Saying Goodbye

We had to make a tough decision overnight and let our sweet Jasmine be at peace. I know it was the right decision because she was starting to suffer and the doctor said there wouldn't have been anything they could have done for her.

She and I had almost 14 years together. I had her since she was a kitten; I brought her home from a family my second year of teaching. She was my first furbaby and was my companion during my lonely single years. She used to sleep on my pillow in my hair when it was long and followed me around everywhere.

I will miss her deeply.

Happy New Year

2010 - It was a year of firsts.

First flutters and baby kicks

First time giving birth

First time becoming a mom

First daughter

First smiles

First laughs

First time rolling over

First time sitting up

First solid foods

First tooth

First true understanding of unconditional love

2010 - It was a fantastic and memorable year.

Being Debt Free is Coming Closer

I was filling in some information on our Dave Ramsey budgeting software and if we really squeeze every penny and pay each month what we did this month, it is possible that exactly one year from now, we can be debt free! Our goal is 15 months (January 2012) but how exciting it would be to finish early!

The First Day of "School"

While Daddy and all my teacher friends went back to school today, Baby Bee and I spent our day like this:

4:00 am nursing, pumping

5:30 Baby Bee back to bed while Mama Bee:

• put out meat for dinner
• ran dishwasher
• packed Daddy's lunch
• dried a load of diapers
• started load #1 of baby clothes
  
• worked on the budget
• ate breakfast
• showered
• dusted master bedroom
  

8:45 nursing, pumping

9:15 playtime together

• tummy time
• mat time
• reading
• picture for daddy

10:30 bath

11:00 nursing, pumping

11:30 nap for Baby Bee while Mama Bee:

• ate lunch
• dried load #1 of baby clothes
• started load #2
• unloaded dishwasher

12:30 awake time

• singing and rhyming
• practice holding keys
• reading

1:15 nap time for Baby Bee while Mama Bee

• folded and put away laundry load #1
• made dinner
• cleaned up kitchen
  

2:15 nursing, pumping

3:00 Sleepy Wrap while Mama made the salad for dinner

3:45-6:30

• Walgreens
• chiropractor
• nursing
  
• handbell rehearsal

6:45 dinner with Daddy
7:15 Mama cleaned up the dinner dishes while Daddy loved on Baby Bee
7:30 nursing, pumping
8:15 quiet time
9:00 bed


No wonder I'm so tired each day! I've worked much harder as a stay home mom than I have in the classroom. But it's also so much more rewarding!

There's a First Time for Everything

And that includes blogging.

I have been toying with the idea of creating a blog for quite awhile. Now that I'm a mom, it seems to be the perfect place to share some of those moments from our daily family life. It's not fancy or extraordinary, but what it looks like doesn't matter. What is says, however, does.

This is our life.