I woke up this morning to a growling 6 week old and a text from my husband to call him when I woke up. He asked how much I could cut from my allowance (I get a set amount in my account every 2 weeks for groceries, fuel for my car, and to take care of my credit card payment. Any leftover funds are mine to spend... I call it my allowance). I thought it over and gave him a figure that would cut out extra fuel I'm using to drive to and from work, money I spend on fast food cause its convenient, etc. He went over all our expenses and all he brings in. Turns out we can totally make it work with me staying home!
Who would have thought...
I drafted a letter of resignation and am officially a stay at home mommy as of Friday.
I'm over the moon.
The hardest part is to keep my head in the game knowing that in 3 days I'll be spending all my time with the kidlets. It's so hard to be the responsible adult.
My baby girl is getting so big! Today is a pretty big day for the missus. I'll try to recap all of the firsts I have witnessed. 1.) When she woke up, she squealed ," Mommy! Brother! Daddy?" when I went in to get her. She seemed disappointed that daddy was already at work. 2.) She asked for more cheese at lunch. 3.) She went straight to sleep at nap time, and slept almost 3 hours. 4.) She took a bite of her frozen yogurt in a tube, said, "Hot!" and blew on it to cool it down. 5.) She got super fussy when we were playing downstairs. She kept reaching for me and saying, "UP!" After a few questions, she said she was hungry and wanted a snack. I said, "You know, you can just say "I'm hungry" and we'll take care of you. She looked at me in the face and said, "I'm hungry". 6.) I had her on my hip when the boys were finishing the basement pick-up before getting a snack. Z pointed at the stairs and said, ...
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