It's Time!!!

So this coming Saturday my husband has a huge race he's been training for, for about the past year.  Needless to say, it's made getting rid of the baby weight a little less than easy given the lack of time or consistency in our household.

However, the time has finally come...or will be coming... to get my butt in gear!!!

Hello Autumn, Hello Blank Canvas!

I made the first batch of apple crisp today, my house smells amazing and it's made me crave autumn to arrive in full force more than ever!

Something about this time of year excites me to no extreme.  Perhaps it's the cooler weather offering a reprieve from August's heat.  Perhaps it's the changing of the leaves, or just the fact that every change of season seems to present itself like a blank canvas.

Before and After

I was posed with an interesting topic to think on the other day.  It was asked "What do you miss most from before becoming a mother, and what do you appreciate most after becoming one?"

I've been struggling with this a lot lately.  Some days it just feels that I'm either a mom or a wife, but have a hard time juggling both in any given day.

What I mean by that is that my husband can come home after working a 12 hour shift to a house that's clean, I've managed a shower and to do my hair and make up and be dressed in something other than comfy pants and a tank top.  I might have made a dessert that day or cooked something special, and I've taken some time for me throughout the day so that I'm relaxed and happy.  However, because I have taken time away from spending with my daughter, she is in a less than desirable mood.

So Much Love

I once dated a guy who told me "I feel on top of the world when you fall asleep in my arms."  This was, of course, in fact to my falling asleep while we were watching something incredibly boring on TV.  I remember reading that line in a note and thinking "You feel special that I found your interest so dull that I fell asleep?  Creep."

YEARS later, I have a much different outlook on those words.

Tonight was one of those exhausting nights.  The ones where NOTHING at bed time goes right, no matter how much you planned for it.

What a PERFECT alternative to a cosleeper!

So when we brought little miss home we first put her in a cosleeper.  Which was great, until she grew like a weed and became a sprawler really early on.  So, needless to say she outgrew her co sleeper pretty darn quick.

Then we moved her into bed with us.  I actually quite liked the bed sharing, it was super convenient for those night time feedings and I hardly missed a wink of sleep.  Of course we made sure it was done safely, had body pillows on either side of her between us and her just in case one of us slept more soundly than we anticipated.

And then she became a tosser and a turner, and started learning to roll over and crawl.  And then bed sharing, even in our king size bed, because a pain.  So, we moved her crib into our room and started trying to move her after she fell asleep.  If someone has a great way to move a 20 lb 27 inch long child without waking them, I'd LOVE to hear it.

Solutions, how I love them

I'm back!!!  It only took close to 9 months.  The saving grace?  I now have a blogger app on my ipod touch.  That means when Lyla goes down for a nap and I'm stuck next to her because she's been sleeping terribly and needs as long of a nap as possible, I can still be sort of productive!  Thank goodness!!!  Anyway, here we go.  I have recipes, organization tricks, and some pretty neat craft ideas WAY backed up to talk about.  And with fall around the corner and an itch to cook everything pumpkin and apple all over again...we should be set with some materials for quite a while.  Sorry about dropping off the face of the earth, turns out having a kid is a bit time consuming!