What I have learned this week

I am so thankful for my hard working husband. Thanks to him I can stay home with our sweet baby. Not only does he work long days at his FT job, but he also puts Rowan to sleep at night so I can get in 3 or 4 hours of solid sleep before I have to start getting up in the early a.m. hours with Rowan- and Rowan does not go to bed early. You know Jon is tired when he falls asleep before his "bedtime." (see pic. below)

Rowan is a cuddler. Which I love, but this little one insists on falling asleep in the arms of mom or dad. Don't even think about putting him down the second his eyes are closed. He wakes up instantly- and you have to start the whole process of getting him back to sleep all over.

I was a little upset when my glider that I have had for 2 weeks was accidentally broken by my dear husband. But I have to forgive him because as the first picture states he works hard to support his little family- so the least I can do is forgive his honest mistake. On the "to do" list tomorrow: try and return glider for new one since we have only had it two weeks and a new piece of furniture should be able to sustain a man sitting in it- and it is made to be sat in right?

Completing a novel may be a little more difficult these days. Rowan sleeps a good amount of the day but I am finding it difficult to get any reading done. Partly because I am tired and want to sleep when he sleeps and if I don't happen to be sleeping I am trying to get home chores done- thus putting my novel on the back burner. And sadly it's a book that I really want to read! Jon and I were both able to get some reading in this evening as Rowan caught some z's-100 pages down, only 300 to go!

My kitchen counter has been neglected. Mail is piling up, recyclables are ending up in the trash out of laziness, and I am beginning to store everything and anything on the counter simply because it has become the place to put things that don't have a home.

And why can't I find the time to tidy up the counter? Because most of my day is spent doing this- (see below pic.) SO I don't really care that my counter is looking uninviting because nothing is more important then spending this special time with my little baby. Because before I know it he will not be so little and there will be plenty of time for the counter then- when he's too busy to cuddle with mom.

I do A LOT of laundry these days. And since I am changing Rowan's clothes multiple times a day I find it easier just to put his clean clothes in the crib where they are easily accessible. Never mind putting them where they go in the closet- I'll do that when he actually starts using sleeping in his crib. For now I view it (his crib) as one big dresser drawer that is constantly open.

I hate when I buy the ingredients to a recipe that looks and sounds good, make it, and are totally disappointed in the outcome. Not only did I waste money on the ingredients but now I have a whole cake that probably not get eaten.

After you wash Rowan's hair it goes into a mohawk of its own freewill if you don't comb it. I love it.

Some other random things I have learned:

I like my Aquafresh toothpaste to be squeezed from the bootom- that way all the different layers do not get smooshed together. However, getting Jon to squeeze from the bottom is near impossible. So now the toothpaste I squeeze onto my brush is an ugly gray color.

I could survive (happily) off of Pepsi, Sweedish Fish, and Gummi Bears.