Week in the life is one of my favorite practices every year. This project was created several years ago by Ali Edwards and I’ve followed along for many iterations but also continued myself so that I have regular posts and photos like these that fit with the different stages of my life. I haven’t always posted them, but you can find others here.
Week in the life is one of my favorite practices every year. I know my life is changing, but when it’s happening before your eyes and is gradual with the natural ebbs and flows of life, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when things change (unless you have a baby or get married or something) until all of a sudden, you look back and nothing is the same. That consistently happens to me when I look back on previous years. I literally LOL’d today when I saw that my 2018 self was still in bed at 7:40 AM on a work day. Don’t feel too bad for me, though, because I still don’t get up until the very last minute. I don’t know what happened since college when I purposely chose 8:00 AM classes. I was 25 weeks pregnant last time I did a week in the life, so I thought now would be a fun time. Callahan is now 15 months old (!!) so we are full steam ahead on balancing parenting, full-time work life, and keeping the house running. We are absolutely loving this wild stage of life.
6:45 AM // Every single morning, I stand in front of my closet with the weather app open trying to make my choice for the day. My closet isn’t as paired down as it’s been in previous years, but I’m excited about it and that’s what matters. Fall is definitely in the air so long sleeves are a must.
7:11 AM // Callahan was up a bit earlier than normal because daylight savings time ended this past weekend and we’re still adjusting. The person who made the decision on that clearly didn’t have kids. He gets breakfast and proceeded to “share” some with Willow.
7:57 AM // Headed to daycare. Every day we “talk” (AKA go through all the words he knows), listen to music (current faves are Hit the Flow by Landis, (Keep Feeling) Fascination by The Human League, and Baby Shark) and I tell him a mantra I hope he one day will repeat.
12:04 PM // Lunch time…I’m currently meal prepping for both Callahan and I so I just try to keep it simple. Today was a bag salad and rotisserie chicken. We have these to-go containers at work that make the best shakers for salad when you have to mix it up with dressing.
5:00 PM // Today I picked Callahan up at daycare (normally Kevin does) and we made it home for a walk before it got too dark. He requested bubbles the entire way home so we took the bubbles on the walk with us. The sunsets lately have been insane and tonight was no different.
6:49 PM // After Tikka Marsala for dinner, we played in the living room. Bouncing the balls on the hardwood and seeing how long week can keep them going through this maze are top of the list these days. He gets frustrated when he walks if the pants are too long or obstructing him from being able to go as fast as possible, so tonight they got rolled up.
6:53 PM // Full moon tonight that was visible from our yard. Showing Callahan the delights of this world (rainbows, trees, flowers, rain, animals, sunsets, etc) bring us so much joy!
7:07 PM // More bubbles during bath-time. I’m such a sucker.
8:00 PM // Callahan is asleep and our home is reset and ready for tomorrow which means I’m doing some fun stuff for me. Tonight that includes putting this post together, talking to Kevin about blogging, lots of pets for the girls, listening to T.Swift, getting in the Word, and having a sweet treat. My goal is to be in bed by 10:00 PM. Wish me luck.
I’ll be sharing photos like these every day this week. Thanks for stopping by!