The nightlife of a Mom

When I can't sleep I often find myself reminiscing about the past and the craziness that was once our life, tonight is no different.

Once upon a time I was young, fun, and always up for a party or drinks at the bar. When Luke and I were dating in the BP time period(before P)we were out almost every weekend with friends, drinking, having date nights, going out to fancy restaurants, and having friends over for get togethers. These days though my wild nights are spent reading bedtime stories, stealing cuddles, tucking in monkeys, Charlie Brown, and a host of other friends, along with finishing chores that didn't get done throughout the day. I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I went out to a bar, or been drunk, or even dressed up to go out. I'm almost always wearing sweat pants or jeans and t-shirts, that's about as exciting as my wardrobe gets anymore. And if I'm awake until the wee hours if the morning it's usually because some sweet little boy needs his Mama.

Tonight is one of those nights where I find myself laying here in the dark listening, waiting for a cough or a cry. P has been fighting a cough and runny nose for about a week and then today it decided to morph into pink eye as well. My poor boy is just miserable and nothing I tried or offered made him happy, he was so upset he didn't even want me to talk to him. =( Thankfully after some cuddles he went back to his crib and had been sleeping ever since. It really breaks my heart when P is sick or hurt and I can't fix it. So I'll just lie here in bed and drift in and out of sleep listening for my baby to cough, cry, or call to me. While this night of little broken sleep isn't because of drinks, dancing, or bar hoping there's really nowhere else I'd rather be. 
I'm hoping he seems better by Monday AM otherwise I'll have to put a call in to the pediatrician, and P is not a fan of the doctors office. He's ok in the waiting room, but as soon as the nurse walks us back to a room he starts whimpering, and then all hell breaks loose when Dr.Rogalski comes in. So send us some prayers or good vibes that he's better and it misses Luke and I.

I guess since its almost 3AM I should force myself to sleep so I'm not sleepy in the morning.

Good night to all of you wild partiers and to all you parents at home with littles.

Snow and Buckeyes.

We had a nice little snow storm come through last night and ended up with about 4in of snow after it was all over. Nothing major, but a lot of schools were closed again. For a lot of them they've only had 2 days of classes so far in 2015, I never remember snow days like that when I was younger. And since it was warmer than it has been, we've had many days with wind chills in the negative double digits. Today it was in the high 20's so we took the opportunity to take P out to play in the snow. He wasn't sure what to really do so he ended up kicking it around and throwing it in the air for all of about 15-20min. It was nice to get out and get some fresh(COLD!) air and a little bit of late day sunshine.

How many of you are watching the game between The Ohio State Buckeyes and The Oregon Ducks? My husband is a life long fan and Alum of OSU so we watch every game, this man is so wound up about this game that he hasn't sat down since it has started. It's taken me until half time to get this far and at this point our Bucks are winning! YAY! Now we can only hope that it stays that way. Before P went to bed he was cheering right along with his Daddy and has to hand out lots of high 5's whenever he thinks they're warranted. Hopefully we can tell him that his Buckeyes won in the morning when he wakes up tomorrow.

Since the game is coming back on soon I'm cutting this post short, sorry! :)

GO BUCKS! O-H!

Brrrrr! Freezing Temps and Picking Preschools.

Brrrr! We're in the middle of an "Arctic Blast" right now and had temps hovering around zero and below all day with wind chills somewhere around -25! Almost every local school district was closed for the 2nd day in a row to protect the kids that have to wait for a bus or walk. We've been staying home to avoid going out in the bitter cold and I don't see us venturing out until Saturday or possibly Sunday. Speaking of Sunday, we have plans to check out a Preschool Fair at the local mom center. We're hoping to find a program that will help us harness P's love of learning and help him continue to excel. We're probably starting a little early since we found that he'll have to wait until he's almost 4 because of when his birthday falls. Maybe we'll get lucky and find another program that that wont be an issue. I know he'd benefit from the socialization and it would give me a chance to do other things around the house. We'll see how it goes and I'll keep you all updated on what we find.

Hello World!

Hello world! I'm new to this whole blogging thing so I ask for your patience as I learn the ropes and get more comfortable with how to do all of this. I guess first off I should introduce myself so you'll know who's behind this. My name is Jessi and I am 28 years old. I'm born and raised in the North Western region of Ohio where I still reside with my husband Luke and our 2 year old son P. We are new home owners and that has taken up most of our time and money over the last 10 months. We've done basic updates by painting, new appliances, new furniture, etc. but haven't tackled any huge remodeling projects quite yet. I come from a loud and crazy family that consists of my parents and 3 sisters. I am the second born daughter, and obviously the parental favorite. Ha! You'll hear all about my loved ones on multiple occasions since we see each other all of the time and craziness always follows. Thanks for stopping by to check out my new space, hopefully you'll continue to check back.