A different kind of summer...

Before I was pregnant, I never really considered all of the things that would change about my/our life.  Silly, I know.  Obviously, I knew my life was going to change (for the better), but I didn't appreciate all of the freedom that I was used to. :)  I am starting to get in the school mind frame of things, as I have to prepare myself early for leaving Sawyer! I have found that it is harder to make trips to school to drop off supplies I bought or to work on my classroom when I have to schedule everything around nap time.  Especially when he is currently taking a morning 2 hour nap and an afternoon hour nap!  Not to mention, I'm sure the amount of work I will be able to get done once I am able to get to school, will be rather limited with his help. I am hoping to set foot in the classroom for the first time this summer this afternoon!

Enough about me, more about Sawyer!  We are SO close to walking, but he is just not that interested yet.  I only have about 5 weeks til I'm back at school, so hopefully we'll have some walking feet by then.  He can stand, go from the table to the couch, and help close the dishwasher while standing the whole time. His favorite activities at this point are as follows:  unloading the dishwasher, running the dishwasher, taking all of the tupperware out of the drawers, rearranging the pots and pans cupboard, and crawling around with any toy that has wheels.  He is his daddy's son, loves those cars to pieces.  He just got over a weekend of having a high fever (poor boo) but he seems to be on the mend since yesterday!  Sawyer is quite the talker, let's see if I can remember all of the words he says.... kitty, uh-oh, hi, bye, eew, mom, dad, arf arf, no, Sadie.  I'm still trying to figure out a few!

Since my little prince is sleeping, I have to make the best of my time.  Hoping to start a teaching blog before he wakes up!

15 months, what's new?

We just got back from our first official ocean beach vacation today. I was hoping Sawyer would be walking by now, but no such luck. He loved crawling in the sand and surf, drink the salty ocean water, and digging away in the sand. I foud that it was a bit more difficult to lay arou don the beach with a toddler than with just the hubby and I. Our vacation revolved more around nap times! We made great memories playing at the beach, watching fireworks at Harbourtown (Sawyer wasn't quite sure what to think of those!), taking a cruise down Broad Creek where we spotted a few dolphins... All in all it was nice to spend lots of time with just the three of us and no race cars!

Been awhile...

Sawyer is now 9 months old and has officially started crawling within the past week.  I must say that every month it seems like motherhood is getting better and better.  There are new milestones, new smiles, and always something new he's excited about.  I don't think that there is anything better than being a mother!  That being said, I constantly struggle with being a working mom.  There is nothing more that I want than to be a stay at home mom.  I don't hate my job, and I don't work long hours, and I get the summers off!  But as cheesy and cliche as it sounds, my heart is always with Sawyer.  I'd rather be smiling and cooing while changing his poopy diapers than do anything else in the world.

I keep searching for the "perfect" job that would allow me the flexibility of working from home, but for some reason I am having oodles of trouble finding it!  Apparently these jobs do not actually exist.  If anyone has suggestions or would like to pay off my student loans, please let me know!  I just have to keep reminding myself that I work to make a better life for Sawyer and it won't be forever.  I can't keep wasting all of my precious time with him searching for a way to stay home with him!

Any words of wisdom, please leave below!