A Day in Our Life

My friend Natalie did a post about her day, and I realized it had been a long time since I've shared my day (years??), and with two kiddos in our house now, it seemed like the perfect time to provide a snapshot of my current day.

4:55 a.m. - On Tuesdays and Thursdays, this is the time my alarm goes off for my workout. (Body Fusion workout DVD on Tuesdays, and a 3ish mile run through the surrounding neighborhoods on Thursdays.)

5:40 a.m. - My alarm time on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  I typically lay in bed for a few minutes, sometimes catching up on email, Facebook and Instagram.

5:45 a.m. - I hit the shower.

6:10 a.m. - With myself mostly ready for the day, I head downstairs to pack up Cole's bottles, empty the dishwasher if it's clean, load my car, water flowers, feed Roxy and let her out, and make up Cole's first bottle of the day.  (Some days, Cole wakes up around this time, and either babbles and wiggles around, or fusses, so we may have to pop in and give him a pacifier to buy a few more minutes to finish getting ready.)

6:30 a.m. - We get the boys up.  Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are my days to wake Jackson while Corey wakes Cole (and the days I wake Jackson are the days I do his bedtime).  This may seem overly prescriptive but Jackson likes knowing who is waking him up and putting him to bed, and this was the easiest way to remember our schedule.

6:35 a.m. - After five minutes of cuddling (as well as "waking Cole up" (meaning he opens the door to his room, turns off the white noise and says "hi" to Cole), Jackson gets up and gets dressed, goes potty, brushes teeth and does his hair, while Cole gets dressed and gets his first bottle of the day.

6:45 a.m. - Jackson heads downstairs for breakfast.  If it's a morning I'm getting him ready, I'll eat with him. Otherwise Corey will, and I'll grab a protein bar or make a juice or smoothie for the road or when I get to work.

7:05 a.m. - We load the boys into the Corey's car and the boys head off to school while I head into work.

7:30 a.m. - I arrive at work.  Corey finishes dropping the boy off at school.  Cole goes to the Infant Room, Jackson goes to the Big Rainbow class (a class he shares with the elementary school kids until they head off to school).

8:00 a.m. - Jackson heads to Green Class, where he spends the rest of his day.  Cole goes down for his first nap of the day.

9:30/10 a.m. - Cole eats again.

11 a.m. - Cole goes down for nap #2.

11:30 a.m. - Jackson eats lunch.

12:30 p.m. - Jackson takes a nap; Cole drinks bottle #3.  I eat my lunch and catch up on personal email and check in on Facebook/Instagram.

2:30 p.m. - Jackson gets up from his nap. Cole goes down for another nap.

3:30 p.m. - Cole eats again.

4:00 p.m. - I leave work.

4:30 p.m. - I arrive at Rainbow School to pick the boys up.  Cole may fall asleep on the way home.

5:00 p.m. - We get home and let Roxy outside, unload the car.  I get Jackson a snack and put on a show for him, and feed Cole if he didn't have a big previous feeding, or if his previous feeding happened much earlier than 3:30.

5:15 p.m. - I start dinner and wash bottles.  Sometimes I'm a lucky mama, and J helps me with dinner or with setting the table.

5:30/5:45 p.m. - Cole may go down for his final nap of the day, if he didn't fall asleep in the car.

5:45 p.m. - Corey arrives home.

6:00 p.m. - Dinner time, with solids for Cole (when he wakes up from his nap, if he's taking one).

6:30 p.m. - Playtime with the boys.

7:00 p.m. - Bath time for both boys (every other night).

7:15 p.m. - Cole gets his PJs on, gets his final bottle, a few books, some cuddles and songs.  Jackson gets PJs on, goes potty, brushes his teeth,  reads two books, watches YouTube playdoh videos or plays with apps on Corey's tablet.

7:45 p.m. - Cole goes to bed.  Jackson gets 5 minutes of cuddling, hugs and kisses and goes to bed.

8:00 p.m. - Time to make up Cole's bottles for the next day, get the coffee maker ready for the next morning's coffee, make my lunch, finish cleaning up the kitchen from dinner, do my PT exercises, fun chores like cleaning bathrooms or anything else I don't want to do over the weekend, and catch up on any shows that may be on the DVR.

9:30 p.m. - Get ready for bed and read in bed or catch up on all my social media apps.

10:00 p.m. - Cole gets a final dream feed.

10:30/11 p.m. - Lights out and asleep within seconds.