Can I Complain For A Minute?

If you're on Facebook you probably saw that I am having a not-so-good day!

Why you ask? (Sorry if you don't want to know, because I'm going to tell you anyways)

This week Adam is on spring break so he has just been working full time this week. Today he was supposed to work 9-6 and then we had some plans for the evening! Not minutes after I got up I got a text from him saying he actually had the late shift from 1-9 AGAIN (he had the same shift yesterday, too). Fridays they also have meetings at 9 so he has to be at work all day today. That bummed me out pretty bad :( I really have gotten used to the fact that he isn't around a lot, but I guess I handle it better when I KNOW what his schedule is and expect it ahead of time.

With all this going on, it got me thinking about when Lydia was first born and the day he went back to school and work full time. Lydia was a very cranky newborn and I was not looking forward to him being gone so much. I remember the night before and I just cried and cried because I didn't think I could handle it. Thankfully, I have made it this far without any REAL mental breakdowns. The funny thing is, he has gradually gotten busier and busier every single semester. I would gladly take the schedule back that he had when Lydia was born (not the newborn baby part though!). It's a good thing I didn't get thrown into the deep end all at once.

After talking to a few people, I did find some plus sides about this, believe it or not. I am slowly finding talents and interests that I never knew I even had. It's hard to say if I would have such a love for photography if I didn't have so much time to myself, or more recently crocheting. I remember when Lydia was starting to get a little easier and I was wracking my brain trying to figure out some kind of hobby that I could do with her. I am SO thankful I did figure it out because it has become a great outlet for me to keep sane on bad days like today.

I know there are a lot of you out there that are in the same boat as me. If you're in the beginning stages and was feeling like I felt, I promise it will get better! Just FIND something you like doing or teach yourself something new. I don't regret being a stay-at-home mom at all. It is my full-time job. It's the little things on the side that have kept me going.

I hope this helped someone. It's always nice to know there are others out there going through the same thing. I'm just taking it one day at a time and trying to embrace the good parts of this stage in our lives. It helps me to get it off my chest!

Well, if you made if this far, thank you for reading :)

I do have some pictures to post from about a month ago when Adam's sister, Amber, and her family came to visit. Sorry I've been so slow at posting a few of these!

We went to the park

I didn't want Lydia to go down this big slide by herself so Uncle Steve went to help her, but she wanted to go down before he was ready :)

Miss Carly

Hayden & Easton

We let them run around the mall to burn some energy

I've told you time and time again how much Adam loves his picture being taken.

These kids WORE us out!

I'm trying to get caught up! I've got a ton of pictures from the Lamb Farm when I was up in Idaho Falls last weekend. I'll try to get those finished up soon AND I also did a fun family session while I was there :) I hope you are all having a better weekend than I am!

AND I'm making my blog private as of APRIL 1. Please send me your email some way if you'd like to keep reading :) I've just been getting more traffic from places I don't know than I'm comfortable with!

(Briscoe family, I'll make sure you get set up!)

Lately...

So remember when I told you I 'almost' lost my wedding ring? Well, here's the short version of the story if you were wondering.....

Last Wednesday I took Lydia took the park to play and lost my ring while I was there. I didn't realize I didn't have it until a few hours later while Lydia was napping. I started panicking and finally figured out I left I lost it at the park in the long, THICK grass. I went back to look, but couldn't find it. I was literally crying while I was looking for it because I was so sad. After Adam got back from school we went to look again and when we had almost given up he spotted it on the top of the grass. I have never felt so relieved!
Adam told me I needed to superglue it to my finger (only half-joking).
I had been wanting to get it re-plated and cleaned for awhile, but I can only do it in Idaho Falls so when I was there last weekend I dropped it off and got it back to being shiny and sparkly!

Anyways, Idaho Falls was a busy trip. I did 3 different photo shoots.

First was the Thompson's:

Then Hailey's 3-week old baby Saige:

And then Ashton and Jarem:

I thought all 3 of the sessions turned out AWESOME!
If you want to see more pictures from any of these visit hilarybriscoephotography.blogspot.com.

That took up pretty much all weekend. I'm so glad my parents watched Lydia for me! She didn't even care that I wasn't around! Thanks!