Thoughts on Life

Okay, so I don't think this post will be all that deep, but I feel like the only time I blog anymore is when Nathaniel adds another month to his life.  So, I thought I'd just write what I'm thinking and what's going on these days.

I'm so excited for Fall to get here (eventually).  I even kicked off September by listening to the Home Alone  soundtrack.  It is seriously awesome.  Why should a whole genre of music be confined to a few short weeks of the year?  Especially when the music is so good.  I'm listening to Christmas music right now, and I'm loving it.

Nathaniel's birthday is next month!! I can't believe it.  I definitely want to have a party and invite friends, but I don't want to go overboard, since the kid won't remember it, and probably won't really care about it now.  I also don't want to go overboard on buying him a bunch of awesome toys when he would probably be happy with a cardboard box and new set of Tupperware.  It's the little things.  But I'm still going to get him some fun stuff.  I just have to.

Jesse's got a huge workload this semester for school, so I've been spending my nights (re)watching Pretty Little Liars.  I know...  I just have to try and see if things fit together!  But anyway, I've decided to be a little more productive.  There are a lot of things I want done on the house before we have people over for the birthday, and they're not going to get done when I'm sitting around watching teen dramas.  So, I went to Lowe's, by myself, and got some stuff to get going.  I figure if I just do little bits at a time while Nathaniel's in bed and Jesse's doing homework, I'll get a lot done.  And I won't be overwhelmed.  And we don't have a lot of free weekends coming up to devote to this stuff.  So, it's going to get done.

I'm still pumping at work.  Once Nathaniel turns 1, I'm going to transition him to regular milk.  I've been looking forward to this for a while, but the more I think about it, the more the thought of weaning makes me sad.  We had such a rough start to breastfeeding.  And it's never been super easy, but I've come to really enjoy it.  Nursing is the closest thing I get to cuddling with my baby! haha.  If I wasn't working, I would definitely keep going and let him wean himself, but I don't think my supply is going to make it much longer.  And I definitely want to see about having my nose chopped off or something, because these allergies are out of control!  And I may want to get the screws taken out of my foot.  I have big plans for when I stop nursing.

I bought some fuschia dress pants for work, and I'm loving them.  I don't normally spend money on clothes, but I figure I'm going to be doing this working mom thing for a while, so I might as well feel good about my appearance.

Also, I have to speak in church on Sunday.  And Jesse is speaking the next week.  Kinda weird, but at least I have a short time slot.  He is the concluding speaker, so he has to take up about 20 minutes.  They'll be lucky if I make it to 8 minutes...  Now I just have to find some time this week to actually put my talk together.

Well, that post ended up being even less exciting than I had planned and I can't think of anything else to say.  Hopefully I'll start posting some house before-and-afters and maybe even some DIY posts.  We'll see.

And here's a picture of Nathaniel, just because I feel weird posting a picture-less post.

Trying to climb my legs to get to my phone.