Relaxation or lack of

So where is my down time?

It seems to be missing from my life.

I just collapsed on the couch, letting Sam sleep when he shouldn't be sleeping just so I can sit here and relax for 10 minutes (and blog on my phone!)

Eli used to go to bed at 830 and we had the whole evening to ourselves. Somehow his bedtime went to 9 then 930 and now 10 this summer. Tonight, it was 1015. we need to work on that!

Now I have a date with Sammy and his bath tub - one last final effort to wake him up for a bottle, and then put him I bed for the night. Some nights it's til 8am, others it's til 4am. This night, it's mikes turn to find out-- yet another perk of not breastfeeding (shame on me for saying that outloud).

Eli and I went to the pool today. He jumped in off the side no less than 100 times in the 3 hours we were there. This also means that I lifted him OUT of the pool 100 times -- (where are my Kelly Ripa arms?!)

Mike made us a fire tonight since it was a perfect summer evening. We sat down, mike cracked open a beer, and we started chatting.

Then Eli knocked over the pile of wood. And Sam wanted to be held and bounced. Then Eli wanted to go inside and he kept leaving the door open so all the bugs could get in. Then Sam needed fed and we realized it was already 9 and Eli needed a bath. Heavy sigh!

Somedays we try to pretend like we don't have 2 (little little) kids and just go with the flow. But I'm telling you, you can't get off your game for even a second because then it all goes to hell. You have to be one step ahead of them at all times.

For real.

And now for my massive photo dump from my phone ... I can't figure out how to put them in order and I've already wasted my 10 minutes of downtime for the day. So here ya go... Tractor pulls and swimming pools and daddy drinking beer while holding babies - classy. :)