I have always felt lucky - I love what I do and am pretty darn good at it. B.B. (before baby), I would tell anyone within earshot that I WANTED to be a working mom. I would try my best to strike a balance between a healthy and involved family life with a successful career. Flash forward, A.B. (um....after baby) and I struggled, as most moms do, with leaving my child in someone elses' care during the day - work stuff seemed so trivial compared to the milestones she would reach without me there as her first witness and cheerleader. Well, that was short lived. Now - I collect unemployment, do some design work on the side for friends and try to structure each day around the mental and physical enrichment of my 6 month old. And since my husband works nights, its just she and I now - taking on the world (or Target at peak busy hours).
Am I happy? Absolutely. But people, let me tell you, the days can get pretty monotonous. How many times can you play with the same primary colored jingly toy or watch Baby Einstein Neighborhood Animals with ANY hint of genuine enthusiasm? How bad can it be you ask? Well let me show you. I have chronicled a day in pictures and video so you can see what this successful up-and-coming designer now does for a living.
Its funny and sad all at the same time.
Morning story time. Testing the video function of
my camera using my favorite subject. (Note: this video
is boring - depicting nothing special or exciting...
but that it the point of this blog post right?)
Later, going for a walk. Need this huge crazy visor to shield
the sun from our delicate visage (and no cute HAT will do -
as noted in previous posts).
the sun from our delicate visage (and no cute HAT will do -
as noted in previous posts).
Ahhh, walks make us sleeeeepy.
Post walk, diaper change and PJ transition.
Captured a bit more video chronicling my
daughters love of the River Dance.
Post walk, diaper change and PJ transition.
Captured a bit more video chronicling my
daughters love of the River Dance.
Trying on other forms of sun protection for
future walks. As you will note from the
expression, this method is approved.
future walks. As you will note from the
expression, this method is approved.
Mom has a thought, "If we will wear a visorAND sunglasses - why not slip on a super
cute handmade headband and see if the
'no accessories on our heads' ban is up......
don't let the photo fool you - two seconds
into this and she worked up a fuss to beat all hell.
Damn.
In our PJ's and thinking to myself,"This kid is going to think I never held
her a day in her young life since all the
photos show just her alone or her and dad."
I get her to smile by singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider
song right before I hit the shutter.
Kid loves that song - tried to get her into
some Pink Floyd or Snoop Dog but, no takers.
More PJ shots because, hey,I don't think I have pushed this camera in
front of her face enough today.
Aaaaaaand we're done. Cut.
Edit scene.
Edit scene.
4 comments:
monotony....been there. i have made many a trip to target just so the kid can be strapped into a cart and not making some sort of mess for a little while. some might consider that a sad part of stayingathomedim, but i say the only sad part is leaving target with all the useless stuff that you have just bought.
The Target thing got bad enough for us that the checkout lady started to recognize us and say " Are you back again?" I am only a phone call away if you want to get out of the house for some adult interaction.
Love the pj's :) They look cute on her! Adorable pics xoxoxo
I remember when we first had Cole, we tried to think of any possible career path that would allow us to stay home to work. However, my wife will agree, it gets very monotonous. We went to the zoo weekly, like anything had changed in seven days, just to pass the time. Hang in there, you'll never look back and wish you had spent more time working!
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