Living in the Moment....

So even though my summer home with Sadie is already a little more than half over, rather than focusing on how fast it's going by I'm really trying to make the most of each day and enjoy every moment.
It's so easy for me to get caught up in planning ahead that it often causes me to hurry on through the present and miss being fulfilled with what's going on right now.

As I get to be a 24/7 Mom to Sadie, I LOVE:
- Knowing when I get up the next day, I won't have to hurry through our morning routine to get out the door on time. I can eat up those moments and truly enjoy them, no matter how tired I am.

- Making coffee just for me to enjoy first thing (not the entire office : ) as I push Sadie on the swing

- The fact that I'M the one getting to witness all her new developments and cute mannersims throughout the day, rather than someone else. Her silly faces, standing up, walking....

- That I get to make those daily, influencial decisions - what songs we sing, what stories we read, what games we play. There's a great peace that comes over you when you know that you're in control of your child's day-to-day environment.

- Hearing her cute little coohs through the monitor letting me know Sadie's awake from her nap and then getting to see her sitting up in her crib all smiles when I walk through the bedroom door to get her.

- Being able to do enjoy LOTS of fun things together since we have a WHOLE day, rather than just an hour or 2... playing with toys, going for a walk, swinging, going for a wagon ride, visiting friends, playing in the pool, dancing to Michael Buble.

- That if the first half of the day didn't go so well, we get another shot in the afternoon rather than having to wait and get another shot tomorrow.

- Getting to go grocery shopping together... We have our little routine right down to where we park, and it's something I haven't gotten to do as I'm usually running to store on my lunch

- Watching her race to the door as she crawls over because she now knows Daddy's home.

- That Brian can have some extra 1-on-1 time in the evening since I'm not trying to get as much time in as possible too. When I am home for the day, I'm ready for a little break in the evening, so it benefits both of us!

- Knowing that even though Sadie is still so little, she's watching her Mom at her best as I'm a fulltime "Homemaker", rather than trying to fit it all into 3 hours a day.

These are just a few of the things that I'm so grateful I can experience for as long as I'm able, and thank the Lord that He has blessed me with the ability to do so.

Beginning a Blog...

I had hoped to give blogging a try at the beginning of the summer, but have found my visions of having just enough free time each day to come downstairs, hop on the computer and record my first summer being home with Sadie were not quite realistic. Between time and my perfectionism,
I have been intimidated and left it on my "Summer To-Do" list.

So, I figured better late than never and am making my goal a bit more realistic by trying to post once a week. We'll see if that changes as well as time continues to go by : )

Friday has arrived and I find my self being just as excited, but for different reasons. When I'm at work, I am grateful that relief has come for myself from the work routine, and I get to be home with the family as a whole. Now with being home all day, I find myself focusing more on the fact that I will get 2 days of Brian time too.

I think it makes me focus truly on what "family time" is really about... loving and appreciating each member God has blessed your family with, whether through doing things WITH each other or FOR each other. Too often I think we forget that families are A BLESSING from God, and we are to treat each one just as that.