Love should not be one of them…

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Oliver is nearly 8 months old.  This roughly means that I have been back at work for about as long as I was home with Oli on maternity leave.

Is it normal to still be settling in?

The work part it fine, it took about 3 weeks to get back into the swing of things.  Juggling work, kids and quality time with the husband seems more challenging.  On a rational level I know work is a constant, it will pretty much always be in the picture (in varying degrees).  The baby will at some point decide to start sleeping through the night – allowing you uninterrupted sleep and improving energy levels.  And homework is going to affect our day to day lives for the next 19 years.  *

Why does it seems so difficult to just settle by the end of an evening and enjoy your husband’s company?  Without picking a fight.  Without falling asleep.  Without responding with irritation.  Do we need to look at the way we communicate?  Should we look at our priorities?

Kobus and I have though of a couple of things we would like to do:

  1. We want to work towards a goal together:  We have decided to see a dietician together.  We both have weigh-loss goals and being accountable to the dietician and each other should bring about a sense of challenge and success.
  2. We would like to start a hobby together:  Kobus loves dancing and he is good at it.  I have 2 left feet even though he makes us look good.  Once he has settled into his new job, we will attend a class once a week.
The other thing that Kobus mentioned was that he wants to start studying with me.  He has decided on a degree and everything!  Think this a brilliant way for us to keep each other disciplines and motivated.

Source: goo.gl via May on Pinterest

How do you keep the magic going with your partner while balancing – everything – else?

* Calculation of homework years:  Logan and WD homework years – 12 years.  Oliver going to school in 7 years time for 12 years.  Equals to 19 years…

“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings” James Matthew Barrie

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For the longest time I have wanted a tattoo.  At first I thought I would go for something like a white tattoo, however the tattoo artist where a friend of mine had hers done in the UK advised against having it done in white.  Apparently the white turns out looking yellow after  you’ve had it in the sun a bit too long.

For years I’ve know I would have a tattoo when the time is right.  For me to have a tattoo I would need to have lots of symbolic meaning.  Finally I feel like I have somethings:

Source: weheartit.com via Alet on Pinterest

 

 

Although I love the tat along the arm, I think for this I prefer the tattoo around the neck/ back / shoulder like the below pictures:

 

 

Or Even something like this one in the front:

 

 

What you do think?  Any opinions of people that have any tats?  Some of us need all the info and tips we can get :)

Now all I need is some motivation to make an appointment ( and maybe a hand or two to holding during it all)

Credit – Quote

Oliver Month 7

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Seven months!  It feels like just the other he was born and now we are seven months old.

I love that he can sit unaccompanied.  That he can hold the sign and that this is becoming a special time for Baby, Dad and Mom to get the best smiles and giggles and capture them for a lifetime!

The below picture is from a different angle, it shows how a little baby has grown from the first photo we took on this chair.

Let us recap:

The Tortoise

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Logan and the tortoise comes a long way.  First there was his remarkable singing abilities (at the age of 3) that ensured that a “skilpad” would always be an animal close to our hearts:

Skilpad, steek jou kop en pote uit

slaap jy dan die hele dag?

Almal sal vir jou lag!

The past weekend we took the kids to Bester Bird Park in Pretoria East, where Logan not only posed with a tortoise, but took a whole bunch of photos of them as well: