Getting better!

So the road to recovery in the our house has definitely stepped up the pace! Anthony is back at work today. I enjoyed having him home the last two days, but I definitely get more accomplished when he isn't. Hailie is also getting better. She's pretty congested still. She's still taking her antibiotics though. She is almost back to acting like herself.

Yesterday was a productive day. My MIL came over and played with Hailie for awhile. Gave me a chance to get my kitchen and den cleaned. She must have worn herself out because around 6:15 she climbed into my lap and went to sleep. She woke up around 8 or so and stayed up until 9. She slept most of the night (woke up around 1 for 10 minutes.. thank GOD it wasn't longer! haha!) She started moving around at about 7:30 so I brought her back into our room and we slept until 8:30. Now we're up and she's getting breakfast while I sit and type this.

I found a playground in Alvin that I am looking foward to checking out. Even though we've been here for over 2 years I don't know many people at all other than Anthony's family. It'll be nice to have some adult interaction as well as Hailie being around more kids. Unfortunately with her sick we haven't gotten out of the house. The weather is also supposed to be bad this morning so we are definitely staying in!

Today.

I have come to several conclusions today.

The first being I LOVE BEING AT HOME. I feel like in addition to being able to spend more time with Hailie I have the opportunity to spend more time organizing our house. We moved in last June, I still have no idea where stuff is.. A lot of it is just cluttered into the millions cabinets and closets we have. Our 4th bedroom is still empty, unpainted and without a purpose at all. My goal over the next few weeks to figure out what I want to do with that room and work on it.. as well as really get my office organized. Obviously if we have another kid the 4th bedroom would serve as another child's room - but that won't be happening anytime soon if at all. Just happy and enjoying the one I already have. (I would get started on the tangent about hearing everyone tell me to have more than just one kid, but that would end up being WAY too long. Nothing aggravates me more.)

Anyway - SECOND - school is tough. Going back and taking 15 hours this semester is going to wear me out.

THIRD - I have no energy. I really need to get exercising and lose some weight.. I just need more energy to tackle the many projects I want to work on.

FOURTH - I really want to get back into my photography. Not so much for money purposes - but because I enjoy it. At the moment my dad has my beautiful camera so I will have to wait until probably Saturday to get it back.

FIFTH - I am becoming frugal - and am super happy about it. We will be debt free before we know it!

At this moment - Hailie has finally gone down for her nap so now it's time for me to begin working on organizing the office.

It has to be that time of year...

So the update for the house today is that Anthony's ankle is getting better, but he is still limping around everywhere. He will be going back to work tomorrow. After attempting to get some reading and studying done last night I called it a night when my ears and throat started hurting. Hailie woke me up at 5:30 this morning - and never went back to sleep. So we got up and I made breakfast and we watched cartoons for a little bit. Hope the day gets better and we start feeling better! I don't like being sick at all.. and I have a million things to do!

Life is never simple, is it?

So life is crazy at the moment. Yesterday while at work Anthony sprained his ankle. He went to the doctor and it's only a minor sprain. However, he can't get around too well at the moment so he wasn't able to go to work today. Wednesday is his normal day off, so my hope is that he can go back to work on Thursday.

Hailie has been doing slightly better. However, this morning both she and I woke up so congested. We are both coughing. I have a sore throat too so I can only imagine she might too. So, of course I get to spend my day taking care of both my husband and sick daughter. I also need to get some reading done for school so I don't get too far behind.

What a Day...

Today was quite the eventful day. Last night going to bed I checked on Hailie and she was rubbing her eyes. They were watery and had some gook coming out of them. She didn’t act like she wasn’t feeling good and she went to sleep so I didn’t think much of it. Around 3am she woke up crying and didn’t stop for quite awhile. Her eyes still looked bad and she was congested and just really fussy. I couldn’t get her back to sleep. I went to work and called the doctor who immediately said to bring her in. Anthony met me at the doctors office around 2pm. Turns out my little girl has a double ear infection. Poor baby. Got her antibiotics and she seems to be doing better. We have to put antibiotics in her eyes as well. Not so fun! That was my day… and as of this moment I am no longer working! I am feeling pretty good about that right now.
Time to study… woohoo.

Work, Money, you know.

Tomorrow is going to be my last day of work. In some ways I’m sad about it, but on the other hand I absolutely cannot wait to spend all this extra time with my little girl and to focus on school so I can finally have that degree.
If there is something that I have learned lately it is just how lucky I am with to have the husband I have. He is my best friend, he helps around the house, is an amazing father who doesn’t have to be asked twice to do something for his daughter. I feel bad for people who don’t have that in their marriages. I was very fortunate to grow up with parents who, even after 25 years are still the same way. I learned that the sacrifices we have to make to better ourselves are worth it when it will benefit our families in the long run. Over time I have been taught some valuable lessons that, even though at the time I wouldn’t have thought so, I wouldn’t change for the world. I have encountered several people over the last few years that make me eternally grateful for everything that I have gone through in my life. God has blessed me beyond my wildest dreams and I wouldn’t change any of it for the world. Enough rambling though….
Since we have decided that I would stay home we have had to make some changes in how we spend money. Obviously we are losing my income. Something that we have been talking about doing but put off was Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover. I have listened to his radio show frequently over the last year and his philosphy on money and the stories that I have heard have definitely got me motivated. I highly suggest anyone that might be interested to check him out - http://www.daveramsey.com/. His books are fantastic too. We are really getting started Feb 1st and are going to become even more frugal than we already are. It’s so hard at times to cut out the things we really like (e.g. eating out, shopping for movies/books/etc.). It will be worth it in the end though.
I have so much more to talk about but time for bed - for some reason I have been SO exhausted over the last week. It’s been hard balancing both work, school, and the family. More soon, I promise!

Introduction

I've had blogs before, but always got into the bad habit of never updating them. Between working and just life in general there was never time. Now - times have changed.
3 years ago I made the decision to leave school. Finances, life, and feelings of indifference all contributed to that decision. That decision would haunt me for the next three years. I worked and life went on as usual. In September 2005 I met my now husband Anthony. He was just recently out of the Navy and had just returned to Texas a couple months before. That November we moved in together and just a few months later in March we got married. 4 weeks after that we found out we were expecting our first child. In November 2006 we welcomed our beautiful little girl Hailie. She was such a blessing and has completely turned our lives upside down. In June 2007 we moved out of our apartment and into our first home. Needless to say - the first 2 years of our marriage have been completely crazy! I wouldn't change any of that for the world though. I've been blessed to have found a husband who is absolutely amazing - and is my best friend in the whole world. It was because of the two of them that I decided that I needed to go back to school. I never was truly happy with any of my jobs. As if it were fate - circumstances (some both bad and good) have allowed me to not only return to school to finish up that history degree, but now to stay at home with my little girl. So this is my story - the life of a stay at home mom attempting to be a good wife, mother, and in the meantime juggle 15 hours of school. I hope you enjoy my blog!