A Day in the Life of A Stay At Home Mom (of 2)!

Just for all those out there who don't think that a 'SAHM' is a real job....read on!
3:30 a.m. Awake from a peaceful slumber to a shrilling cry (Worse than an alarm clock trust me...there isn't a snooze button located on a baby. Trust me...I've looked!)

3:45 a.m. Return to bed to finish part II of my night sleep.

5:06 a.m. Hubby's alarm goes off. While I keep saying that I'm going to start getting up with him in the mornings- I went without a good night sleep for close to 6 months....I deserve a few weeks of sleeping until 6:30 a.m. as a reward now that Gavin is sleeping through the night.

6:10 a.m. Awake to a more pleasant noise of mobile music. Gavin is stainding up pushing buttons. The bad part about this is that if he wakes up happy- there is little luck that he will go back to sleep. He's up for good. I'm off to his room to play milk cow. For some reason my house smells like 'breakfast'. Wierd.

6:25 a.m. Change Gavin's diaper. Set Gavin down in the toy room so I can go potty and pour a much needed cup of coffee. I discover the reason my house smells like breakfast. My husband (who NEVER cooks anything- unless nuking it in the microwave counts- decided to cook some sausage links that were in the freezer. I'm baffled.) Turn on the computer and check my e-mail, Myspace, and Facebook. (To some of my friends out there it may appear that I'm always online. Actually, I just never remember to log off. I'm usually leaving the computer in a hurry. I check my e-mails and such a few times during the day.)

6:30 a.m. Off to play with Gavin in the toy room.

7:00 a.m. Turn on the T.V. and listen to Good Morning America while I start a load of towels.

7:15 a.m. Devin comes running from his room yelling "Go pee Mom!" (This week I'm no longer "Mommy". For some reason I'm now Mom.)

7:20 a.m. To the kictchen to get Devin breakfast while Gavin plays in the living room. Devin requests the usual cereal. This morning he also gets a sausage link since Daddy cooked this morning.

7:25 a.m. Move towels to the dryer.

7:35 a.m. Clean up Devin and dismiss him from the table. Prepare Gavin's breakfast.

7:40 Go do the living room to get Gavin. HOLY COW! IT SMELLS AS IF SOMETHING DIED IN GAVIN'S PANTS! Change Gavin's diaper and then take him to his highchair to eat.

7:50 a.m. Gavin done eating. Clean up and take him back to play with his brother in the living room.

7:52 a.m. Unload the dishwasher, load with breakfast dishes, spray down and wipe chairs, table and countertops.

8:00 a.m. Make beds.

8:05 a.m. Back to the toy room to play with the boys.

8:35 a.m. Sneak away to fold towels and start another load of laundry.

8:40 a.m. Bring both boys to the living room and let them watch some Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while I dust and clean windows.

8:55 a.m. Move laundry to dryer, start another load. Resume dusting.
9:20 a.m. Back to entertain the boys.

9:40 a.m. Nurse Gavin and put him down for his nap.

9:55 a.m. Get Devin dressed, take him to pee and outside to play. We'll usually stay outside until Gavin wakes up from him nap. Locate the portable mobile and head outside.

11:05 a.m. Gavin is awake. Back inside to change a diaper and play until lunch.
11:45 a.m. Off to prep lunch.

12:00 p.m. Lunchtime.

12:30 p.m. Take boys to living room to play and back to kitchen to clean-up lunch mess.

12:45 p.m. Play with the boys.

12:55 p.m. Devin to pee and to his room of afternoon nap. I explain to him we aren't putting the gate up in his room anymore, he is a big boy and if he gets out of his bed he will be in trouble.

1:00 p.m. Devin makes a request for water. To the kitchen to get a sippy.

1:05 p.m. Devin darts from his room. I take him back to his room and explain to him that he gets one more chance. If he gets out of his bed ONE more time....he's in BIG trouble and Mom will be VERY mad.

1:20 p.m. Devin appears to be asleep, shut his door.

1:22 p.m. Take Gavin with me to the laundry room and let him play on the floor with some toys while I fold and hang laundry on my little portable laundry rack.

1:30 p.m. Nurse Gavin.

