1st In-N-Out Burger

Since it was Memorial Day and we didn't have a BBQ, we decided to have our favorite burgers for dinner. We went to In-N-Out! Kevin worked at In-N-Out when he was in high school and he has always loved their burgers. My family use to go there and eat when we were teenagers, so I have always loved In-N-Out too! We decided what better place for Deegan to have his first hamburger. He actually wasn't too crazy about it. He has been realllly picky lately and stares at all his food to see if he knows what it is before he eats it. He hasn't been trying anything new lately. He finally ate some of it at the end, but Kevin was a little disappointed. He wanted his little boy to love In-N-Out as much as he does!

Tivoli Village

We checked out Tivoli Village today. It was really nice. We hope to go back soon. We went early this morning to check out the farmers market. We were there at 8:45am. We bought strawberries, honey, peaches, apricots, green onions, avocado and oranges. We also played at the really cool playground. It was a very interesting playground. Lots of new playground toys that I have never seen before. We had lots of fun on the spinny toy. It was fun but I was scared!

Farmer's Market

Daddy scares the crap out of me when he does this! But his "bear paws" are so big, he would never miss catching Deegan. 

Kevin 6' 4", Deegan like 9 feet in the air!!!!

Really cool marble toy!

Me and my love!

Mom what is this thing? Do I get the whole thing? You normally only give me little pieces.

I guess I will give it a try.

Wow, juicy and yummy! He looooved it and ate the whole thing. He screamed when I took the skin and the seed away from him!

Water fun

It has been a busy few weeks and no time to update the blog. I have also just been lazy and not really feeling like I want to update. But then that all changed today. Today we were playing in the backyard and I thought to myself "I need to blog more because I will want to read about how Deegan is changing and growing up". I thought about that right after I saw a hand print of Deegan's hand on the ground from playing in the water. He was trying to stand up and he put his wet hand on the ground. His hand print was sooo big! I can't believe how much he is growing up.

We had so much fun in the backyard today. I love that Deegan is walking and I love watching him explore (I also love his little baby butt jiggling around when he walks!). It is my favorite thing to do with him now! Just in this past week we have taken him to explore at Best Buy, our favorite park - Red Ridge park, a little league baseball game, the new Tivoli Village. I love to just let him down and let him go. I love to see what he wants to play with and what he doesn't care about. He still loves the rocks. Whenever he sees any, he wants to pick them up and put them in his mouth.

No more PJ days

Old webcam picture from when Deegan was probably only 3 months old. I loved being a stay-at-home-mommy and I loved wearing him close to me! I start a new chapter of my life tomorrow morning!

Today is my last day of wearing PJs all day with my little guy and hanging out at home. Tomorrow morning at 8am, I will become a working mom. I am nervous about how I am going to keep everything flowing at my house. I have been running my house one way for the past 15 months and now everything is changing. I haven't updated my blog lately but I wanted to update it today to make sure I have this documented, so I can read about my last day.

There are things that I loved about being a SAHM and things that I didn't like so much. Hopefully I will become a SAHM again when we have another baby, but we will see how things go.

LOVES
- Waking up everyday with my little guy and us hanging out in our PJs together and not getting dressed or getting out of the house until after his nap.
- My mommy group. I don't know what I would of done without them. They were like my "co-workers". I would see them sometimes 3 days a week. Maybe we would do a playdate at someones house, meet up at the park, go out to lunch, take the kids to the Bellagio to see the garden. We had so much fun. I am going to miss hanging out with them during the day but we will still get together on weeknights and weekends. I have seen most of their kids grow up for the past year, so I will miss a lot of the kids too!
- I loved cooking and bake! I loved having TIME to research recipes, shop and cook! Not sure if I will have very much time for that anymore. Hoping to cook and freeze meals.
- Working on crafts and completing them. When I quit my job in January 2010 I thought I would have so much time as a SAHM and I could get so many projects done. Honestly I didn't get too many done. The days fly by taking care of a little one and I think I probably spent too much with the girls from the mommy group! But I still did get some done and I got to practice my sewing skills.
- Seeing my little guy grow up. This has to be my #1 favorite about being a SAHM. I got to see him from the time he was 1 day old until the day he was almost 16 months old EVERYDAY! I got to see the first time he crawled, ate real food, walk, say momma, clap his hands and laugh. I have never spent more then 4 hours away from him.
- Being home every day to greet my husband when he walks in the door. Kevin works so hard for his family everyday. I love to be there when he gets home to talk to him about his day and tell him about our day. I love having dinner in the oven, so we can all sit down together and eat.
- I love not having to put make-up on everyday or doing my hair. The only makeup I have had to buy in the past 15 months was more mascara.
- Having the time to teach my son new things and do cloth diapers. I don't think I would even of tried cloth diapers but since I was home, I was able to do it. We are going to take a little bit of a break with the cloth diapers, while I am just starting work, but hope to start them up again in a month or so.

DISLIKES
- Always cleaning. I feel like the kitchen is always a mess and the sink is always full! We eat at home 3 times a day, so there are always dishes to be washed. Soon we will just be eating at home for dinner and a quick breakfast, so I will enjoy the break from the kitchen and all the other chores! I will now have an excuse when things aren't done. I was at work! Now when Kevin comes home and things aren't done my only excuse is too much Facebook or blog reading!
- My obsession with Facebook. Being a SAHM some days you don't get out of the house. The only one you have to talk to for 10 hours a day is a toddler. So Facebook helped me talk with friends and other mommies during the day. Hopefully Facebook and I can take a little bit of a break! I won't miss it!
- Dealing with a fussy or cracky baby. I loved being here for Deegan when he was sick, but if he was just in one of those moods, those days I won't miss. Now his babysitter can deal with it! :-)
- Not having enough time for myself. Some days I don't sit down or turn on the TV until after Deegan is in bed. I will enjoy having my hour lunch break everyday!

But all of the LOVES out weigh the DISLIKES. I looooove being a stay-at-home-mom. But right now it is best for my family if I go back to work. We are saving for a house next year and the extra income will help us buy the house of our dreams!! We want a big dinning room and we want to have dinner parties and have all our family over for Christmas dinner! I am excited to start this new part of my/own lives but it will take me awhile to get use to the change. I don't like change. I am excited to get back to graphic design though! I have missed it and I really love it!