Our Reality

So...my blog normally highlights the fun things we do and fun things I make etc. Which is all fine and good, but our day to day reality is not all making things and going fun places. I wanted to just kind of document our reality right now...the good and the bad.

-my house is not always clean. maybe 1 day every other week it gets a decent cleaning, but every other day there are piles of stuff on the kitchen counter and toys and blankets all over the living room floor. We also never make our bed....like hardly ever...maybe once a month.
-I do work from home, but I have a pretty full work schedule. I end up putting in about 30-50 hours a week...depending on the week and what deadlines we have. I love my job and am so grateful to have one, but it's definitely a full time job.
-I am not able to get all of my work hours in without help watching Lily. Currently, I take her to my sister-in-laws two days a week. Then I have a lady come to my house 1 day a week to watch her for 5 hours. then Mondays caleb has work off so he watches her on Mondays. This schedule has worked so far, but it's kind of crazy remembering where Illy will be when and I feel bad that she doesn't have a lot of consistency. I will be starting to take her to a daycare center in a couple weeks where she will go 4 days a week so I can get work done. I found that I am not the best multi-tasker and when I try to work and watch Lily neither of them are done well. If I can take her somewhere, then when I am able to be with her...I can be with her 100% and not have to worry about work.
-I don't made dinner very often. We end up eating out quite a bit (this is something that needs to happen less frequently. Some weeks are better than others) I like cooking, but just don't have a lot of time or energy for it. Grilled cheese sandwhiches for dinner is a pretty popular meal at our house.
-Caleb is so great with Lily and I am grateful he is so hands on with helping out with her. He is always willing to watch her when I need help. He also is good to get up with her in the middle of the night sometimes. We kind of trade off getting up with her.
-We love Bear oh so much, but he's verrrrry needy. He's a lot of fun to have around, but still figuring out his place now that we have Lily.
-My photo albums have not been updated in about 6 months. I normally like to stay on top of this so I don't get overwhelmed...I am to the overwhelmed point with my photo books. Hoping I can catch up over Christmas.
-We are loving having Lily and still trying to find a balance in our lives. I still like to have time for myself. I am a firm believer in always working on being happy with yourself. If you are happy with yourself and your place in life, then I think you are a happier person. I think it helps the people around you be happier as well. If I am unhappy with myself, I am grumpy to Caleb and not as productive at work. So I still have goals for myself and try to work on them in between working and taking care of Lily.
-Laundry!!! oh it's my nemesis. I hate laundry...mostly I hate folding laundry. So when the laundry gets done, it usually sits on the bed in the basement for a couple days at least before it gets put away. Sometimes it stays there until next laundry day.

I am so grateful for everything we have in life and anxious to see how our reality evolves through each stage of our lives.