My Once Upon a Time...

34 weeks old!  

Today, I'm feeling like a failure. In fact, I've been feeling like this for many weeks now.  Motherhood is hard and I feel like I'm doing it all wrong. The last couple of weeks have left me exhausted and drained, both physically and emotionally.  We've all been sick and I've been trying to survive on short stretches of sleep. Taking care of a baby, WHILE WORKING in the office, while being sick, is no joke. It's becoming all a little overwhelming for me. We're getting a full time nanny in one month, so I know there's light at the end of that tunnel, but my heart hurts all at the same time, thinking about being away from my boy every day, all day.  I guess it all started out when Fox started to teeth, back in November. He got six teeth since then, one after the other. I don't think I got more than a two hour stretch of uninterrupted sleep since. And since he's up basically every hour all night long, I figured the easiest thing to do is to h...

Day 1 The New Year didn't start too good for us. Fox got sick and we were doing this most of the day. Poor Baby! Day 2   My Grandma sent Fox this jacket that she knitted for him, so cute! Day 3   We had a late Christmas with Katie's family. Fox got this little airplane from his Great Grandmother and loves it.  Day 4   Still under the weather. We went to the pediatrician who said it was just a cold and we had to wait it out.  Day 5   More sickness. This was probably the worst day all week. Fox just screamed and screamed and finally collapsed and fell asleep in my arms right after I took him out of his bath (which he usually loves). I felt so sad for him! Day 6   I never get sick, like never ever. Well, 5 days with a sick baby did it for me and I had to take a sick day myself. Let me just tell you, taking care of a sick baby while being sick yourself is one of the hardest things I ever had to do. We were both...

Fox is in the finals for a photo contest we entered him in last month! Now we need your help to win it! Please click on the link below and vote for his Santa Baby Picture (it's the 5th picture), you'll need to connect to Facebook to do so! You can vote daily until January 20th! Every vote is very much appreciated! Thank you so much!!! Click HERE to vote!

  33 weeks old!   I don't have any other pictures of Big Honey this week, in fact, we barely made this one. Fox came down with a bad cold on New Year's Eve and is still really sick. Coughing, Throwing up, Fever, Runny Nose, you name it. Poor little dude is so miserable and it's been a tough few days for all of us. We took him to the pediatrician on Friday to rule out anything more serious, and they said we just have to wait this one out.  I hope he'll be back to his happy self soon!

 Day 358 Christmas Eve with my little family Day 359   Fox's First Christmas Day 360   Our Flight to Alaska Day 361   Alaska was so beautiful! Day 362   Kisses from Grandpa! Day 363   Back in Arizona! Day 364   Fox got this blanket of his weekly pics from his grandpa...such a great idea! Day 365  One of the billboards for our Show, always makes us so proud to see these around the city!

Katie's dad surprised us with a long weekend in Alaska right after Christmas.  We left bright and early the day after Christmas and wondered how Fox would do on the flights (one was 3.5 hours long, the other one about 2.5 hours). He was such a trouper! He didn't cry, didn't even fuss once, and was just happy as can be to play with his toys and sit or stand on our laps. We were so proud of him!       The first night, we went to a family reunion. Katie still has a lot of family living in Alaska (Anchorage), she grew up there and her dad still owns a house there as well, which is where we stayed.  We thought for sure that Fox would lose it, Alaska is 2 hours behind Phoenix, and by the time we left for the reunion, it was already 2 hours past his bedtime. Katie's family was so excited to meet him and he was passed around all night, again, totally content and happy, until he fell asleep five hours past his bedtime...eeks!      ...