Time

If only we could make time stand still... Like in the movies where the world freezes, but that person can stll do whatever needs to get done. If only we could do that. I would actually have a clean house, my laundry would forever be caught up, and the dishes always clean and not in the sink waiting on the dishwasher to finish its eternal cycle or to be emptied. Sometimes I don't know how I find time to do anything (well I don't). I am still in school (this is the last semester) and I swore when I got my BA degree that I was done with school and would not go back, but I did and now that I have Benjamin I wonder why I ever decided to go back. I know I will be happy about it in the long run of things. I will have a wonderful career in dental hygiene and it is a great job for having a family. Anyway... about time.. my days are too short. I get up 2 hours before I have to be anywhere because I have to make sure Benjamin is fed, changed, clothed, and it never fails as soon as I step into the shower Benjamin decides he wants his mom. It takes me forever to get ready. Then I either meet my mom or drop him off with Brads mom or whatever is going to happen that day... Then i have to get to school 30 min to an hour early to get set up for patients and spend my entire day frustrated at patients who never show up for appointments, or instructors who are on your back about every little detail (they really do care about us and I know this) and then I battle the 5 o'clock traffic as quickly as I can because I am dying to pick up my little one because I have been away from him all day. Then by the time I leave my mom's or mother-in-law's I am battling the 6 o'clock traffic and get home just in time so I can feed Benjamin and Brad can watch him while I make dinner. After dinner one of us tries to at least pick up the plates and carry them to the sink while the other spends time with Benjamin. And then.... I am supposed to be studying for my national board exam coming up in March, but I want to spend time with my family, but I sit down with my books (sometimes) then I realize it is time to feed Benjamin again and I end up not studying and then I go to bed and this battle goes on and on day after day and I wake up and start it all again. I just wish time could stand still, I could be so productive!
Ok I am off my soap box about time. I need to go get ready so I can take Benjamin to his gramma's, but here are two new pictures...

Our first of many walks around the neighborhood with Danielle and Red
Just needing mom's comfort so he could sleep.