Lunch Date

Eve and I had a lunch date today and it was really fun. This last year has been really hectic for me. I have been going to school full time plus working full time. I feel really bad because although I try to spend time with her it isn’t always easy because there is always work to be done.

This is a typical day that everything runs smoothly on. It doesn’t count Tuesday nights when I would go directly from work to school until 10:00 at night or the nights I work until 7:30 with club sponsorships

6:30~Wake up
7:30~Drive to work
8:00-4:30~Work
4:30-5:00~Drive Home
5:00-5:30~Relax
5:30-6:30~Make and eat dinner
6:30-7:00~Let Eve watch TV.
7:00-8:00~Read Eve 1000 books
8:00~Put Eve to Bed
8:30-12:30~Work on homework and Nest(I need to do something for my sanity.)
12:30-1:00~get ready for bed.
1:00-???~Lay in bed with a list a mile long of things that need to get done.

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I know you are probably thinking what a wuss. Adam is wonderful and does everything I ask on top of going to work all day, but my problem lies in I think my crazy schedule is really unfair to Eve. I love her to pieces and want to spend so much time with her but I just can’t. Even now that it is summer and I don’t have to work I find it difficult to spend time with her. I am taking two summer classes and one of them has an outrageous amount of work involved. I know I am getting my masters so that I can provide more for my family and also so that I can set a good example for Eve in regards to school, but I feel like I am missing out on so much of her life. I guess I just have to remind myself that I start my capstone project in the fall and that will be the beginning of the end (plus my course load will be much lighter.) In the meantime I am trying to create room in my day to do special things just with Eve. Today I took her to tumbling and afterwards we went to Streets of New York and split french fries and a Coke (really healthy I know). I love streets because they are never busy when we go there. It was so nice to sit and giggle with my little girl and talk about letters, numbers, colors, and all of the silly animals noises she knows. I think she must have told me 100 times in the hour we were there that she loved me. I am so happy that we just got some us time because even though she is always supportive of my schooling (she understands “shhh mommy is on a web-conference right now.” means play quietly next to me) I think she miss our goofy time and I know I certainly do too.

A New Adventure

When Adam and I decided to try for Eve it was a hard decision to make. Financially we weren't very well off. We were ok but there wasn't a ton of extra money. We both wanted to be parents so we decided to start trying. During that first month of trying Adam seemed like he was having second thoughts. Looking back I think he was really worried on how we would afford to have a child. I decided that if we didn't get pregnant that cycle I was going to put TTC on hold until Adam seemed more comfortable with the idea. Sometimes I think he just agrees with whatever I want because he wants to make me happy. Well I was pregnant that first cycle. We both seemed excited and Adam made every effort to be able to be at all of my appointments and be supportive. The problem with my pregnancy was we dealt with it in different ways. I wanted to be pampered and have a celebration over every aspect. Adam was scared so he never showed the level of excitement I expected and this made us both really cranky. We were both overjoyed with the outcome it was just the journey that was rough.

Last year we started talking about our timeline for number 2 and I convince him that we should start trying that cycle. He was ok but as the cycle wore on it began to look like the same emotions were overcoming Adam. I think part of it this time was he was in a job he really didn't like. I was hurt and we decided together to put TTC on hold for another year. In that year we have talked a lot about it. He told me he wants another kid but could deal without the pregnancy. He said he was always so worried about me and the baby. He also said he could live without the mood swings :O). I explained to him what I needed was someone who was excited and not crabby about every little detail. I think getting our needs out in the open really took a weight off of our shoulders about the TTC adventure we were about to enter again.

DH and I are excited to be trying for number 2 (currently waiting to O). I think he is truly ready for another child and it isn't him just doing it to make me happy. I am really happy that we waited. He has been saying encouraging things like he is really excited. Yesterday melted my heart a little. I was sitting in a chair and Adam came and sat on top of me and Eve came an sat on top of him. I said, "what is this the whole family sits on mom day?" Adam replied, "Hopefully next year there will be 4 on this chair instead of just 3." I almost started crying because that is what I was looking for. He has been talking more about TTC than me. I love my husband and can't wait to make another precious life with him.

Disneyland

Adam had a pretty craptastic birthday last week due to some drama within his family. I decided to do something special and totally unexpected for him because honestly he is the most awesome husband and father anyone could ask for. Anyway I planned a surprise trip to Disneyland. Adam and I have a long history with Disney (we were engaged at Disney World, had our honeymoon at Disneyland, and our first family vacation was to Disneyland.) so I thought this would be a fun trip. I decided to leave Eve with my parents since we would only be gone for the weekend. Adam works an hour away from where we live so my parents told Adam that we were going to meet him at work on Friday to take him out to dinner for his birthday. I showed up with the car packed and my dad ended up taking Adams car home. He was so shocked. We headed out that night and I actually drove the whole way there so he could relax. (Pretty impressive since I hate driving.) It was really nice to get so much time with just him. We had a great weekend overall we played all day at Disneyland and took a small break to go to Portillos for hotdogs and cheese fries. Portillos was worth the 6 hours drive from Phoenix. Adam and I really ended up missing Eve on the trip and kept saying we wished we had brought her along but then again we enjoyed have just us time. When she was little it was really easy to leave her but as she gets older she is able to express how much she misses us which makes us miss her. We both almost broke down in tears the first night as she cried uncontrollably at the thought of us not coming home. It took bribing her with "If you are a good girl we will bring you presents." to calm her down. She is extremely spoiled. She scored candy, 2 bracelets, a Tinkerbell baby doll, Disney ears, a Boo in costume baby doll, and a Monsters Inc play set. Eve loves Monsters, Inc. She insists we call her "Boo" and she calls Adam and I Kitty. She could watch that movie nonstop all day. So we had a great time just the two of us but really missed Boo all the while.

Picture Fun.

So Eve is going to preschool through the local parks and rec department. They asked for us to bring in a picture of our family last week. Well being the great mom that I am I rarely take pictures much less pictures of all of us. So last night I remembered that I needed to bring them today because it has been 3 classes and I am the only mom who hasn't brought them in. We had just put Eve down for bed and Adam was just sitting down for dinner when I insisted that they be taken immediately. Eve was super excited to be able to get out of bed and was a goof ball during all of the pictures and Adam was pissy because I interrupted his food. This was the best picture we got.

Tumbling and Ballet

So life got super crazy because of finishing up all my classes so I haven't had a chance to update this in forever. Eve just finished her preschool, tumbling, and ballet classes. She really enjoyed them. This next week she starts a new session of preschool and tumbling. Here are some videos to see the progress she made over the first session.

Easter

We had a total blast today. Eve had so much fun finding all 85 easter eggs we had hidden while she was at church with my parents.

Eve's 3rd Birthday!

Can you believe that Eve is 3 today? We had a really special day together. I took off work to take her to get her hair and nails done fancy. Her new thing is she loves everything to be fancy. After that we went home and I baked a cake for her and we had a family birthday party. After she opened all of her presents we went to Build A Bear where she built an Irish bear like every year since she was born. This year she named it Four! The guy at the store insisted we put 4 hearts in it so we bought a beating heart and then Adam, Eve and I all made a special wish for one before she put them all in. Overall I think she really enjoyed herself today I mean who wouldn't after all that pampering.

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