Holy hell, it’s hard to find time to blog with a 12 month old! Gone are the days when I would spend the day writing many blog posts & post daily… Now I’m lucky to check Facebook & my blog a few times a week. I’m definitely appreciating the time when Monkey was younger & I thought it was hard.
Ha! That was the easy part! All he did was sleep, eat, & go to the bathroom.
Now, I’m consistently chasing him around. He’s not walking yet, but is thisclose to grasping the idea of it… At least that’s what I think. He’s a super fast crawler though & keeps me busy chasing after him. He’s into everything & our house shows that. We have built-in bookshelves with nothing of ours on the bottom two shelves.
Hint: If you have bookshelves too, you can do what we did to the shelves that your baby can reach… We put some of his toys in there, like dump trucks, stackers, sorters, & books. He loves going over to the shelves & grabbing his own toys.
Besides Monkey being a typical little boy & into absolutely everything, we’ve been busy with new changes going on. Nope, I’m not pregnant.
My in-laws were here & it was awesome having them in town. Can you believe I just said that?! They were such a big help & it was nice being able to do the laundry & dishes without having a little one distract me.
Speaking of distractions, yesterday I was folding laundry in my bedroom. Usually I just shut the door so Monkey can’t escape. I had only been folding clothes for maybe two minutes & I didn’t hear Monkey.
You know that when you don’t hear anything from your child, usually that means they are getting into some kind of trouble, right? Sure enough I see Monkey’s two feet & that was it. He is obsessed with our dog, who resides under our bed for a lot of the day because Monkey chases him. Monkey had pushed himself under our bed to be closer to our dog. I quickly pulled Monkey out, & was so happy that I caught him when I did.
I couldn’t even imagine if he put himself completely under the bed. Thankfully I will keep a closer eye on my little escape artist.
So back to the new changes…
It looks like we will be moving. To another state. For my husband’s business. For only one year. Holy crap.
Our house is on the market right now & that’s quite a challenge. You know, to try my hardest to keep the house clean for a showing while having a 12 month old run around. It’s crazy! It seems like just when I get the house picked up it becomes a mess again. ’Tis life with a baby, I suppose.
So as you can see I don’t have a lot of free time. At night Monkey goes to bed around 7:30pm. We eat dinner, I pick up a bit, & then I want some time for myself, whether it’s reading, having a glass of wine, taking a bath, etc.
Speaking of baths, Monkey has been pooping while taking his bath. Anyone know of any tricks to help with this?!
I know this post is random, but that’s all I got 
Monkey is finishing his breakfast now, & my motherly duties are calling…
I will try to post more regularly. Believe me, I do miss it & hearing from you all! Thanks to the loyal readers out there!
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hahahahahaha I WISH they slowed down! my daughter will be 2 in 4 months and she is only getting faster! lol
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