How on earth do they do it?

When Travis got hired by Alltel, he was hired into a program called Advanced Development Program. This is a program to "fast-track" them into upper-level management by exposing them monthly to workshops and seminars by different executives. The program is a 1-year program and for the grand finale, they had to solve 2 of Alltel's problems they've had for years and years. They thought young, new-to-the-business-world minds could offer new suggestions that they hadn't yet thought of. So for months and months, Travis has had a meeting with his team from 4-5pm which always ended up more like 4-6 or so.

The past week he was gone until 8 pm most of the nights and Thursday night he didn't come home until 1 am! So I took the chance to work on Charlie's sleeping routine and it went pretty well. But by Saturday/Sunday I was completely exhausted, overwhelmed, and just dead. And it didn't help that CB woke up 3+ times/night. I don't understand how single moms do it. I mean, I only work like 9 hours a week and I was spent. And Travis did come home at night, it was just usually after CB was already in bed. It's just amazing to me how much time and energy this little baby takes.

It's been an amazing week of growth for CB. He learned to hold his head up and enjoy tummy time, roll over, play with toys, make new sounds with his mouth, look and listen as I read him books, etc... So I would feel exhausted and then he would smile up at me and start laughing and it gave me more strength. I'm still trying to focus on my goal of living in the moment and enjoying him. Each day we have our Swedish time where I only speak Swedish to him and I name all his body parts and we play on the floor for an hour or so. And during that hour I really try to just savor the time I have with him at this stage. What a roller coaster ride...


What a sweetie.