Ready to go for a wild weekend

So today starts a marathon that will not be over until sunday night. Hattie is still asleep and I have a lot to do today so this will be short. I go to Rogersville to pick up the check, come home get everything ready to go, when Alaina gets home we pack the car and head to Tupelo. Once in Tupelo we drop Hattie off with my parents and I take Alaina out for her birthday. We get back and hopefully sleep that night. I will get up in the morning because it's the first day of bow season go down behind maw maws house and stay there for a little bit. The game is at 11:00 so we have to be back home by then. After the game we go to my cousin's wedding after that come back to the house in Tupelo maybe do a little more hunting and then head home. Then get up on sunday and do my non-SAH dad thing at church. Starting at 5:00am...yep it's going to be a fun weekend.

Not quite a KO

This morning hasn't been the easiest. After Hattie decided to wake up and let the world know she had a sippy cup and was fine. I was still not completely awake. I'm still not. After Hattie put her MSState shirt the play pen was calling her name. Once she is in the play pen she's not entirely happy about it. Mostly because she was still sleepy. She usually goes back to sleep after she takes her morning bottle. This morning it's like she was asleep but didn't want to lay down. She was playing with her toys, pacifier, and even her socks to stay awake. She finally rolled over and nodded off. Hopefully I can get things accomplished today.

Today is bathroom day. Yesterday was kitchen day. I get to scrub the sink, tub, floor, toilet and change the toilet seat.  Let's just say I'm less than excited.

I want to go back to school. I know that sounds weird. I was watching the story on the TODAY show about the mom in Oklahoma that has 11 children, owns a gym, and goes to school at Harvard in Boston. My dream is to take classes at the NOBTS extension center in Birmingham but that will probably never happen. I applied to Liberty University but the earliest that would be able to go would next fall. I want to do this because I do not intend on being a SAH dad forever.

Let's do this...

For queen, country, and a little bit of sleep

I am a stay-at-home dad. Most would love to just stay at home and just take care of things at the house. I cannot even begin to describe how much I am not that person. I am a worker. I have worked consistently at some type of job since I was 15 and before that I worked at a Christmas tree farm seasonally for three years. So I've always worked. So for me to stay cooped up in a house all day is maddening. I do serve as a worship leader at a local church so that does allow me to get out out of the house a couple of days a week. Otherwise it's garbage, dishes, floors, diapers, babyfood, rinse repeat. There are benefits to this. I have been able to see my daughter grow and learn and become a little person and I would not trade a second of that time I've been able to spend with her. I admit that as a child/teenager/young adult I had it easy. My mom and dad really took care of me and my sister. The chores we had to do were nominal in comparison to what some kids do. So needless to say, but I'm a little spoiled when it comes to house work. Add to fact I just don't like being inside it's not a recipe for success. I'm trying to make the best of it. Hattie, out little girl, is waking up and it's time to get the ball rolling with rice cereal and milk. Then it's cleaning the floors and windows and doing the laundry. Sometimes I think I hear little mice singing in the background...but that may just be floor squeaking...who knows...