supermom is a myth

I am exhausted. Nothing in this world can prepare you for a toddler boy. I hardly sit down from 7am - 7pm while Jared is gone at school (and let's be honest, it's not like I get to sit down after he gets home either).
All you people wondering when the next baby is coming... I don't know. Truthfully there are days where I don't think I have it in me. And we all know I'm not meant to be one of those women with 5 children running around and 1 on their hip. No no no no... If that's what floats your boat, I fully support it - but I fear I would have a nervous breakdown.

Running around doing what everyone BESIDES yourself wants is hard. When do we get to relax? Where is that moment on the movies when the husband walks in and says "honey you must be so tired, why don't you go take a load off?" When can we do something as simple as showering or going to the bathroom in peace? And WHEN did a grueling run (while pushing a 40 pound jogger with said toddler in tow) become considered our break?

*Note to any men reading (of which there is none- besides you grandpa) : just because we don't leave to school or "work" in the morning doesn't mean we work any less hard. It's mentally and emotionally exhausting in a way you'll probably never experience. We do nothing, yet everything at the same time.

I love being a mom more than anything in the world. I don't mean to give the wrong impression. When i see that infectious smile of pure joy light up Emmett's face, every single second is worth it. But somedays it's hard.

And to anyone out there that says otherwise... I'm calling your bluff.

the first getaway

Sometimes I feel like life is a crazy rat race and I try and try to get everything done in the day, but somehow only ever manage to accomplish like 60% of what I'd like to do, and so the cycle continues on and on...

One of the things on my neverending list is getting caught up to date on the blog, so I can quit doing boring catch-up posts, and actually write something worth reading.

Well I haven't quite made it to the latter yet, but here's one step closer to catching up!

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Jared and I went on our first overnight trip at the end of June. We spent the night up in a nice resort in Midway as an early celebration for our Anniversary. Here's a shot of the view on the drive up.

Can't you just smell the mountain air looking at it??

Our room had a box of chocolate dipped strawberries waiting for us, which I was pretty excited about.

Unbeknownst to us, this cute little vacation town shuts down at 8pm. Like really shuts down. So Jared and I had to go on a wild goose chase looking for something to eat. The only thing we could find open was a Domino's pizza carry-out. So we took our pizza back to our room and laughed about the grand, romantic meal we were having on our special anniversary getaway.

Aside from that little hiccup - it felt so amazing to just sit back in the jacuzzi and/or sauna and have nothing on my mind. And especially amazing because it was the coolest hot tub I've ever been in.

(yes thats a tree coming out of the waterfall)

I also spent some time basking in the sun on a lawnchair (one of my favorite things *which I literally had not done since before Emmett was born!! There is no lounging on his watch!) However, Idaho boys apparently don't know how to appreciate a good lay in the sun... I guess you can't blame them - what opportunity do they have to practice it? So my basking was short-lived. Yet still glorious.

After the dinner adventure, we figured we had a little room to splurge on the resorts gourmet breakfasts (which were delicious but disappointingly small. Your buck doesn't go far here).

 

We finished the day out by biking the hills of Midway (a real rush on the way down, but boy did uphill suck!), racing down the Alpine Slides, and shopping at the Park City Outlets.

We came to the consensus that little, even local, getaways are a necessity in any relationship. It was just a nice recharge - and honestly was one of the only times we had nothing to worry about besides enjoying each others company. So here's to (hopefully) many more anniversary trips to come!