Y02:D002 - Back to the Job

Song of the day:  Taylor Swift - Love Story

Well, I'm back at it.  As of today, I'm back to being a stay-at-home mom, until this fall.  I have mixed feelings about it.  I'm really excited to be able to spend a ton of time with Elliot again, but I really am going to miss being in school.  I also have worries about being cut out to be a stay-at-home mom again.  He's changed a lot in the four months that I was in school, and now I'm worried about making sure that he's learning things while we're at home.  Also, with the weather being so cold, I'm worried about him being active enough.  Granted, he's always running around, but in our apartment there's not much room to run.  Today I'm going to get a family membership to the Children's Museum, and heading there a couple times a week should help him get some energy out!  I'm also not that excited about cooking again, lol.  I really do enjoy cooking, but now that I have to every single day, it seems not as enjoyable.  But I am excited to be eating home cooked food again instead of mostly take out like we had been doing. 

We had a great Christmas-New Years season!  It was really relaxing and we got to see a lot of family!  Elliot got a ton of new toys and he's still on overload every time he rediscovers another toy.  It was great to see him so excited about everything!  The first toy that he opened was a Buzz Lightyear doll,and we actually had to hide it so he would open the rest of his presents.  This morning Kyle gave him the Woody doll that we were going to give him for Christmas but accidentally left at home.  He's been carrying it around all morning, taking his hat off, putting it back on, and talking to Woody.  I'm not really sure what he's saying, but he was not excited when he had to put him down for breakfast, lol.  

Well, almost one year ago I wrote my first blog entry about losing weight.  As of this morning I weigh 236.8 lbs.  That's 4.2 lbs more than I weighed last year at this point - but I'm also currently 7 months and 1 week pregnant.  I'm also 13.2 lbs less than I was at this point in my pregnancy with Elliot.  Overall, I'm feeling pretty good about that!  I've gained just under 30 lbs so far, and I think part of that is to blame on my overindulgence of cookies during the holidays :)  I am excited for the baby to get here, but we have so much left to do before she does!  This pregnancy is going by so much faster than Elliot's!  Eight weeks left!

Day 239 - Last week of summer.

Song of the day:  Justin Bieber - Pray


It's been two weeks since I last wrote.  I'm not really sure why I haven't written anything.  Probably because the only thing to write about would be how nauseous I have been :/  I've tried some over the counter meds (okay'd by my doctor), different flavors of suckers, and eating small foods every two to three hours.  Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't.  I'm 14 weeks now, and have been hoping for a little give on the sick feeling, but it's still around.  Thankfully it's not as bad as it was a few weeks ago, so hopefully I'm on the down swing.  


I  realized that this is the last week that I have as a stay at home mom.  It's a bittersweet feeling.  I am really excited to be back in school, but it's so sad to not be spending every day with Elliot.  Kyle's in Michigan this week, but will thankfully be home for the first two weeks of school so I'll have some support in case I'm starting to feel overwhelmed.  I realized that since I changed my class schedule around that Elliot only has to be in daycare for 4 days a week instead of 5, and that he'll only be there for 28 hours a week which puts him under full time - and saves us $55/week which is awesome!  


We've also taken a real look at our budget and we'll be out of debt (except for student loans, which we don't really count) by the time the baby gets here!  That's a huge relief since we're also looking to get a larger car and hopefully a house.  We're 95% sure that we're staying in Madison for at least another 3-10 years and we're sick of renting.  The only thing keeping us from buying a house in Madison would be if the most amazing perfect job ever opened up to Kyle in La Crosse.  That's highly doubtful.  We've started looking at houses online, but who knows what will still be available in 6 months, or what else will be available!  I always hate not knowing what's will be happening.  And everything is going to be happening really fast.  Our lease is up March 31st and the baby is due February 27th, and we're going to have to be house shopping, and moving, and having a new baby (not necessarily in that order) all in about two months.  Lots of prayer will be what gets us through this!


Tomorrow Elliot has his 15 month check-up and then sometime this week we're going to head to Whitewater to turn in his daycare papers and hopefully get the rest of my books.  Thankfully UW-Whitewater seems to have a lot of adult students so I don't feel totally alone and old going back to school.  Hopefully it will take two years to get done, but I'll already have to take a semester off this spring for the baby, and who knows how quickly I'll get pregnant again!  Lol.  Okay, I think it's time for 1st lunch...