a day in our life

For as long as I've been reading blogs, some of my favorite blog posts are "a day in the life" posts.  So last Monday, on a very normal/boring day for Callie and I, I decided to document our day!  I've tried this several other times before and I always forget that I'm documenting sometime around lunch. I did pretty good on this particular day.  It was a mundane day, but one I know I will love to look back on years down the road.  

After Callie was born, with the exception of tax season, I started working three days a week.  I'm off on Mondays and Fridays.  Whenever dance is in session, I go to the dance studio on Monday nights.  Since it's summer time, Mondays are free of obligations and schedules for us.  While the rest of the world drags itself out of bed on Monday morning, we are sleeping in and resetting after what are usually fun-filled and busy weekends.  Mondays have quickly become my favorite day of the week!  This particular Monday was the week after VBS, so I was extra thankful for the change in pace.  Without further ado... our day...

We slept until after 9:00 Monday morning!  On days off, I usually wake up between 8:30 and 9:00.  As long as I lay in the bed with Callie, she will sleep as late as 9:30.  Even after she is awake, she is super snugly and doesn't mind hanging out in the bed awhile.  It takes her a little bit to pre-heat.  

Just before 10:00, I gave Callie some grapes for breakfast that I had chopped to death because I am paranoid about her choking on fruit (anything), and I got some things done in the kitchen.

After finishing off the grapes, she requested her DVD be turned on and I obliged because I was getting some things done around the house.  She wants this DVD on all day, every single day.  It's the Cedarmont Kids singing/acting out Bible songs and Austin and I both know it better than we wish we did.  Mama Jim got it for Callie for Christmas and I couldn't count the times we have watched it!  I got another Cedarmont Kids DVD for her off Amazon a week or so ago, and she cried when I turned it on because it wasn't the same.  So much for some variation. 

Her face when I tell her to smile cracks me up.

In the meantime, I saw Mama Jim and Daddy Jim outside in the garden.  After they had picked the peas, I spotted them on the swing up the hill from our house shelling.  I changed out of my pajamas, got Callie some clothes on and we rode the side by side up the hill to Mama Jim's to "help".  By this time it was about 11:00.  The day flies by whenever you sleep until 9:30.  We enjoyed some swinging and pea shelling.  I mostly tried to keep Callie from throwing shelled peas into the yard.

At 12:00. we went back home and Callie had leftover spaghetti for lunch.

After she finished, I attempted to eat a sandwich but not without her watchful eye on me.  Eating is never okay unless she is participating.  She is a big fan of drinking tea out of my Yeti cup with a straw, and who could blame her.  She gets it honest.  She says "tea" now and refers to all drinks as "tea".

We both crashed for a nap from around 1:30-3:30. I guess you could say we sleep a lot.  Callie has gotten to where she will point to the bedroom (my bed, of course) whenever she is ready for a nap! She shakes her head  yes whenever I ask if she wants to go get in the bed!  She does the same thing at bedtime. She usually wants some milk, her baby and a paci and she will go to sleep after some tossing and turning.   

After we got up from the nap, I went back to Mama Jim's to get some fresh peas to cook for supper with stewed squash from the garden and leftover pork chops that Austin had cooked the night or two before.  We hung out at Mama Jim's for a while playing and waiting for her to get the peas washed, before heading home with them.

I kind of left the door open while I was in the kitchen because Callie was entertained and playing with Daisy on the back porch.  

This is her face whenever I tell her she can have ONE popsicle.  Usually one turns into three.  She knows we keep the popsicles in the freezer that's in the shed out back.  If she's outside, she always wants a popsicle.  

Around 5:30, Daddy got home and supper was almost ready.

I don't have any picture evidence, but I think Mama Jim came and got Callie and they rode the side by side in the pasture while Austin and I ate supper.  They do that a lot.  The one (or more) hours when Mama Jim gets Callie in the evenings are sometimes the most productive part of my day.  Other times, I just use the time to take a shower or maybe to do nothing.  Monday is Bachelorette night, so I caught a little bit of that and then Mama Jim and Callie picked me up and we went over to the swamp where Daddy Jim was bush hogging to pick him up.  Austin was at the swamp spraying, too.  

At 9:00, we had had our baths and were ready for bedtime.  

I love these kind of days!

a new addition

We have big news!
Callie Taylor is going to be a big sister!!

WOWZA- I can't even believe I am typing this post.  I remember whenever we found out I was expecting Callie Taylor I tried to write a blog post and after I erased the first sentence a dozen times, I just quit.  There was no blog post announcing Callie's arrival, although that one line is still saved and waiting to be published.  I just couldn't find the words, but I think they may come this go round!

I did write a little bit about finding out I was expecting Callie in the post I did for her first birthday.  If I was good at this blogging stuff at all, I would link to that post here.  Since I am not, you'll just have to scroll back and find it.  Anyway- finding out about Baby Byrd#2 feels a little bit like de je vu, even down to the time frame!  I found out I was expecting Callie the Wednesday after the dance recital on Saturday.  Soon after that, we went to Satartia with my family for Memorial Day where I had to keep the secret.  Much the same happened this time around, I just found out about two weeks after the recital instead of one! I don't have the exact dates, but the similarities are crazy!

 Days or maybe even hours after having Callie, I can remember saying out loud that I could not imagine not doing that again.  It was just such a beautiful thing that I knew I wanted to do it again!  And maybe even again after that!  Multiple children has always been our plan, but I didn't exactly think it would come this soon!!  Life happens before you can turn around.  Goodness!  Callie will be exactly two years old when this baby is born.  Callie's birthday is January 8th 2018.  My due date is January 21st, but Dr. Reeves took Callie one week early, so that would make it January 14th.  They're going to have super close birthdays if all goes as planned, and hopefully it will.  

As excited as we are about growing our family, I can't help but worry a little about Callie.  Have I had time to enjoy just her enough?  Will she even like the new baby?  How's she going to handle sharing our attention?  And the list goes on....

While all of those fears are lurking in the back of my mind, I am also really excited about the friendship I hope she has with her new little brother or sister and just the thought of  her meeting the baby for the first time makes my heart want to explode!

We are so very grateful for this new addition!  We are going to have our hands full, but I know our hearts will be, too. Here's to Baby #2!