On My Way to Becomming a Housewife!

As I sit here and watch baby "M", whom I sometimes call Milkman (that name comes from the days when he would grab the nipple of his bottle and milk would come squirting out all over his face) dancing to the music on a truck, I feel sad that I won't be his babysitter any more. His brother, whom I call Buddy, is pushing the buttons on the car that makes the music and I can't imagine what it will be like to not see them every day any more. Their mother has been out of the state for work for the past 2 months and will return home this weekend. I am very excited that their family will finally be intact again because I know how much the kids and their dad miss their mom, but I will be sad that I won't be coming over any more and watching them learn and grow. They have come a long way since I started watching them. "Buddy" can count to 40 with very little help now, and "Milkman" is now walking and beginning to form words when he was only crawling and babbling just two months ago.

Despite my sadness, I am very excited to finally be the housewife I have always wanted to be. The month after Will and I were married, I thoroughly enjoyed being home and taking care of the cleaning chores and having supper prepared for my husband when he returned home from a long day of classes. I did laundry, vacuumed on a regular basis, kept the clutter down to a minimum, and kept the bed made. Since I started working, I would come home and practically collapse, especially after those long days at the daycare chasing a room full of toddlers around. Thank goodness those days are over! Now, even with more time to relax while working, I still don't get things done like I should. I only make a good, foursquare meal 2 or 3 times a week and the other nights we have leftovers or fend for ourselves with whatever seems appetizing at the time (Will has supper after I go to bed since he works so late). Will has been the one doing laundry, and the cleaning chores are only done on Saturdays, but I usually end up sleeping more on Saturdays than getting things done.

I have always known that God has called me to spend my life caring for children in some way or another, and now He is blessing me with the opportunity to care 100% for my own children by being able to stay home with them. For now I will concentrate on caring for my husband and preparing for my first child to come, then before I know it, he will be here! I am very excited to enter into this next phase of my life!