Days 73-80: Catching Up is Only Getting Me More Behind

Ok, so I've fallen way behind obviously. The problem with falling behind is that I feel pressure from myself to catch up. Catching up takes too long, so I can never sit down and do it in on night, so I get further behind. So, instead of catching, I'll summarize days 73-80. Shawn just told me this is cheating, but as it turns out, being a mom 365 days a year causes moments like this, that are out of your control.

So, the main reason I have fallen behind is because I've started a new job! It's an AMAZING opportunity, and I've been looking for something like this since I had kids. No, it won't make us rich, that is for darn sure, but it brings in enough money to cover our medical I-just-had-a-baby expenses. After that it will just be good to help us finally tie down our debts. The best part of all is that I can work at home absolutely whenever I have time to do it. If my kids need me, no problem, I can drop everything and spend as much time with them as I wand or they need. I LOVE IT! I'm very excited about this, can you tell? So what do I do? I write SEO and linking articles for a web technologies company based out of Utah. SEO articles are Search Engine Optimization articles. Basically I'm given some of the most random topics you can think of and told that I have to write a 400 word article using certain key words a certain number of times. It's so great.

Other than that, I have a couple of funny things that have happened the last few days that I've wanted to document. These things were said, thought, did, or happened whether I wanted them to or not.

• Jack peed on a dining room chair and the floor while I was nursing Alivia. I caught him trying to clean it up himself with my dish towel.
• Jack colored all over my living room couch with a pen.
• Jack stopped taking naps
• Jack had a break through in potty training
• Jack had a set back in potty training
• I threw in the towel on potty training
• Lucy told me all flowers remind her of me
• Jack and Lucy have developed a love of doing the dishes, if only that would last
• Jack pulled his dresser down on himself (actually, the dress itself did not fall, but all the drawers fell on him and his lamp. Lamp Shade didn't make it)
• I sat in the rocking chair nursing the baby and watched Jack give Lucy a ride on the back of his big wheel
• We dyed Easter Eggs
• I hit Jack, my desperate attempt to help him understand why we don't hit
• I got 19 free travel size packages of Purex Complete laundry detergant
• I got 6 free bottles of ready to use Similac baby formula
• I got 2 free air fresheners
• Couponing is going strong
• Jack has turned from my unbelievably adorable get-away-with-anything little boy to a living, breathing, walking monster that doesn't sleep.
• We planted corn and peppers inside to start our garden outside with in a few weeks
• I've started following my amazing sister-in-law's example and started using creativity with my wardrobe. I hate all my clothes, but I'm finding if I combine two pieces that I wouldn't usually think to combine, I can bring new life to my old second hand clothes.
• Alivia rolled over!!! This happened yesterday on Thursday April 21
• Alivia has also started pulling really funny faces when she is borderline mad and happy
• Jack's new word is the F word, I'm a little concerned about this, but I don't know what he is actually trying to say, all I know is that he isn't saying the F word intentionally. I wish that were easier to explain in nursery because once he says it once, he says it at least 15 times in a row without taking a breath.

I'm sure there is more, and I'll just add to it as I remember that. But now that I am caught up, I can be on top of my daily entries again. Get excited.