Kid-proofing Our Marriage

Kids.
Change.
Everything.

I recently heard of this book called "Babyproofing Your Marriage" and I was drawn to it, because.. everything that goes into having a baby, both the huge job the mommy does, from conception till.. well.. the day she dies, and the hard work that daddy has to put in, really changes a marriage. You go from lovers to co-owners of small day care where the client never, ever leaves.

I need to speak to Mike about making sure to keep the spark alive, have date nights, and stay connected.. but it's hard. Our schedules are whack. Our sleeplessness is whack. Caleb just needs so much all the time. We don't really have date nights, because our schedules are opposite. Maybe we should just take little man along with us on date nights. ...nah, lol.

I miss having grown up dinners and seeing movies together. I want Mike to see me as a woman, a lover, and a wife, and not just a mom.

Kid-proofing our marriage is something I need to commit to and we both have to work at it each day. I don't want us to get even more stale than we've already become and I don't want to lose our spark.

Love,
Tiare

Our Favorite Things: 2 year edition

OMG. He is 2. He turned 2 in January, so I'm a couple of months behind. Shit, where did the time go? That sounds like a cliche but it is so damn true!

I said I wasn't gonna do one of these posts anymore, but I'm bored. I need to start blogging more. And about other things besides Caleb, lol. I just never really have time anymore. I want to make time though. I used to blog almost everyday before and during my pregnancy. Anyway, Caleb is still my baby in my eyes.. even though he's a little boy now. Waaaahhhhh!

So, without further adieu, here are Caleb's favorite things right now!

Disney Cars

Specifically Mater. OMG, they are BFFs for life! (Aside from Mickey of course) He is constantly asking to watch "cars" on TV. He has pretty much been into cars for a while now. Kid is obsessed. It's so fun to see him get so excited over them too. I like that he has such clear favorites and preferences now!

Cars

It's so cute, he will take cars and run it along any surface or body part and pretend that he is driving along a road. Or, he will countdown from 10 to 1 and pretend it's a spaceship and say, "Blast off!" and make it fly in the air, lol. He likes outer space too so I guess that's another favorite.

"Choo Train"

So pretty much like every other boy, I'm sure.. he loves trains as well. He is so cute when he yells out "choo choo! All aboard!" He got this train ball pit for Christmas and he always asks to take it out. It's such a mess though, so I kinda stopped taking it out for him.. lol. It takes up too much space in our little apartment and the balls are everywhere. I took him to this indoor playground and he seemed to like the toy train to ride and the little train tables they had there also. I'm just gonna say that he likes pretty much every transportation there is, lol.. just so I don't sit here and name them all.

Purees in a Pouch

These things still rock our world. They are the perfect snack to stash in his diaper bag for those times when "OMG I'm starving mommy, feed me!" hits and you are away from home. He just loves these things and drinks them like they're juice. We like all brands too, not just Happy Tot.

The Pout-Pout Fish

AKA, "Pout Fish." This is the only book that he will ask for by name. I posted this book on instagram a while back, and it's still so awesome to him. He loves it during bath time :)

Love,

Tiare