My first 30 days

Friday marked my 30th day of working. So far everything has been going great, mostly because I love my job and I love Deegan's daycare. In the past 30 days of work I have been able to enjoy 4 really fun photoshoots, a grand opening party, $100 gift card to Albertsons, a 4 day weekend, the chance to design some really fun and cute stuff and lots of free shoes!! My job is perfect! It is exactly what I wanted, if I was going to go back to work. I have also been able to learn some new graphic design skills. That is my favorite thing about my field, is that there is so much to learn. The Adobe programs (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator) have so much to learn and I don't think I will ever learn how to do everything in them. I'm also really starting to love our product. pediped shoes are just the cutest kids shoes ever! I love seeing them on Deegan's feet and I love telling other people about the product. 

In the past 30 days Deegan has got to spend a lot of time with his daddy and with his babysitter, Christine. Kevin's work has been slow (boooo for construction), so on the days he is home, he has Deegan home with him. Kevin has really learned how to take care of Deegan and take care of a house. He has also became an excellent scrambled egg maker! I am glad they have been able to get some good bonding time together! On the days that Kevin does have work and I'm at work, Deegan goes to Christine's house. I meet Christine through my mommy group and she offered to watch Deegan. This has been the perfect fit for our family. She is a stay-at-home-mom like I was, so she kind of does everything like I did it. Deegan has adjusted to her very well. He napped 2 hours his first day there. Christine has a 14 month old daughter (she is just 3 months younger then Deegan), so Deegan gets lots of playtime with Kassandra. They now get a lot very well and are learning from each other. I couldn't be happier!

The hardest thing about being back to work is my time management. I want to spend all my time with Deegan. The days when I don't get enough "Deegan time", I get really sad. I miss my baby boy and he is growing up so quickly. The days that I don't get enough time with him, it makes me want to think about quitting work and stay home with my son. But I just remind myself that there is always tomorrow and I can get all my loves with him the next day and I am working to make our lives better. I am still struggling with trying to get everything done in the house that I want. I just run out of energy. I haven't cleaned the bathrooms in forever and I have no idea what we are eating for dinner this week. But the good thing about work is that I have had more "me time". A few days a week, during my lunch break I will go out and go shopping, get my nails done or just do something for myself. It has been nice! My boss before never gave me an hour lunch break (my lunch break was during nap time and it was like a race to get everything done)! But then there are some days that I work through my lunch or I spend my lunch break trying to make appointments or pay bills. 

So, so far my first 30 days have been good! I am really enjoying the extra money in our bank account and I am loving our family weekends! 

Camping at Mt Charleston

A few weekends ago we went camping at Mt Charleston. It's about a 45 minute drive from Las Vegas. We were very excited to go because this would be Deegan's first time camping. I have always loved camping. Every summer my family would go. That was our family trip/vacation each year. Whenever we traveled anywhere, we would campout. We had a camper when I was growing up but we also tent camped. My parents still enjoying going camping together. Kevin wasn't a big camper before he met me. We have gone camping maybe 6 times together. We have always had a good time. Now we can enjoy it with our little family! Next up is Valley of Fire or Zion National Park!

The trip was planned with 7 families from my mommy group. Some stayed overnight and some drove home before bedtime. It was cold and windy, so we didn't want to stay the night and also we were all sick the weekend before and didn't want to get sick again. Deegan got to enjoy some of his first junk food. He had a marshmallow, Doritos and frosted animal cookies. He loved them all! What is camping without junk food? He also enjoyed walking around and checking out the campsite. The campsite wasn't very kid friendly. It was really uneven and had lots of rocks. And my kid loves to eat rocks, so it was a lot of work trying to keep them out of his mouth. Deegan got to wear his really cute Levi's jean jacket that his grandpa got him at a yard sale. It has been in his dresser for a really long time. It was still kind of big on him but it was the perfect camping jacket! He also got to test out his pediped shoes and they did great for camping!

"I got my fork and ready to eat some mustard!"

Deegan and his friends Finnigan and Lucy playing in the dirt. Deegan had a chip in his mouth and thought is was really funny!

Deegan and Bennett trying to stay warm!

Me and all the mommies!