Is It Christmas Already?

I'm here right now to tell you that if you do not hear from me on here for more than 10 days, please just assume that I am having a less than awesome week and I'm just sparing you the less than interesting details of my non-problems.  All I'm going to say is that the pseudo-single mom life is starting to take a toll on me.  Just when I think we can finally relax and enjoy the holidays and get some Christmas shopping done, Ty gets sent away for another unknown number of days.

If you are a person who has successfully completed a shopping trip with a toddler and 1-month old in tow, I must bow down to you in praise right now.  We attempted Walmart last week and it was actually hilarious.  I was that mom struggling to keep her toddler seated in the top portion of the shopping cart whilst little baby wailed from his car seat within.  Oh the looks.

I have to mention that I am incredibly fortunate to have so many amazing friends and family around to lend a helping hand should I ever need it.  Thank god for my parents and their always open door.  I absolutely LOVE the drives out to Balmoral.  Those drives have become my happy place.  Deacon usually cries in the car for the first couple minutes but then he falls asleep and Hayden loves car rides so she rarely makes a peep.  On my way out of the city I always swing through the Timmy's or McDonald's drive-through, and get coffee. (It's probably a good thing that we do not own a coffee maker because I am a very likely candidate to become a caffeine junky).  So there I am, sailing down #7 highway, swilling my coffee and belting out the tunes like Beyonce.  It is truly blissful.  Until I hear this tiny voice from the backseat, "Mommy, I don't like this song!"  The first time she said it I was like Oh! OK I'll change it.  I soon realized that she doesn't like any song if it's not "Roar" by Katy Perry.  Lucky for her it's usually played on any given radio station at any given moment.  If I don't feel like complying to her requests, I guiltily give her her soother and continue my playlist. 

I wish I could say that the playlist on my Ipod is one of jolly Christmas tunes but I'm finding it hard to get into the Christmas spirit this year.  I've already made a pact with myself that next year I'm going all out Christmas everything whether Tyler is home or not!  This year, I'm just trying to keep whatever good spirits I can manage, whether they're Christmassy or not.

:) :) Liza