Sometimes I have to take a step back from my
life and drink in how lucky I truly am. I
have an amazing husband who encourages and motivates me every day, I have an
incredibly supportive family who is always there when I need them (and always
without judgment), I have a great job, an incredibly circle of friends and one
of the easiest going toddlers known to mankind as a son. Yes, things are good. And with baby #2 almost here, I wanted to
take a snapshot of how good things are as a reminder to my future self when we
are thrown back into the midst of having a newborn. So consider this “a week in the life of the
Breuer Family.”
Every Monday morning (or at least most Monday
mornings) Oskar and I head to the kitchen and make waffles to start the
week. Oskar helps to stir in the
ingredients and then enjoys a few spoonfuls of applesauce while I pour the
batter into the waffle iron and get coffee started for Martin.
Oskar and I normally walk to school together,
saying good bye to Martin on the corner of our alley so he can walk to his
office. Recently, Martin has joined us
for the walks to school as Oskar likes to be carried part of the way and, as he
kindly points out, “Momma’s tired.”
Each night after work, I rush home to ensure I
am there to enjoy the dinner prepared by both Martin and Oskar. With Oskar’s earlier bedtime, we now eat
dinner at 6pm and Oskar is down by 7:30 leaving the rest of the night for
Martin and me to relax and catch up on the day…or realistically, sit on the
couch and have a moment to veg out.
Halfway through the week, Oskar reminds us it
is Wednesday by asking to see the garbage truck pick up trash from our bedroom
window. And at the end of the week we
celebrate with
Pancake Friday and homemade pizzas in the
evening. As a side note, the waffles,
pancakes and pizza are all healthier versions of the original recipes J
Recently, our Saturday mornings have been spent
with me at prenatal Yoga and Oskar and Martin at swim class. And Sunday’s are the days where we have no
idea what to do. For instance unsure what to do last week (and overwhelmed by
the options of which museum, playground, farmer’s market to go to) I made the
executive decision to just run errands.
Who knew IKEA could be such fun for a toddler?
Somewhere in all of this, I try to sneak in a
nap or two, Martin inevitably falls asleep on the couch each night and we try
to get out of the house for a date night here or there.
Yes,
life is good.
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