Friday, June 18, 2010

Bad new mommie...update time!


I can't believe Hailey is a little over 2 months old now. Time flies! I haven't had time to blog. I've been using my little free time to do important things like play facebook games or brush my teeth. You forget after not having little kids for so long just how much effort they require. Couple that with a full load of classes this summer, trying to keep up with the housework, and trying to squeeze in ANY gaming time at all?? Yikes!

Summer has kicked off and we now have our mixed herd of FIVE children in the house. My Mother was kind enough to drive Ethan up here this week to complete the group. I could have cried when she left! Having her around made everything so much more bearable. I mean...I can handle the crowd of kids while hubbie works all day. But having an extra pair of hands around was just heavenly. Not to mention I was actually able to get a ridiculous amount of schoolwork done. I try to do it when it's just me and the kids. Have you ever tried to study while a herd of girls sings karaoke to "Achy Breaky Heart"?? It's amusing but not good for concentrating.

Hailey is doing great. She hasn't done that glorious 5-6 hour sleep in the night that most 2 month olds do, but for the most part she falls back asleep after she gets up in the middle of the night. Except for some nights when she just wants to stay awake and smile and coo. It's cute, but dayum I still get tired. During the day she has started fussing alot. She gets really tired and just won't take good naps. So it's like a marathon run trying to get stuff done. As soon as I put her down I'm off like a rocket to get as much cleaning done as possible, or schoolwork, or gaming!

I have been doing some gaming. We got Blur, Split Second, and I just got Red Dead Redemption and Alan Wake from gamefly. I've only gotten 1 hour of Alan Wake in, but it was pretty creepy/cool. I wish I had more free time to game, but there is no time to be had. I really miss spending a day just gaming. Maybe in a few years..lol.

We're keeping the kids entertained this summer, or trying to. There's not a lot I can do because Hailey really doesn't do well in the Florida summer heat and it's really kicking my butt this year too. Maybe it's postpartum hormones which are apparently responsible for a host of issues I'm having ranging from numb fingers to insanely painful shooting pains in my arm...fun! So far we have already managed a trip to the water park, bill took the girls to the beach, a couple trips to the neighborhood pool, a Tracy Lawrence concert, Hooters...lol And that's pretty good for the first week. Today's trip? Bowling...cause they have AC.

That's all I can think of for now. Tomorrow I'm taking a personal sanity day while my insanely amazing husband watches five kids. Do I think he can handle it? Absolutely not. I'll probably come home and he'll be all cranky and fed up. But I figure I've lived here a year and have been pregnant or had a baby the whole time so I am due for one day of relaxing.

What will I do you ask? If the weather doesn't turn to crap I plan on hitting Blackwater River and tubing with some crazy people and just relaxing...