New Job
From the time I was a little girl, I always knew I wanted to be a Mommy. Even when I was picking a major for college I knew more than anything I wanted to be a mom. My mom was at home with us during the day growing up and I have lots of great memories that I made with her. I was a momma's girl, so much that I think I cried everyday of Kindergarden. For the last several months we have been going back and forth on the idea of me staying at home and have been praying about it for a long time. I have been asking God to show me where I should be and today I feel like a got a very clear sign. So, what do I do? I call up my very loving and supportive husband to make sure he is really on board with it, and he of course says yes.
I in just a couple of weeks I will be starting my new job as a stay at home mom.
I have the best boss in the world. Seriously, who has a boss this cute?
(I know this picture is a repeat, but it is one of my favorite pictures of all time.)
And the CEO isn't too bad either. (that would be Bryan)
From our negotiations I understand that I will be taking a cut in pay, giving up vacation, sick days, holidays, and working 24/7. The benefits are much better though. I have been told we will be taking lots of field trips and doing tons of fun activities.
I have had someone say to me before, you went to college to get a degree and now you want to not work and stay at home? And my answer is yes, I spent 3 years getting a degree to prepare for a job in the business world, but I have been preparing my whole life to be a mom. Right now that is more important to me that any amount of money and thankfully God has blessed us and given us the opportunity for this to happen.
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( 3.1 / 10 )However, Friday we woke up to winter weather but instead of snow we were getting ice so we were stuck indoors. I always feel like if we are at home all day I need to do an activity or project with Deacon just to change things up. I decided to breakout the finger paint.
Deacon loves to paint and he does a great job. I still of course take his clothes off of him, even though it's washable it is easier to strip him down.
After painting it was time for lunch. Someone was just so exhausted that he couldn't stay awake to eat.
All day I kept saying I just wish there was a little bit of snow so Deacon can play in it. We didn't get much but when Deacon woke up from his nap we told him he could go play in the snow and he was so excited.
Aunt Brooke found a snow suit, well acutally two, that was Cayden and McGwire's and it was just Deacon's size. I didn't think we would get to use it but was so happy to have it yesterday and so was Deacon.
He fell down once.
But he loved playing in the little bit of snow we had.
He did not like his boots having snow on them, so he kept cleaning them off.
He loved it so much he didn't want to come inside, but it was freezing cold. I don't think we were out there for even 5 minutes.
Later that evening Deacon decided it was time to give Elmo a computer lesson.
This morning he woke up with high hopes that we would have more snow to play in, but we didn't...just the lingering ice.
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( 2.9 / 75 )Hiding
Deacon has found a new hiding spot. 
Bryan has been out of town since Monday and we were pleasantly surprised when he called tonight and said he was headed home early.
Deacon decided he would hide out and wait for him...
And when the time was right he wanted to jump out and scare him. Deacon loves to hide just to say "Boo"
Unfortunately for Deacon he had to go to bed before his Daddy got home, but he will be pleasantly surprised tomorrow morning to have his favorite playmate back.
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( 3.1 / 18 )Sunday Pictures
What’s a boy supposed to do when he is dressed up looking so cute for church…take some pictures of course.
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( 0.1 / 1173 )Overdue Play Date
We were finally able to get together with Heather and Amelia for a play date. When Amelia first arrived Deacon was trying to relax.
But that didn't stop Amelia from playing.
Deacon decided he wasn't going to get any peace and quiet in the house.
So he decided to push Amelia around in his car.
Amelia loved this car. I think she is hoping for one for her birthday that is next month.
After lunch we took a walk since it was a nice day.
Amelia was very into Deacon, but most of the time Deacon seemed like he was a little overwhelmed with her. Through most of the walk Amelia was pulling on his pants and shoes, it was so funny, well at least to Heather, Amelia and me.
I am in the process of trying to get Deacon to one nap a day a home, he usually takes 2 short ones. My goal yesterday was to keep him entertained all morning so he would take a long afternoon nap. And...my plan worked great. The play date ended around 1:00. Neither kid had a nap that morning and they were great all day. Once they left Deacon crashed and slept for 3 hours. 3 hours! Needless to say, I was a little ecstatic.
He is napping now, so we will see how long it last today.
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