Currently - May edition

 

 I haven't blogged much - but the last time I did one of these, Maddy was 9 months old. It's really fun looking back on the things that were "stressors" to me at that time. Prior to that - my currently post was a pregnancy edition. 

So here goes May 2022. Maddy is almost a 15-month old and summer has set ablaze here in Tucson.

 Reading: 

I really wish I had a better answer for this one, but I have not been the best about reading lately. The only book I'm reading is "How to talk to your kids so they'll listen and listen so they'll talk". It is really good. Most of the book is geared more to school-aged kids, in my opinion. But it highlights some great communication skills with children to help them trust you as a parent to be open and honest.

Eating: All the smoothies. It has been getting really hot here - and every day when we get home from our stroller run I make a smoothie for Maddy with whole milk, Fage, and fruit - and then a smoothie for myself with fruit and usually protein powder! 

Maddy lost a bit of weight a few weeks ago when she got hit with a GI bug, and I feel like we are still playing catch up :( -- so I'm doing all the things to get her some extra calories!

Feeling: A sense of relief. Last week was literally the week from hell. I won't divulge much in this post but it involved many lost items, a call to the fire department, a near speeding ticket, and some tears on my behalf. I even had to take Maddy on our 1st uber ride! 

This week I have been running a lot of errands to pick up the pieces of last week, but every morning I've literally woken up thinking "Thank God that week is behind me" :D

Anticipating: A big trip home in a few weeks! Maddy and I are going to be in Minnesota with family for over a month! I hate summer here - and I really want Maddy to grow up knowing family and Midwest things. I'm just very worried about her flight. I cannot get her to sit in my lap for 5 minutes....let alone hours on an airplane.

Working:  Not much! LOL. The last few weeks I've managed to log about 6-7 hours max of work. Maddy is just so busy! Plus we have another house we are trying to fill with tenants (which is one of my responsibilities with our business). I feel like there just aren't enough hours in the day - and by the time I put her to bed at 7:30 pm...I don't want to sit on a computer and do audits.

Grateful: That Maddy is finally sleeping through the night! She started to do this around 11 months with some hiccups. She still wakes up around 5:30 most days lately no matter what I do.

Watching:  We got rid of Fubo because they increased the rates so we are hardly watching tv. I turn on a news app in the evenings to catch the headlines and that's about it!

Wishing: For a good monsoon season again. We haven't had any rain since February...and it's wildfire season.  I'm so looking forward to some rain....which likely won't happen until July. 

Every weekend we have been busy doing pine needle collecting and other preparations to make your cabin "firewise". It has been fun to see the community come together to prepare for wildfire season! The last fire that came through the mountains in 2020 did not damage a single home!