BC & AC

I was thinking today how different life is with Collin – most of it is wonderful, but some of them can be humorous. Here are a few of the normal life activities and how they differ Before Collin “BC” and After Collin “AC”.

Date Night
BC – Dinner for 2 at one of our favorite fancy restaurants (Marker 32 maybe?) followed by a movie & then a stop for dessert on the way home
AC – Going to Outback & taking turns eating / entertaining Collin, with at least 1 diaper change during the meal (yummy!), and then going immediately home because it’s time to feed him again.

Productive Saturday
BC – Waking up, cleaning the house together, making a grocery list then going to do the shopping for the week while Son works in the yard & washes the cars, then doing laundry, paying bills, and finally having friends over for dinner & a game night.
AC – doing at least 1 load of laundry or accomplishing a few chores during nap times

Intimacy
BC – use your imagination
AC – Uh oh - is that the baby crying?

Going to the store
BC – Get in the car & go, get what you need & come home
AC – remember what time he ate last & make a judgment call on if he can make it, or if you need to wait for about 30 minutes until he gets hungry & feed him. Then inventory the diaper bag & replenish supplies, make sure you have at least 1 spare paci & bib. Strap baby in carseat, put carseat in car & drive to store. Circle around parking lot to find closest spot to a shopping cart. Lug 50lb carseat with baby to nearest shopping cart & make sure that it is snapped in. Enter store. Shop & place items in cart leaving 1 hand on carseat at all times. Keep the buggy moving at all times to keep baby happy. Checkout & get help out to the car (this does not apply at Wal-Mart where it is do-it-yourself). Lift 50lb carseat into car. Drive home. Lift 50lb carseat and baby out of car & into house. Hope hubby is home to unload groceries :)

My Favorite Thing To Do on Saturday Mornings
BC – Sleep in!
AC – Hanging out in bed around 6am with Son & Collin – he is always so happy in the mornings when he gets to wake up on his own schedule & we have fun just snuggling with him & “talking” to him!!

Family
BC – My Family & Son’s Family
AC – Our Family :)