My Journey With Motherhood: Sunday, Lazy Sunday...

Hi Everyone!

Sundays at our household are usually low-key, relaxing days for all of us...Today that trend is holding true for everyone besides mommy. As I write this entry today I sit on my couch wit Ryder asleep on my chest, my husband asleep on the other side of the couch, and our dog asleep in between my husband and I. Now why would I choose to write about this? It doesn't seem that strange, right? Well it's not strange, per say, it's ironic. And the reason it is ironic is because of all the people in this house that wanted to take a nap, I am the only one awake right now...And did I mention that I got the LEAST amount of sleep last night and all day long I kept dropping very unsubtle hints that I wanted to take a nap...

Now believe me, this is NOT the first (or second) time this has happened but for some reason today it is really irritating me. Why not just nap along with them, you ask? Well as I mentioned before, Ryder is sleeping on my chest and I'm sitting up. Some people, like my wonderful husband, are able to sleep while sitting up, but I am not one of those people! Try lying down, you say? Well that doesn't work either because everytime I try to do this Ryder wakes up and since he just went through the dreaded 3 month growth spurt he NEEDS his sleep!

So, here I sit listening to the gentle sounds of snoring from my two boys and my fur-baby...

On to more pleasant things...We have had a wonderful weekend. Yesterday we had a visit from my husband's parents and youngest sister, Dana. They came over in the afternoon and we spent some wonderful quality time together. While waiting for our delicious food to be done Jason spent time catching up with his dad out in our garage; I swear those two could talk for hours! While the boys were busy chatting my mother-in-law and I did a little rearranging in our house. This rearranging was the start of "de-cluttering" and moving things out of Ryder's reach. It won't be long before my little man is running around and knocking stuff over! After our hard work rearrangning it was time to eat, and boy was the food good! Following dinner we watched some pre-season football (the Vikings lost, boo!) and ended our night watching "The Break Up". Our Sunday started out with a 9:30 church service for Ryder and I. We went to church with my sister, and after church the three of us went to lunch at Applebee's and then to the scrapbooking store to get supplies for baptism invitations. Ryder and I went home for a little while (gotta find time to pump!) and then we headed over to my sister's house to work on the invitations - they turned out so cute! And now we're back at home which brings us back to the beginning of this post and my sleeping family...

Only two days left at home before returning to work on Wednesday. I'm going to cherish EVERY SINGLE SECOND with Ryder over the next 48 hours. Thank God I work 12 hour shifts which means I only have to be away from my little man for two or three days a week. I don't know what I'd do if I had to work Monday through Friday like normal people. Wednesday will truly be a rough day for me so I'm trying to not think about it to much. For now I'm just going to focus on my little man. I'll leave you all with a few new pictures of my bugaboo...