{two hours}

Because all good posts include photos!  These are the photos I get when I'm gone.  I should totally be home in the middle of that family sandwich!  And yes, because this is already the world's largest caption, it should be noted that my daughter prefers to be naked all.the.time!

It's amazing what two hours can do for a person's soul!

The truth is, I've been in a pretty ugly funk this December.  Add to it a husband that has been sick for 6 weeks and a baby who loves to be rocked all night long and you have one crazy, tired, emotional mama!

So…after leaving work three times in 24 hours to take care of family issues, having our car breakdown, and getting a speeding ticket {from one of those stupid-shouldn't even be allowed, camera captured speed detectors!} I did what any all-star mama does…I called my own mama to shout and cry {literally!} the entire way to work.

And honestly?  It felt pretty good.  It must have been intense because she offered begged to come get my kids unit the weekend {don't forget::we live a good 2 hours each way from them---yes, I know, she is THE BEST!!!}.  And a little while after that, my husband called and told me to plan on getting out of the house for the night.

So that's what I'm doing now, taking two hours to get away and recharge my batteries.  He walked in the door, I gave the kids some smooches, wished them a good night and walked out the door.  {side note: isn't is awesome having an involved dad that knows what's going on--no step by step instructions, or concern that they won't function without me}  While he is come doing the nightly routine--supper, play, clean the kitchen, read, bedtime, etc.--I'm out spending Kohl's cash, grabbing dinner {shout out to Panera for their new Chicken Tortellini Pasta--OMG!} and finishing a couple of blog posts.  I might even get real rowdy and go tan before I go home! :)

I was told to be back home at 8:30 and the kids would be in bed and I would have a surprise waiting {no, I promise, not that kind of surprise -- sick husband, remember?!}.  I must say, I am very curious to see what he has been up to while I'm away…

So thank God for my amazing mama and ridiculously awesome husband that force me out of the house to recharge and focus on all of the good I really do have in my life.  {like my friend giving birth to a healthy baby boy today, or having a best friend {and parents!} that listen to me vent and offers to take my kids, or having to healthy kids to wake up to each day, and a husband that pushes out the door because he knows that it's what I need somedays to help me be a better wife a mama, or a {future} brother in law that comes over to jump our car first thing in the morning, in the freezing cold on his day off.  I have health and family, everything else that matters will eventually fall into place.  All in His time, right?!

{grump}

It's 9pm. My daughter went to bed 3 minutes ago...I'm posting this from bed in hopes to relief a little stress. Put simply, today just sucked! Blame it on hormones or whatever but I'm pretty sure I cried (big, ugly tears) no less than 5 times today!

..Gestational Diabetes is kicking my ass (you'll hear more about this soon)

..I spent all of about 7 minutes of quality time with my baby girl today, which were spending telling her to hurry up and eat so we could run our next errand :(

..Adam's (future) exboss is being a real toolbag, so now we get to hunt for a lawyer...good times!

..I lost my wallet (Saturday apparently) causing us to not have a check for our sitter today, which made me have to take j out in the (FREEZING) cold to get cash and take to her tonight. Only to find the stupid thing when leavening her house!

..to say work is busy is like saying china has a lit of citizens. I'm still not caught up from San Francisco! What am I going to do after maternity leave?! Being a 1 person office definitely has its challenges!

..I'm almost 32 weeks and don't even have an idea when I'm going to get our maternity photos taken! No time & yucky weather aren't helping the situation. At this rate I'll be 200lbs and 41 weeks pregnant before I get photos :(

..I'm pretty sure I yelled at my poor husband at least 3 times on the phone today because I was mad about something else. Why do we always take it out on the ones we live the most?!

..oh and did I mention that I have a sore throat and haven't felt great since last Thursday. Ya, fun times!

Okay...I hope your Monday was better than mine. Thank goodness tomorrow is a new day! Goodnight all!