Or, rather- maybe I’m taking a break from being a stellar mom. Hudson didn;t really nap at allllll today and we have plans tonight (which now husband is working too late to make) and tomorrow night and Saturday morning at 9 AM we leave for a 3 hour overnight trek to Grandma’s house for our family holiday party.

We will get home late Sunday and have Plans every night until the 26th. (My plan on my one off night is to RELAX!)

Anyhow, this has caused me to be realllllly stressed about all that must get done and the fact that my house has been a wreck for a solid week. It was REALLLY BAD.

This prompted me to try and get something done today- which I kinda did. Laundry is done, but not folded or put away and my bedroom/bathroom is SPOTLESS. However, to get this done, I had to spend much of the day with Hudson wrangled inside his crib or on the floor once I vacuumed. And he does not like being ignored so my cleaning soundtrack was basically a screaming child. Rad. I even tried to keep TV entertainment going today. But since COmcast only offers 4 on-demand episodes of Yo! Gabba Gabba! at a time, it’s safe to say Hudson has watched the Christmas episode 3 times today. Like I said- epic mothering fail. But seriously- Husband has gotten home no earlier than 7 every night for the last 3+ weeks. Sometimes 9. It’s awesome to be so busy but horrible to need help so badly and unable to get it. By the time he gets home and showered and walks the dogs, gets food etc it’s usually 9 PM and I am certainly not scrubbing the floors at that time!!

So, Hudson got to be babysat by the TV today. Hopefully tomorrow, when I venture to the rest of the house, he can be content to play in his playpen for at least an hour. I’m definitely cleaning much slower these days…. giant bellies really do get in the way.