Staying Home

Well I have completed week 2 at home. Week one did not really feel quite like being home yet. A few weeks ago I applied for a very flexible part time, telecommute job. It is a contract position for the major search engines doing evaluations. There is not really a demanding minimum that you have to work, and you can do the work whenever you want. Perfect for a mom at home! The catch is you have to pass a VERY time consuming test in order to get the job. The test literally took me all week to complete. I didn't even really feel like I was not working because every free second I had was spent on this test or studying the material. I was thrilled this Monday when I found out that all my hard work paid off and I got the job! My goal was to be able to work around 15 hours a week, however after this week I don't know if that will be possible! I forgot how busy you are at home with a baby! My every second seems to be consumed, but I am loving every minute of it. I don't know how much time I am going to be able to actually log in this job, but I will do my best and see what I can do.

It has been fun getting back in the swing of being home. I love spending all my days with Reese. The time seems to melt by and I wish I had about 10 more hours in the day to get stuff done. Reese is really starting to come into her own. She is stating to say words like mama, dada, and even gramma! She is ever so close to crawling, however I think she is so efficient getting around by rolling and army crawling that hitting this milestone is not very high on her priority list. At times I try and work with her on crawling and then I ask myself why I am doing this. Soon she will be all over the place anyway, and I feel like I should probably enjoy these last few weeks of her being somewhat immobile. I feel like she gets around so quickly as it is with rolling, that I can't imagine what it will be like when she is crawling and walking. Just today she rolled over to the coffee table, and somehow figured out how to roll her legs under it. Below are the pics. She thought it was pretty funny! We also started swim classes with Reese this week. We are doing them 2 nights a week. As I suspected Reese absolutely LOVES them! She has been a water baby from the start. She doesn't even flinch when she goes in the pool, even though I even think the water is cold! She kicks and splashes and has a great time. She has even gotten her head under the water a few times and it didn't seem to bother her in the least. It is so much fun watching her grow.

This weekend Chris and I decided to hit the road and visit our good friends Angela and Jake. Angela has been stuck in the hospital and I was so excited that it worked for me to go and keep her company on Saturday. We stayed with Chris' parents which was a lot of fun. Reese had a great time with her Nana on Saturday and the pups got to go hunt with Chris and his dad. As always the weekends out of town are a whirlwind. I look forward to getting more into the swing of things this week, and hope to continue to carve out my "schedule".