Today Ethan is 11 weeks old. Time has flown by! Since Ethan has joined our family my daily routine has drastically changed. With Matt in the airlines his schedule is never the same. Usually he is home 3 or 4 days then gone 3 or 4 days. Prior to Ethan, I enjoyed that alone time. My house stayed clean and I could hog the TV all I wanted to. I could take my time getting ready in the mornings and come home and do nothing after work if I wanted to. I could decide at any moment that I wanted to go out to eat or run to Wal-Mart, and on the weekends I could spend the whole time on the couch if I wanted to. That has all changed since the arrival of Ethan.
My routine has become a race. In the mornings I hurry up and shower because Ethan can wake up any minute. I get out of the shower and he is still sleeping, that means I have to race to get dressed, put on deorderant and brush my teeth. Ethan is still asleep, hurry up and put on my make-up and dry my hair (forget about straightening it, that takes to much time now). What is this!?!?....he is still sleeping, time to pump, pack my lunch, fix a couple bottles. If he is still sleeping I take the moment to enjoy a bowl of ceral, but more then likely he is starting to stir and I grab a granola bar because I can eat that with one hand, and let Achilles out. By now it is 6 a.m. and after Ethan is dressed we enjoy a bottle and some TV, if we have enough time we might squeeze in a cat nap before leaving the house. We get home and it is a race again. This time I'm racing to get stuff done before Ethan gets hungry. I need to let Achilles out, feed the animals, clean the cat box, change my clothes, pump, fix a couple bottles and try to eat something. In between those, I have to entertain Ethan because he can only stay in one spot for so long before he gets bored. Then it is time to get him ready for bed. Once Ethan is down for the night it is time to do stuff around the house, and what I don't get done I save it for the weekend. I love this and wouldn't change it for the world! Don't get me wrong, when Matt is home it does make things a lot easier, but doing this by myself has taught me a lot about myself. I am a strong and independent women.
Changing the subject.....
The weather has changed yet again here in Missouri. We had 80 degree weather on Sunday and today is didn't even get out of the 40's. I broke down and turned the heater on yesterday morning (I got to keep Ethan warm). I'm digging out the cold weather clothes for Ethan, and slowly packing away the warm weather clothes. I get a little sad putting those clothes away because he won't fit into them next year. People aren't joking when they say babies grow up fast.
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