It's 5:30 am...Kayleigh's back in bed asleep after decided to make 4 am her wake up time for the day. I'm guessing she's not quite ready to give up her 10 pm feeding...oh well. I think I am becoming a morning person. Amazing what a child can change about you! I actually enjoy the early morning time after I put Kayleigh back to sleep. I never thought I could function before 8 am, but here I am putting words into sentences. Enough on that!

My second week as a stay-at-home mom has been great. I joined a couple women's groups at our church, MOPS (mother of preschoolers) and JOY. I had so much fun meeting new faces, which surprised me because I usually clam around new people. I don't know how long I'll be able to go to these, since I'm planning on doing childcare. I'm going to enjoy them while I can though.

Do you ever just want to be selfish? Do you daydream about all the stuff you could do if you didn't have to worry about anyone else? Please say you do, so I don't feel bad! I'm really dragging my feet on this childcare business because I want to just be a mom. I don't want to give up MOPS and JOY. I want to just be with Kayleigh and not have to worry about three other kids. I don't know why I all of a sudden have this desire to be your typical Flowerplex soccer mom, but I do. And I know all these desires are not bad in themselves, but they are not what is best for our family. I need to make some money and the best way for be to do that is care for other children in our home. I always thought I was a homebody, but now the prospect of not being able to go anywhere is driving me nuts.

Well....I need some more sleep! Love to everyone!

Road Trip!!

Well, the first official road trip with baby went great! We drove down to Austin for Labor Day to visit William and Sammi and see some of my family. Kayleigh slept all but the last 30 minutes on the way down! Sammi and I went over to San Marcos on Saturday for some bargain shopping....it was so crowded...took us 20 minutes just to find a parking spot. The Carter's store there had some really good deals. I can't believe how much people spend on baby clothes...there was a shirt at Osh Gosh B'Gosh that was $20.00...I have a hard time spending that much on a shirt for me! Anyways! Our time with William and Sammi was so enjoyable...we hated to leave. Sunday we drove over to my Uncle Dan's place on Lake Travis. The whole family was there...well almost. Kayleigh met her great-grandparents, Punkie and Papa, her great aunts and uncles and some of her second cousins. They all think she's adorable, of course! Kayleigh really was great the whole time. She's so flexible and laid back...must get that from her momma!

Well, I'm going to go back to bed for some more shut eye! Love to everyone!