A long overdue update

It's been what feels like forever since I've posted. Life as a mom, wife, weekend worker and me is purely exhausting. Notice the "me" is very last and it really does come at the end of completing everything else. When there is anytime left I honestly have make a decision as to what to do with that time and 9 times out of 10 I either do house work that I'm behind on, shower or go to sleep.

Kelso is 7 months now, he is absolutely beautiful, funny, sweet, smart and sleepless. He has mastered many skills and has 2 teeth with many more trying to come through.  His favorite toys are his bongo drum, Sophie the giraffe teether, his 3 stuffed animals Goofy, Zebra and dog, his singing puppy and mirrored snail. His favorite books are "Who's that Baby?" "Look, Look" and "The Three Little Pigs". He still loves bath time, Kitty, Courage and his two amazing parents.:)  On the not so awesome side of things, Kelso is allergic to EVERYTHING. I had to give up milk, nuts and chocolate and introducing food has been horrible. He's reacted to rice cereal, oatmeal, carrots, sweet potatoes and now green beans. We are officially trying to get an appointment with a pediatric allergist. To go along with that he continues to have issues with reflux, and as I mentioned he doesn't sleep... waking from 2-10 times a night. It's purely exhausting and hard to predict, even with our daily schedule in place. Before he came along I thought the worst thing that would happen would be we'd end up co-sleeping or sleep sharing... I had NO clue that sometimes even co-sleeping doesn't work.

Work is going pretty well. I struggle with the fact I'm not making very much money but that's just the way the hospital pays and the fact I'm only working around 18 hours a week. I will say that I love the people I work with and I feel comfortable there. It's just a major bummer that to not have to leave Kelso during the week, I have to never have a day off with Jason. I also always miss church and anything fun that might happen on the weekend.

Jason has been super busy with school and marching band. It is nicer having him closer to home but I think he actually works more now that he did at RHS. Seems like he leaves at the same time as he did for the school that was further away, gets home around the same and then has band practice 2 nights a week which is way longer and later than at RHS. Not to mention football games on Friday nights. It's leaves Kelso and me alone quiet a lot. I feel like he is enjoying some areas of teaching at GHS more than he did at RHS, but I think some aspects are worse.

Finally, if you read my blogs last year, you will remember that I wrote this horribly sad post I while pregnant about how my parents were moving away, and then it didn't happen. Well, it is with deep sadness I have to say they really are moving to Florida and in only 3 weeks.  This all happened really fast but I guess someone showed up suddenly and wanted to rent their house, which freed up their income to rent a home for a year instead of their usual snow bird activity. I wasn't really expecting it, as a matter of fact the only reason I found out when I did is because I face timed my dad while the people were there looking at their house. I have to say my selfish self is really really sad. I am happy that they are happy, and I want them to go because it would be unfair for me to beg them to stay but quietly I am beyond heart broken. Life is so short and I guess I'm feeling more and more mortal as I age but I wish they weren't going. I wish they'd stay here so I could see them weekly. So Kelso would get to know them... So I had someone I trusted to baby sit, or someone I could call if I get sick to take care of me... or someone to be here with me through all the firsts...I guess I just always assumed they'd be here for me once Kelso came along. I know they aren't dead but FL is a long way.

Lastly, I still do not enjoy where we live. I feel alienated and have no friends here. All my friends are an hour to an hour and a half away and most work during the week. We have no mommy groups here, we have no mommy and me classes and our library is crap. My days are filled with playing with Kelso, attempting to keep house and wondering if I'll get Kelso to sleep better and or where I will want to move when I do decide to go back to work full time.