Skipped Dinner? Never Again...

I was recently invited to a friend's house for a tupperware party (clothes actually, not tupperware, but you know the type of party) in the middle of the week. I hesitated to go because our weeknights are usually busy with taking care of the baby, getting dinner on the table (or couch), and preparing for the next day. Kyle encouraged me to go though because I haven't had a "girls night" in way over 6 months. So, although it was hard getting out the door, I went...
It ended up being a great night with good friends, good food, and some adorable clothes. I came home to Kyle almost asleep on the couch, basketball on the TV, and a quiet house. Everything appeared to have gone super smoothly while I was gone...
I asked Kyle how everything went with Anya. "Oh fine, she went to bed about 30 minutes after you left." (that would be 7:00 pm......she usually goes to bed around 10:00 pm with a short nap in the evening)
Then I ask him when she had her dinner......"She had part of a bottle, but I didn't have a chance to give her cereal since she fell asleep." Oh Kyle.....big mistake...HUGE!
We went to bed around 10:00 pm and Anya woke up at......11:30 pm, 1:00 am, was fully awake from 3:00 am - 5:00 am, and after a bottle, finally went to sleep at 5:30 am. Lucky for us, it was a Friday, so even though we were zombies all day, we could at least sleep in on Saturday to make up for it. (and we did....until 10:30 am!!!!)
Moral to the story....even if you have to WAKE THE BABY UP, feed them on schedule because otherwise you will surely regret it in the wee hours of the morning. It makes me tired just thinking about it!

I need a maid...

I have never professed to be the model housewife, and after having a baby, I'm even worse. I find myself a little envious of those women who appear to "do it all" and wonder how they find the time or motivation to take care of their children, their house, and their husband (which means, "cooking"). I love to cook but I only make a home-cooked meal once a week. I like a clean house, but I don't like to clean it. I have ambitious goals for how our house should look but I don't make the time (or set aside the money) to rearrange or redesign it. What I DO make time for is spending time with our baby. I work 40 - 45 hours a week outside of our home and I think about Anya at least once during all of those hours. I tell myself, "If I didn't work, I would have a clean house, food on the table, and blah, blah, blah perfect everything". WRONG! That's not me, and if I didn't work, I would spend most of the day playing with Anya, taking her around to family and friends' houses to visit, and probably spend way too much time shopping for more adorable clothes that she surely needs. J
I think it's wonderful that there are women out there who really have it together, but lucky for me, my husband did not marry one of those women. He married me, and he knew that although our house always needs dusted, there's always some sort of laundry piled up, and I tend to do my cleaning around 11pm...I can still be a loving wife and mother, and when I do cook, I knock his socks off!
So my strategy is...do the best I can, put Kyle and Anya first, and find a maid to keep the house clean. J