1:45 p.m. Put Gavin down for his nap.

1:46 p.m. To the computer to check e-mails, ect.

1:50 p.m. To the shower- FINALLY!

2:10 p.m. To the kitchen area to sweep floors to mop.

2:30 p.m. Gavin's awake before I can start mopping. Ugh. Get Gavin and change his diaper.

2:35 p.m. Push mop in one hand and hold Gavin with the other. Gavin cries from the sound of the mopping machine so I have to hold him. I have a Hoover FloorMate so it's more like vaccuming making holding a 20 lb. baby in one arm a little easier.

3:05 p.m. Done mopping.....my arm serisouly feels like it's going to fall off. Dump solution and put mop away.

3:10 p.m. Change Gavin's diaper and nurse him.

3:20 p.m. Wake up Devin from his nap and take him to pee. If I let him sleep much more than 2 hours he wakes up during the night it's hell getting him back to bed. TRUST ME- it takes everything I have to wake him up....I enjoy the quiet time TOO much!

3:30 p.m Put chicken in the oven for the chicken and black bean enchiladas I'm making for dinner.

3:45 p.m. Set Devin up at the kitchen table to play with some water colors while I clean out the refridgerator and Gavin plays in the toy room.

4:15 p.m. Chicken done. Shred chicken and assemble enchiladas.

4:30 p.m. Enchilada assembly done. Clean up kitchen. Get Gavin and let him play on the floor of the kichen with some pots and pans while I paint with Devin.

5:00 p.m. Dinner in the oven. To the living room to play with the boys.

5:15 p.m. Cell rings. Chris is on his way home.

5:28 p.m. Chris pulls into the drive.

5:35 Enchiladas done. Assemble everyone's plates for dinner.

5:45 Sit down to eat and try to have a few bits of my dinner while I feed Gavin his before mine is ice cold. (It usually is by the time I get to sit down and eat.)

6:10 p.m. Done with dinner. Dishes to the sink. Clean up later. I"m going to enjoy some free time while Daddy plays with the boys.

6:30 p.m. To the computer to check e-mails, make a few phone calls.

6:40 p.m. Daddy brings Gavin to me. He had a surprise in his diaper for me.

6:45 p.m. Boys to the bath.

7:20 p.m. Boys out of the bath.

7:30 p.m. Get Devin dressed and let him play on the porch with his bubbles (as I promised as a bribe to get him out of the tub since Gavin was getting cranky.) I explain to him that if he gets off of the porch he will come inside. He ads "Stay on porch. If get off come inside and go night night." I giggle and reply yes...very good Devin.

7:35 p.m. Nurse Gavin

7:45 p.m. Put Gavin to bed.

7:50 p.m. Outside to play with Devin until it gets dark.

8:15 p.m. Back inside.

8:20 p.m. Sit on couch with Devin and laptop. Let him watch and episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while I surf the web.

8:50 p.m. Brush Devin's teeth, take him to pee.

9:00 p.m. Daddy and I take him to bed and do the exausting bedtime rituals.

9:10 p.m. Back to the couch for a little while.

9:15 p.m. Devin sprints into the living room. Take him back to bed. He cries saying something like "Green LIGHT." I have NO idea what he is talking about. I try to let him show me but I'm thinking it was just a ploy to make it back to the living room since he ran in there and acted like he was just going to watch t.v.

9:30 p.m. Load dishwasher, wipe down counter tops, chairs, tables, sweep floor, start dishwasher, pick up toys, tidy up the house.

9:55 p.m. Brush teeth and get ready for bed myself- FINALLY!

10:15 p.m. To bed. Yeah! Until tomorrow...do it ALL over again.

While I'm sure there are a lot of SAHM's that do more than this everday- I think it just goes to prove it's a 24/7 job. I'm pretty sure this doesn't list absolutely everything that I did that day. I'm sure there was a phone call or two in there, another diaper, ect. No sick days, no vacation, to personal time. :) While I absolutely LOVE every minute of it and my life is exactally what I have always dreamed of, it is still a very hard job. But, the rewards are constant and it makes it totally worth every second of lost sleep and poopy diapers. I can say I LOVE MY JOB!