But anyway. this month; so, so much. Twice a week we will have T-Ball games, preschool twice a week, gymnastics once a week. Weekends are already filling up as well. Next weekend is my DH's birthday. The big 3-0! Weekend after next is Mother's Day and we've decided to take the kids to this Renaissance Faire that's a couple of hours away. C is obsessed with knights at the moment, so he's going to be in heaven. Also in the mix is a photo shoot for the kids (I might sneak in a few maternity pics, but I think I'm just going to go the cheap route and have my mom take those), Em's preschool graduation, and her last few days of school later this month. Can't forget my bi-weekly ob appointments! Whew. I need a nap just re-reading that.
To make matter a little more stressful, DH is gone for almost 3 weeks of this month. He left last night after Em's T-Ball game (more on that in a bit) and won't be home until late Friday night. He'll have Saturday home and the leaves Sunday afternoon. He comes home sometime Tuesday and turns around on Weds and leaves again until Friday. He has all of Mother's Day weekend at home and then leaves the next Monday for the entire week. Most of this is Army stuff, although he's gone right now for his civilian job. Considering he was deployed from the time Em was 14mo until she was 28mo, I can handle 1 child by myself like an old pro. But 2 kids can get a bit stressful, especially with pregnancy hormones in the mix. I'm going to be fine this week since it's a short week for him to be gone and both sets of grandparents are stepping in later this week. But by middle of next week, I'm going to be a mess. I'm calling it now...lol. I think it's mostly because I won't get a "break" at all. Neither kid naps and Emma stays up until I go to bed. So from the time I wake up til the time I close my eyes at night, it will be kids 24/7. Whew. So I guess it's a GOOD thing our weeks are filled. I've found that being out of the house and busy cuts back on the crying (both the kids and mine..haha!) A LOT! Declan will be around 3 weeks or so when DH leaves for a week, so I'm curious (and only slightly horrified) to see how life will be being a single parent of 3! I give single parents, especially those with more than 1, all the kudos in the world!
Em's first T-Ball game last night was all kinds of adorable. She was 3rd to bat, and even though there are technically no outs the first year, she would have gotten 2 scores if there were. So proud of my girl! I'm glad her daddy got to see her first game before leaving. That meant a lot to her. She's now asking "who's coming to my next game?" so I'm hoping we have a nice turn-out of family members for most of her games. Tomorrow I think both sets of Grandma's are coming. Lucky girl. :)
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