetings, laundry, cleaning, chores, whatever I can squeeze in.

4-4:30pm - Either Mommy or Daddy picks baby up from school.

5pm - Ade eats dinner. Daddy usually prepares adult dinner, while Mommy does baby dinner.

5:30-6:30pm - Playing with doggies, and getting into pajamas. Sometimes a tubbie.

6:30-7pm - Ade's bedtime. Mommy takes her up to bed and nurses her to sleep while watching Tivo. 

7-9pm - Mommy might stay in bed while Daddy is downstairs. Sometimes we switch. Thursdays I go to class and Daddy has Ade from 5:15pm on.

It's a crazy schedule - imagine fitting all of your life into this timeframe. Finding the time to vacuum or file your nails becomes a time management challenge.

Ade is moments away from crawling. She is so close, up on all fours, rev'ing her engine. Yesterday she slept in her crib at daycare - we were shocked and thrilled. When we move to the new house, we are planning to make the hard transition to crib sleeping at night. It is going to be hard on all for a while I am sure...

Being in class again, as well as teaching, having a full time management job at IBM, and renovating a house, is kind of wearing on me. I am feeling overwhelmed lately. But, I wouldn't be myself if I didn't take on ridiculous amounts of responsibility! I find my time with Ade is more and more precious to me.