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!

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!

A Wake-Up Story, by Healthy Child Healthy World

A Wake-Up Story, by Healthy Child Healthy World

We try to do our best with buying good products for our family and serving good food. I think it is hard to find good products because the stores don't always sell them. I guess we need to do more internet shopping. You only have control in your home, so why not make it the safest for your child? I wish we could go back to 50 years ago, when things were more simple.