Brayden went to school on Tuesday.  All day.  James went back to school on Tuesday too.  Even longer all day.  And I am left on my own, with our other two littles.  And each day is so interesting.  It’s so interesting because I am left here with a house to run, and I can make a million different decisions each day.  Small decisions–the small scheme in the big picture.  But each small decision has the potential to affect a multitude of things.

Through the day, much of the time is taken up by taking care of my kids.  Nursing takes up time.  Spending time with them takes time, obviously and caring for them as well.  But the stay-at-home mom’s dilemma comes when there is a bit of spare time.  When Sawyer is asleep, and I’ve just spent some time with Carter, but now I have a bit of time that is nameless.  Should I put in a load of laundry?  Should I take a shower?  Fold the three loads already clean?  Pound the chicken for dinner? Change all the garbages?  Clean a bathroom?  Straighten a room?  Try to edit a small chunk of a session?  Client emails?  Work on our budget?  Really, these are all such small decisions that really don’t matter in the grand picture, but if I chose to do none of them, things would get a bit disheveled.  So technically, I guess they all really do matter.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been faced with this whole stay-at-home mom thing.  Sure, I’ve done it before.  But for the past many months, I’ve been either largely, miserably pregnant, or recovering from a c-section.  So I haven’t had to do much.  James picked up all of my slack, and more.  But now here I am–no longer pregnant.  No longer recovering.  One step at a time.  One decision at a time.  It takes a bit of juggling.

But for now, I face an easy decision.  My baby is stirring from his nap.  No choices necessary!

These were just a few pictures from Tuesday that I didn’t post right away.