Change of mind...

Lately Shane and I started to discuss me going back to work full time.  Doing what I used do, office work. Fun, fun, I know. But the money is decent, you have a set schedule and Shane and I would be back on the same schedule.  The big "BUT" however is, Savannah would have to go into full time daycare.  And to be quite honest, is something we never wanted.  From the moment we started to plan to have a child, I knew that I wanted to be a stay at home mom.  In my mind, if we plan to bring children into this world, we should plan to be the ones taking care of them.  It's my personal opinion. So when Savannah was born, I decided to quit my "regular" job and stay home with her.  When she was around 6 months old, I decided to go back to working nights serving to supplement our income (and to keep my sanity) Being a SAHM is one thing, but you do need to get away every now and again.  For the most part it has worked out great, except for the fact that this particular job is extremely seasonal, so once summer hits, the money comes to end. 

So with Savannah now being 2 years old, and going through another slow summer I thought, maybe it's time for me to go back to work; regular work that is.  Savannah will have to go into daycare and we'll just deal with it, so I thought.  I updated my resume and started sending it out.  And the more I sent it out the more real it became.  The thought of working 8-4 or 5, not getting home until after that and between getting dinner on the table and everything else, I will only get to see my daughter for a couple of hours.  And those couple of hours probably wont even be any sort of quality time. I despise that entire scenario.  Savannah would be spending more time with strangers then with me and our daily life would be nothing more then constant rushing.  I understand others arguments of "well you get the weekends with her" or "at least you'll be on the same schedule with your husband" But you know what? It's just not good enough for me or for us.  Shane is on the same page of not wanting to put her in full time day care (thank god).  She is still the most important thing, she's just 2 teeny tiny years old and the best people to care for her is us.  Before you know it, she will be starting school and then it's a done deal, we have no choice.  She will be in school until she is 18 years old. 

So for now I'm going to be selfish and selfless all at the same time. Im going to do what I feel is right for myself, and our little family.

Disclaimer: I am not against daycare and

do not feel that by putting your child in daycare makes you a bad parent. 

Fathers Day 2013

Pictures to come....

My 33rd Birthday

I can't believe Im 33.  I don't care for the number but honestly I felt better on this particular birthday in so many ways then I have in long long (long) time.

I can't remember the last birthday spent without Tony & Laura :)

Catching up yet again...

Lots of beach time so far this summer

 time for her 2nd hair cut

 Another beach day

 So happy 

 We've been going to Chic fil a about twice a week lately, she LOVES it!

Shane and I squeezing in a date night of bowling

Im back.

Just when I thought I was done with blog- totally over it,  thinking "anything I would put on the blog I can just put on Facebook" I realized the blog is like an online photo album but much better.  I recently had to use our blog to search back 2 years to find certain pictures that were not transferred to our new computer.  The blog was the only place I had those pictures.  And since I had to go back so far, I got a chance to "walk down memory lane" so to speak.  I must admit it was pretty neat.  So Im going to continue the blog for that very reason.

After her shots last Monday, I decided to take her to McDonalds for a treat and a little playtime.  She's now at the age where the doctor is scary to her,  she was a very sad little girl and my heart broke for her.  It was awful to watch.  BUT this made it better :)

 A little later, looking so pretty...

It's so neat to watch my little girl playing with my Barbies from when I was a little girl.  I knew I saved them for a reason.

A beautiful evening for a bike ride...

And to play catch in the front yard....

 Dinner with Mimi...

At the eye doctor for her Stye.  She's all ready to go! This appointment wasn't half as traumatic, thank god.

Another gorgeous day for the park, THIS is why I LOVE being home with my munchkin, we get to have fun together!

Chick-fil-a Family night with the Rice's.  Checking out baby Ethan....

This morning when I went to get her out of bed this is what I found...but she was also sucking her thumb lol

The things you do for your kids... She wanted me to wear her glasses and then she proceeded to take my picture...

Life Lately...

It's about that time to show the blog a little love....

I only have a few before I need to get Savannah and I ready for gym; speaking of the gym- SkinnyCandi is still in the works, although I was definitely side tracked through the move.   Trying to squeeze a workout in, all while packing, driving back and forth from new to old house, cleaning as I go, all while taking care of Savannah's needs and before heading to work at 3:30- just wasn't happening. But I did continue to weigh in every Friday to hold myself accountable and to make sure I wasn't gaining...and you know what? I didn't!! I've actually lost 3 lbs in the past month, which Im super happy about.  Those 3 lbs put me right at a total of 30 lbs gone! As of this week Im back to my regular routine; back on my mission of losing the last 20.

The move is going great, we're getting settled in and really enjoying our new pad! We have so much more room and I can't tell you how much I love it! I know for Shane the closing on our old home was a little bittersweet. He build that house 10 years ago, it was his first home after moving out of his parents and it was a huge accomplishment for him.  It was also the only home we lived in together, it's where we brought our daughter home to and where we had a billion memories. But like most of us, as your family grows you tend to outgrow your home and you have to make the tough decision to move on.  And unfortunately sometimes you have to take a few steps backward in trying to move forward.  Which is the decision we made when deciding that a short sale was our best option. It has been a huge step for us, but in the end we know we did the right thing.  Savannah has been great with all of it also, she just goes with the flow, easy peasy that child of mine.  Love her to pieces.

Shane and my Mom are still working on getting their business up and running, they were on a roll then something came up with the license so we're just waiting on one issue to be taken care of and we should be good to go.  All three of us couldn't be more ready for this, but especially Shane, I know he is so ready to get back to what he's best at and what he loves doing.

My job is ok, season is coming to an end so I'll be working less and less.  I took last summer off but I won't be able to do that this year so we'll see what happens there...it's kind of up in the air right now.

I think that about catches us up on most everything.. So I leave you with some pictures :) Enjoy!

 Last day in her old room..

 "Helping" us move...

 Breakfast break on last day of the move...

 Birthday present from mommy & daddy... Yay!!

 Putting it together...

There is never a moment where she doesn't have an accessory on; shoes (or shoe) headbands, necklaces, sunglasses, hair ties, bracelets, etc.. and it starts from the second she wakes up, like in the picture above...

 New outfit!

 Friday lunch at Mickey D's ... We've gone the last 2 or 3 Friday's together; she loves it and so do I :)

 Date night...

 Shane took last Monday off so we took Savannah to Lakes Park...

 Watching Free Willy...

 Cheezin' before bedtime...

Riding the train at Wal-mart.. Choo Choo!!

Savannah turns 2!!

Our sweet baby turned two today!

I started planning her birthday party right before we got the closing date on our house.  And under the circumstances and lack of time I decided not to do an actual bday party because I wasn't sure where we'd be in our move.  Fortunately Savannah still had a great and full day of fun!

It's late and it's been a loooong day so I'll take you through our day in pictures... Enjoy!

 First, our day started with beautifying the birthday girl and taking some pictures outside...Her crown says "birthday girl" but you can't read it in any of the pictures.

Then we surprised Mimi at work...

After that we went to the gym where Savannah got a birthday "card"

After taking a few boxes and things over to the new house then dropping a load off at Goodwill, we made our way to Target... She's trying to be funny here by not trying to look at the camera..silly girl

Then it was off to Chick fil a drive thru, home to eat, watch Mickey and take a nap...

 After all that, Shane was home from work and we got ready to meet my parents at Chuck E Cheese,

 BUT first a quick trip to Toys R Us

  

Kickin' Back

 Chuck E CHEESE!!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!