Life as a Stay-At-Home Wifey/Mama

Three months before Arden was due to arrive Tyler and I decided it was the right time for me to quick my job after three years. We had always talked about me staying home once we started having children and before we knew it we were getting so close to welcoming our first bundle of joy and the topic of me staying home came up. Tyler told me he remembered that once we started talking marriage that I told him that one thing I wanted to do and wanted my future husband to be aware of is that I wanted to stay home with my kids. I didn't want to drop them off with a care provider or at a day care center so that I could work and miss out on their first moments and those precious bonding times. Please note I do know moms who would rather work than stay home, but I always knew that I was meant to stay home with my children. That's how God made me. 

I loved my job. I really did. I loved the people I worked with and I had great working hours ( I was a bank teller); but once we found out I was pregnant I couldn't wait to stay home and prepare for our little ones arrival. 

Before Arden arrived and I started staying home, I did my normal house hold chores: dishes, laundry, vacuum, etc. I even napped. It was fabulous. I had dinner ready for Tyler when he got home and I felt like a true house wife. Now that Arden is here I have come to realize how much more difficult and challenging it is to do all my chores and get dinner on the table by the time Tyler gets home. After 3 months I'm starting to get us into a routine that works best for us and now Arden likes to sit in his little bounce chair with his blue elephant and "talk" mommas ear off while I clean and cook lol. 

I won't lie, I still will nap at least once when he naps, but other times when he naps I'll put in or unload a kid of laundry or pick up around the bedroom or living room. 

Before he was born I would have my time with Jesus during the day when I had the house to myself, well I don't get that during the day much now so I've had to do it once I put him down to sleep at night and I think I like that time better, helps me wind down. 

Being a stay-at-home wifey/mama is not as easy as people think it is. I don't just sit around and watch tv. With a 3 month old, my daily household chores are drug out til even after Tyler gets home. But I wouldn't change it for the world because I still get to witness every moment of his life and every smile and giggle that comes with it :-) and I praise God every day for setting everything up in our lives to make it where I am able to stay home with him. 

XO,

Megan