Overscheduled

I have been so incredibly busy lately, and I'm loving it. I thrive on having a packed calendar and a long to-do list. As strange as it may sound, I'm always substantially more productive when I have more things that I have to get done. If it's just one thing, I tend to just keep putting it off. The whole "It's just one thing; I'll be able to do it super fast later" mentality. So, nothing gets done. If starting to work part time has done nothing else (although, it's already done more), it's pumped up my planner a bit. I've been getting so much more done lately, and it's making a difference in all aspects of my life. I've been much more present in parenting, spending more quality time with Jony (and neither of us are annoyed from doing the mundane chores that make a house liveable) and just getting a bit of my livelihood back. I'd forgotten how much I love being on the go constantly. After graduating college, I wanted a break. I definitely took one and was afraid to get back into doing more in fear of getting overstretched like I was that last year of college. I'm taking baby steps and monitoring myself to make sure that I don't do TOO much, but I'm enjoying the movement for now. Nap time will keep at least an hour or two of downtime in my life, and we all know that I'm not going to mess with nap time.

Wordless Wednesday

15 Months!

(Again, this was yesterday. We were super busy, though, so I wasn't able to get this post together.)

We are 1/4 of the way through his second year. Incredible. Watching him learn something every single day has been so amazing. He's such a joy to be around and too much fun to play with. He's sleeping really well. Basically, he's the perfect child. The kind of child that makes you start thinking of having another one. He throws his fits and proves that he's an independent little guy and has his days/nights that aren't worth bragging about, but he's overall such a great little boy.

15 Month stats:

• 22lbs and 31 inches
• wearing 12-18 month clothes
• sleeping through the night the majority of the time AND napping at a consistent time each day for at least 1.5 hours. Usually about 2, though.
• uses a fork the majority of the time that he eats
• has started adding more foods to his list of what he will eat: loves mashed potatoes, salmon, and chicken nuggets.
• just the 4 teeth, although the next 2 will be popping through any day (as I've said for the last two months, ugh)
• can walk/skip sideways and do a forward roll (although it's not pretty at all)
• does all of the hand motions to The Itsty Bitsy Spider and Twinkle Twinkle
• favorite activity: sitting in your lap and reading a book