Joe and I both work full
time during the week. He as an athletic trainer and strength coach at a local
high school, and me as a radiation therapist at the cancer center affiliated
with our local hospital. While we both have demanding/busy/sometimes high stress
jobs, we really enjoy what we do and have worked hard to get these positions.
But no matter how much I love my job, I LIVE for the weekends when I get to
spend quality time with my loves. I never knew until after I had Rocco (which
was after too many years of college, too many switched majors, too much student
loan debt, and the relief of passing the all important board exam) that I would
want to be a stay at home mom. Unfortunately, because of the above reasons,
that won’t be in the cards for me. So I have to make the most of my nights and
weekends (as I’m sure so many moms in similar situations do). I bet it’s true
what they say about the grass always being greener…in fact, my two very best
girl friends are stay at home moms and I know that position comes with its fair
share of struggles.
Anyhow…another weekend
flew by…it sure was a good one though!
Friday night after work we
packed up Rocco with his snacks and toys in tow to visit some friends who have
spent the last year building a new house and finally got to move in. They don’t
live far from us but we’ve learned to be prepared while toting our babe around.
Before becoming parents we mostly hung on the weekends with a group of friends
nicknamed The Bubble. They’re a group of 7 couples including us that have been
friends for years. It was one of those couples that we were visiting, admiring
their beautiful new house. It was so great catching up with them and most of
the rest of The Bubble that stopped by, as we really don’t get together near as
much as we used to. We were home early for Rocco’s bedtime…Friday nights aren’t
quite what they used to be…and I’m more than ok with that!
Saturday we mostly just
ran errands during the day (bathing suit shopping for me while Joe and Rocco
had some guy time with Hugo at the dog park) and the evening was saved for date
night! We rarely get a sitter to go out since we really don’t have a lot of
time as a family, but I’ve come to realize that it really is important to get a
few hours away with just Joe and I sometimes. We have a really amazing sitter
who was Rocco’s lead teacher in the infant room at daycare who he loves so
much. He has a hard time warming up to people and is a real mama’s boy which
makes it hard to leave. He adores our sitter though and we are so lucky to have
her! I’ll post a re-cap of our date night later this week.
Sunday was beautiful
weather and Joe got out to golf with some friends. Rocco and I ran some
errands, went to a nearby park, and grabbed some lunch at Subway (where he
ended up only eating bbq potato chips and chocolate milk…mom fail?) before he
took a much needed 2.5 hour nap. On a side note…he used to be possibly the world’s
“worst” sleeper…almost never sleeping without being held the first 6 or so
months of life, and rarely (5 times or less…and that’s being generous) sleeping
through the night until 18 months. Even now at 19 months (so silly counting
months…I’d rather say one and a half for any age between 15 months and 2
years!) he still has nights that he wakes and often is up for the day between 5
and 6:30a.m. So long story short…a 2.5 hour nap is a real win in this house!
After that we headed out to another park and to grab some ice cream before
meeting back up with Joe at home for dinner, a walk, bath, and bedtime.
Such a great weekend that seemed
to really right by. Looking forward to a short work week (Thursday and Friday
off!!) before heading to the beach with friends next weekend.
B.