The new normal

Hubs got a day job!  After spending 6 miserable months on nights it happened and we are so grateful.  We have all adjusted quite well.  I work 2 days a week and husband works 3.  So we are with our kids a lot.  And yet we still somehow manage to miss them.  We leave our schedules up to chance - knowing if we work the same day Papa will be here.  But our papa days are getting few and far between.  Like 3 days for the entire month so the kids have been missing him.

Life is so good now with our schedules I don't want anything to change!  We usually have a day or 2 during the week together.  We usually do a breakfast date while our youngest is at pre-k.  We do pick-ups together and just enjoy the days.  It is SO nice he isn't gone all day every day anymore.  So do we talk about work?  Yes - but its more the highlights of the shift.  I mean we both understand the life of a nurse so only the real crazy gets talked about :)

Do We Ever!!!

We are just getting over our middle being sick.  So sick he needed an IV and some fluids.  I swear these kids never get sick when we are both around.  It was all me last weekend.  Thank goodness I could drop the other kids off at Sunday school.  It's always so hard when a child gets sick - you really feel pulled in different directions!  And with three its even harder but I wouldn't change a thing <3

This whole ordeal made me realize the real mama must have is a big ole ziplock bag.  I always have one in the car, in my handbag, on vacation.  Those things come in handy - marinate some chicken, ice pack for a boo boo, wet bathing suit, kid ralphing in the car.  Seriously, mamas need to register for these things!

This mama got a new pair of tieks for Chirstmas so if the weather ever gets nice in Buffalo I can wear them.  They are the perfect neutral!  Silver Lake, they are from the vegan line so cheaper than most tieks.  I got them because I like the color so hopefully they hold up well.