I am so relieved it's Friday, and we are halfway back to a normal life around here. Conner was well enough to go back to daycare so we gave that another try today. This time we were 100% more successful than Monday. I dropped him off without one little cry or tear coming from him. He just went straight for all those toys the minute I set him down. And let me tell you, that little boy had more fun with Jodie and those boys than I can even imagine.
(Sidenote - We've been working on getting Conner to say Jodie's name. He now calls her "Wee Wee". Not even close, child.)
I had a real day to sit and focus solely on work and play lots of catch up. And trust me, there was a lot to catch up on. I even got my early morning workout in. Score! But I ended up missing my little Conner-sidekick so much. All day I kept thinking that he was somewhere around the house and then sadly remembered, he was off on his own adventure for the day.
As stressful as this week was to keep up with a full time job and be with my sweet babe at the same time, I really had a chance to bond with him. That meant a lot to me knowing that in a few short months, these moments will become more and more scarce. We enjoyed taking our morning walks together, learning new words, blowing a million bubbles (and ending up with a lot of toddler spit on me from his attempts at it), sharing countless giggles, feeding the chickens, and more baby belly kisses than I could ever count.
Little boy, you know how to make this mama heart melt.
So, for Conner and myself, our week ended with us back on a normal schedule of daycare and work and plenty of memories to get us through the day apart.
Joe... Well, Joe's life is nowhere near back to normal. He is still stuck working crazy long hours. He has now pulled five 16+ hour shifts in a row starting each night at 6pm. My new habit for the week has been to obsessively check online to see how many power outages are left. Today was no different. I woke up and immediately rushed to see how many were left and got a huge smile when I saw that everyone's power had been restored.
Woohoo!
That meant the long nights and days are over, right? Yeah... no. Unfortunately, Joe's on call this weekend and that means one thing - all the out of town folks who own cabins and summer homes are just arriving for the weekend and realizing that their place has no power and are now calling it in for repair. He's back at work now, but someday I will see my hubby. Conner and I are really missing that man and I don't know how many times I've heard "Mom, where daddy -o?"
Joe mentioned this morning that as his crew was stopping to grab a very quick and needed bite to eat, an older couple approached them and began thanking them for all of their efforts. This really sank in with Joe because as a first responder, lineman don't get the same response out of people like other first responders do like policemen or firefighters. Most of the time people approach them with a comment along the lines of "Hey, when are we gonna have power? I don't have any internet." (all while it's rainy or storming or insert your own terrible weather condition here). I couldn't imagine someone walking up to a firefighter and saying, "Hey, when are you gonna move your truck? I need to meet my friend for coffee." You get the picture.
But I get it. We take power for granted and I'm 100% guilty of feeling annoyed the very second the power goes out because I feel like my life is so inconvenienced by it. But honestly, if you're in an area that just had storm damage and see lineman out working to get you back up and running, just stop and thank them. It will make their day. I promise.
And just because I had so much fun with my little man the past few days, I had to share some pics with you all!
There are not enough hours in the day with this little boy.
Of course Mia hung out with us too. Or as Conner would say, "Ma-na". Love his sweet name for her.
Conner and I had a date with Auntie Anne's pretzels, but when we got there the only kind they had left was the cinnamon sugar kind. This is lasting effect that sugar had on this boy.
Way too hopped up on sugar for any needed nap that I had planned for him that day.
Conner Bear, you are the best.
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