I know that being a working mom is super hard. I'm "on" from 5am until 8pm with only about 60 minutes of "me time" before I go to bed. I feel broke most of the time. The hours between getting home from work and putting Trey to bed are enough to make me go straight to the bottle due to the tantrums, whining, and clinginess. But after having this conversation, I realized how lucky I am.
I actually don't mind going to my job. In fact, on Sunday nights I'm sort of looking forward to going to work the next morning. I have really great friendships that I work on cultivating and get a lot from. (Is that a dangling preposition? I hate those.) Just this weekend I was able to see SEVEN friends and that was in FIVE different social engagements. Between email, texting, and Facebook, I am in pretty constant contact with a lot of my friends, and I think that is what makes me feel so fulfilled. I have a happy home. My child delights me on a daily basis, and my husband and I made it out to two date nights in the past week (granted those are the first two in a very long time, but we are focusing on the positives here, right?).
When I was talking to this person and they said, "When I retire in 30 years, I'm going to look back and think 'What did I do with my life?'" I thought to myself, "Wow, I don't feel that way at all. I am really lucky."
Trey has been a lot of fun the past few weeks. We still get the foot stomping and crying when we don't meet his demands in 2 seconds or less, but we also get the giggles and the smiles. The level of energy is high around the house, so you will see a lot of capital letters. They are meant to capture Trey's LOVE of these things in his life.
Trey LOVES playing in the car. He can be passenger or driver; it doesn't really matter to him. He loves having his seatbelt on, but I have to have mine on too. He loves putting the keys in the ignition and is getting close to being able to turn them (makes his mama nervous). He loves turning the windshield wipers on and off, and he LOVES playing with the cd player and having control over the music. Playing in the car is our new post-daycare activity that could last hours if it was up to Trey.
Trey LOVES his sidewalk chalk. He loves using it in the driveway, loves sitting at his table drawing on paper, and LOVES walking around the deck writing all over the banister and posts.
Trey LOVES going to the park. He likes going on the swings, climbing the play structures, and most recently throwing barkdust. He also has his new favorite word ("mine!") which he has been using at the playground getting close to pushing kids and making his mama slightly embarrassed.
Aiden (Dan and Kristina's son who we babysat on Saturday)
and Trey at Woodlawn Park
Trey on the big boy swing for the first time
Having a ball at Washington Park
The last time we were there all he could do was swing.
This time I was chasing him around everywhere.
Sitting with Kai and Zander, Sarah's boys
Trey LOVES swimming. We are taking swimming lessons right now at the Mt Scott pool (super warm which Mama loves) and he is pretty much giddy the whole time we are in the pool. Last weekend Randy came with us, so I got to sit on the side and drink coffee and read my book. Pretty sweet deal, if you ask me. I'm hoping to talk Randy into taking him by himself next week so I can go to the farmer's market, but don't tell Randy.
Trey LOVES being outside. I am starting to think about summer and activities Trey and I can do that don't involve wandering around the driveway and the yard. Yesterday we were headed to Washington Park and driving through this really fancy neighborhood. This basketball hoop was sitting on the edge of a driveway with a sign that said "FREE". Seriously??? Randy and I were JUST talking about getting one of these for him. Perfect timing! We also just got him a water table off of Craigslist that he will LOVE (he has one at daycare, so I know he already loves it).
Trey also LOVES running around the house naked. I took some cute pictures, but I'm not too keen on putting naked pictures of my boy on the internet. Randy is paranoid that Trey will pee every time he's naked (which Trey used to do), but I think Trey's getting used to the feel of being naked so the risk is diminishing.
Next weekend we are taking Trey to Sesame Street Live (early birthday gift from my dad and Sandy) and I am so hopeful that Trey is in a good mood when we go because he is going to FREAK OUT. I am loving this nice weather and the seeds in my garden have just started to sprout. I really hope my carrots grow this time because I can't wait to pull one out and show it to Trey. Good times, people. Good times.
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