Making New Friends

A few months ago, when it wasn't too cold to go outside, I met someone at the park across the street from where we live. She had a little boy just a couple weeks older than Lacey. We spent a good hour watching our kids run around while we talked.

Today, we decided to get the kids together for a play date. It was actually a lot fun. We have quite a bit in common and there wasn't any awkward lulls in conversation. I've  never just struck up a friendship in the middle of a park before... but it's kind of cool. I definitely plan on doing some more play dates in the future.

Maybe I can do the whole being social thing.

Where did all of this stuff come from?

We have SO much stuff... I don't know where it all came from. After having Lacey we bought a bunch of baby stuff, crib, changing table, rocking chair, toys... and our 2 bedroom apartment started feeling too small. We moved into a 3 bedroom apartment and it felt so roomy. We had more space, more places to store things, it was great.

Lately, I have been having a harder and harder time figuring out where to put things. I feel like we have run out of space. I can't believe how much we have collected over the last 7 months since we moved into this apartment. Some of the "stuff" is craft supplies, which I don't use ALL the time, but I use often enough that I don't want to get rid of any of it. I don't feel like a hoarder (I throw too many things away to be a hoarder) but when I look around I see a lot of stuff I don't really use, but I don't want to give it away or throw it out either.

I keep thinking that one day we will have a house and I will have plenty of space to put all of our stuff. Do you eventually grow out of homes too? Or will I finally learn just to get rid of the stuff that we don't need even if I think I will need it someday? All I know is right now we have way too much stuff. I need to box some of it up and put it in storage.

Who is this girl

I feel like iquite the same posts over and over again. Mostly my life revolves around Lacey, Scott,  and sleep.
Lacey has been so great at going to bed.  She still wakes up multiple times at night,  but she goes to bed without any complaints. From the day she was born she needed to be nursed to sleep. For the last week or so I just lay her down in her crib with her binky and she goes right to sleep.  It's incredible!

Blogging... and slacking off

I really do enjoy blogging and writing and having a place to get my thoughts out on paper. A couple months ago I started a not personal blog, a crafty-mommy-diy thing. I was so gung-ho about getting that all set up, but ever since coming back to Wisconsin I haven't spent more than 10 minutes working on that blog. 

At first I needed to recover from vacation. I needed to get back into a schedule. Then I added in a couple nanny jobs. I have been so exhausted lately and have really been slacking off. I still have yet to write any new year resolutions and it's almost the end of January. So here is my goal for this week. I want to finish editing all the posts that I have already written (most of them were supposed to have been posted in Dec) and get them all up on my blog. 

This blog, my personal blog, takes a lot less effort. I don't have to plan ahead or take quality pictures, although I will be adding more pictures soon. I want to remember as much as I can about my fun little life. 

We're so glad when daddy is home!

When Scott is at school all day Lacey tends to prefer me over him. Then over the weekend she warms back up to Scott. I feel like right when she really starts wanting to hang out with him he has to go back to school. this last weekend he got three days off instead of his usual two.

Lacey was loving having both her parents home to play with her. She loves giving her daddy kisses and is starting to snuggle more than she ever has. Both Scott and I are enjoying her snuggles. She loves to come up and sit on our laps. Her new thing is holding out her hand, asking for our hand and then leading us around the house. Sometimes she has a specific place in mind that she wants to take us to ask for something, other times she just likes to wander around and point at things. She loves pointing at books and having us tell her what she is pointing at. She will throw both of her hands up by her shoulders and and shake them like "I don't know."

Yesterday was a great day... until I got sick and started throwing up... I'll post twice today to make up for it :)

I guess I'm just a little anti-social

I can't decide if I am okay being somewhat anti-social. If it is convenient to hang out with someone I am always all in, but if it takes very much effort I am not so enthused with the idea. Once I get out of the house I always enjoy myself, but I also really enjoy being a homebody sometimes. Does that make me sound lazy?

Lately, the whole subject of friends has been on my mind. We have a couple of really great friends out here that we love doing things with. Then there are others that I wish we had better relationships with. I can't help but wonder if I'm not good friends with some of the others because my inclination to be kind of anti-social. Somedays I am glad that I don't have to always work around a million different schedules, but then there are days that I wonder if I'm missing out by not being willing to put more effort into my social life. Maybe it's one of those the grass is always greener on the other side kind of things. You always want what you don't have.

I feel old... I look old

I know that 27 isn't really THAT old, but somedays I feel like I'm just getting old. Mentally I don't feel like I am as old as I really am. I still think that I am in my early 20's, but in reality that was a long time ago. Every once in a while it hits me that I'm not as young as I once was.

The other day I sent this picture to Scott as a joke when I was having a rough morning. After I sent it, I took a closer look and saw how wrinkled/baggy my eyes look in the picture... When did that happen?

I ordered some Mary Kay products about a year ago and the person sent me a bunch of their aging skin samples along with my order. When I first looked at them I thought it was some kind of mistake. Now that I think about it, I guess I am getting to the age where I could consider starting to take care of my skin in a way that I don't age as quickly. When did I get so old, and why didn't I see it coming?