Three weeks.
That's all I have left.
That's all I've gotten so far.
I'm halfway through my "maternity leave".
It's not real maternity leave, let's be honest.
Six weeks is not nearly enough time with your newborn.
Not for me anyway.
Ugh, it just breaks my heart.
I'm halfway done already?!
Didn't I just bring him home yesterday??
Isn't he still the tiniest, most vulnerable little peanut who needs his mama?
I knew going into this whole pregnancy thing I'd have to do the whole "working mom" thing, at least for a while.
But I'm not ready for it.
It doesn't help either that I belong to a church where just about every woman in the congregation is a stay-at-home mom; I feel judged when they ask me my plans and I tell them I'm back at work after six weeks. They get that look on their face, ya know?
Um, can't help it.
Don't have a choice.
Anywho, I'm going to be a hot mess my first day back at work.
I just know it..
Uuuuggghhhh.....
But it's okay, really.
I knew it was going to be this way.
Thomas and I have always said family is the most important thing in life; we've always wanted to start our family as soon as possible.
And if that means working while raising a family, and struggling with money for the first several years of having a family, well then so be it.
It can be done.
And it'll be worth it.
It's part of building a life together.
We're young, newly married, newly-made family, and that means just getting started with life.
Our lease is up in December and we can't wait to move out of this place.
It's a nice place, don't get me wrong, but man! It's pricey.
We went through the whole process of getting approval for a mortgage, started going out with a Realtor and looking at townhouses to buy, and then Thomas lost his job.
Soooo now no house hunting.
We're back to renting.
Which sucks, because the houses we were looking at all had mortgages cheaper than our rent.
But now we won't be able to get approval on my income alone.
Such a bummer.
We have been able to find a couple nice two-bedroom apartments and even townhouses with rents that are cheaper than our one-bedroom rent we pay now, but we'll see where we end up.
We haven't made any decisions yet, and it doesn't feel like we will soon.
Just haven't gotten "that feeling", ya know?
Anywho, I feel like I went off on a tangent...
Benjamin's been doing great!
He's growing and still the sweetest little guy on the face of the planet.
Oh, I am so in love with him.
In less than a week we'll be making a roadtrip out to Milwaukee to visit my sister, his auntie, so he can meet her for the first time.
First road trip at four weeks old!
He had newborn pictures last week and I am DYING to see how they turned out!!
We got some sneak peeks and they are adorable!
He also has another newborn session next week with another company.
I just couldn't pass up the groupon - $20 for a $250 value (two-hour session and prints!).
Yeah, couldn't pass it up.
I love Groupon!
Anybody ever buy a vacation off Groupon?
I've always wondered how that works...and if it's legit.
It has to be, right?
Mmm.
Maybe I'll find out some day...
Ooops. 'Nother tangent...
Aaaaanywhooooo.....
Ahh man, life is good.
It's a struggle, and frustrating so much of the time.
But even still, it's so good.
And I feel so blessed every day.
That's all I have left.
That's all I've gotten so far.
I'm halfway through my "maternity leave".
It's not real maternity leave, let's be honest.
Six weeks is not nearly enough time with your newborn.
Not for me anyway.
Ugh, it just breaks my heart.
I'm halfway done already?!
Didn't I just bring him home yesterday??
Isn't he still the tiniest, most vulnerable little peanut who needs his mama?
I knew going into this whole pregnancy thing I'd have to do the whole "working mom" thing, at least for a while.
But I'm not ready for it.
It doesn't help either that I belong to a church where just about every woman in the congregation is a stay-at-home mom; I feel judged when they ask me my plans and I tell them I'm back at work after six weeks. They get that look on their face, ya know?
Um, can't help it.
Don't have a choice.
Anywho, I'm going to be a hot mess my first day back at work.
I just know it..
Uuuuggghhhh.....
But it's okay, really.
I knew it was going to be this way.
Thomas and I have always said family is the most important thing in life; we've always wanted to start our family as soon as possible.
And if that means working while raising a family, and struggling with money for the first several years of having a family, well then so be it.
It can be done.
And it'll be worth it.
It's part of building a life together.
We're young, newly married, newly-made family, and that means just getting started with life.
Our lease is up in December and we can't wait to move out of this place.
It's a nice place, don't get me wrong, but man! It's pricey.
We went through the whole process of getting approval for a mortgage, started going out with a Realtor and looking at townhouses to buy, and then Thomas lost his job.
Soooo now no house hunting.
We're back to renting.
Which sucks, because the houses we were looking at all had mortgages cheaper than our rent.
But now we won't be able to get approval on my income alone.
Such a bummer.
We have been able to find a couple nice two-bedroom apartments and even townhouses with rents that are cheaper than our one-bedroom rent we pay now, but we'll see where we end up.
We haven't made any decisions yet, and it doesn't feel like we will soon.
Just haven't gotten "that feeling", ya know?
Anywho, I feel like I went off on a tangent...
Benjamin's been doing great!
He's growing and still the sweetest little guy on the face of the planet.
Oh, I am so in love with him.
In less than a week we'll be making a roadtrip out to Milwaukee to visit my sister, his auntie, so he can meet her for the first time.
First road trip at four weeks old!
He had newborn pictures last week and I am DYING to see how they turned out!!
We got some sneak peeks and they are adorable!
He also has another newborn session next week with another company.
I just couldn't pass up the groupon - $20 for a $250 value (two-hour session and prints!).
Yeah, couldn't pass it up.
I love Groupon!
Anybody ever buy a vacation off Groupon?
I've always wondered how that works...and if it's legit.
It has to be, right?
Mmm.
Maybe I'll find out some day...
Ooops. 'Nother tangent...
Aaaaanywhooooo.....
Ahh man, life is good.
It's a struggle, and frustrating so much of the time.
But even still, it's so good.
And I feel so blessed every day.
For those who judge...shame on them! For those that you think are judging you, I think you'd be surprised at what they're really thinking...everything is going to work out, you just wait and see :D
ReplyDeleteOnly god has the right to judge. You are doing the right thing for your family and that is all that matters.
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