So here it goes:
After some thought and sleep I have decided that keeping this blog going just isn't working at the moment. Between working 32 hrs a week, taking care of the littles and trying to maintain a somewhat clean house there isn't much extra time. With moving to our new place I have increased my commute from 15 min one way to 45 min. When we first moved here I knew my commute was going to increase by that amount but I didn't think that I would so much less time with the kids. In our old place I was home every day by 2 p.m. so the man could leave for work (we didn't have a nanny then), but now I am finding that I am not getting home till 4:30/5. Which means I come home and have to get supper for everyone and by the time that is done and cleaned up it is time to get Jorie ready for bed (she gets her bedtime bottle at 6:30 and is usually in bed by 7). I ended up moving Jackson's bedtime up from 7 to 8 just so he could get a little one-on-one time but that still is so much less time than before. And once the kids are all in bed I either am dead tired and sleeping by 9 pm, end up doing some household chores or I have work to finish up from the day.
Watching the video below helped make thoughts I've been having for a while now about the amount of time spent on electronics a little more of a reality. And made me realize a few changes needed to be made in our household to help de-prioritize (I don't think that's a word, just deal with it) electronics and prioritize face-to-face human interaction. Taking a sabbatical, if you want to call it that, from this blog is just one of the few things I am doing. The man and I have also briefly talked about having a no electronics day once a week. Either Saturday or Sunday the only electronics that can or could be used would be the camera, tv/blu-ray for family movie days, the radio/record player and lastly our land-line house phone (yep you read correctly we still have a land-line!)
Since I haven't blogged in so long I will try and quickly recap what has been going on over here for one last time.
The Man: the Man has been sleep deprived and stressed with the amount of work his classes have been this semester. Homework has taken over any free-time he has between working and reserves. We are so glad that this semester is almost over! He is almost done with his associates and is starting his bachelors June 1st. I am so proud of him for all his hard work, I know it hasn't been easy.
Jackson: Where to start with this little man. He has been 2 for a month now....mind blown!!! This kid amazes me on a daily basis. He is one of the sweetest little boys I know. He's a lover not a fighter. He helps out with Jorie and little chores around the house. Granted he does have his days where he is what you would consider your typical 2 year old and throws fits for no reason and doesn't listen to us. Thankfully the majority of the time he is a smart, sweet, dramatic, sensitive, emotional, happy little boy. Jack has also started potty training. In the back of my mind I have known he has been ready to start for a while but I kept putting it off because we are flying in a week and I didn't want to have to add that element to flying alone with both kids. But he had different plans and kind of started potty training on his own after one of our many talks about going potty like a big boy. I am really proud of him and how well he has been doing with it. He normally has a dry pull-up when he wakes up in the morning and after his nap. He is also pretty good at keeping his "big boy undies" or pull-up dry during the day. We are working on getting him to tell us when he has to go since he will go every time we put him on the potty. This is usually where he has an accident when he has them...but it's getting better.
Jorie: I can't believe I'm going to say this but Jorie is 6 months old and is just amazing. She has almost mastered sitting up on her own and rolls all over our living room...nothing is off limits in that room. We have just started baby-led weaning with her and she has been doing great with it and is loving food. Cucumbers are one of her favorites right now! This girl is happy 95% of the time. She loves to play with Jackson, he can always make her laugh and smile. I am excited to see more of her lovable happy personality come out and develop. We have been lucky again to have a good sleeper, she sleeps for 12 hrs straight at night. With that she is a pretty awful napper during the day but I will take that trade off every time!
And me: Well there isn't much to say that hasn't already been said. I guess I should mention that I am so thankful we decided to get a nanny for the kids. Gemma has been with us since February and is amazing. Both kids love her and she even manages to do a few household chores for us most days like loading/unloading the dishwasher, sweeping, mopping and other little chores that no one likes doing. I really don't know how we managed without her. Somehow we did but I am glad that we now have her here to help.
Well this ended up being much longer than I had originally intended it but I guess that will happen when I haven't posted in so long. I just want to say thank you to the few people that still might read this. Who knows what could happen in the future, I could be back to blogging in a year or I might not blog ever again. Either way if you want to see pictures of the kids follow me on Instagram and if you want to know what is actually going on in our family give me a call/text/Skype/FaceTime (see way too many other forms of communication)
