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January 7, 2016 was the last WWDW I did. Because yesterday was a special day, I thought I’d pop in with a new one.

It was special because we had the little man with us again, making it the first work day with me at home, alone with both children.

WWDW, Stay-at-Home Mom Adventures (Number 5)

1. I got up around 4:30 am. Samarah thought it would be fun to sit up chatting and saying, “Daddddyyyyy” from about 2:30 – 4 am, so by the time I physically got up out of bed at 4:30 am, I had kind of already been up awhile.
2. I made coffee, drinking just 1 c., and paired it with coconut milk and a few drops of organic stevia. (Since I started AIP this week, I thought it would be fun to share what I ate yesterday as well.)
3. I wrote Just Be, did several misc. things for Nutiva, and reviewed new A Loving Spoon nut butter orders (they are coming in fast now that they will be gone forever by summer).
4. It’s Wednesday, so typically that would be a gym day. It wasn’t, namely because Ryan was gone, but also because I’ve scaled back on workouts a ton. Instead, I totally eased into the day, which is beautiful.
5. Samarah got up around 6:30 am, but I let her chat with herself until shortly before 7 am.
6. She and I had breakfast (avocado, turkey burgers, bone broth – freshly made the previous night, bananas and a piece of my brand new AIP bread – that we can’t get enough of – paired with coconut oil).
7. After breakfast, I finished up a few work things, while she played with her babies and watched Mickey.
8. We got ready, and we were out the door around 9:15 am.
9. We had to go to Target (I mean, we basically do every other day) to get another baby gate (they are now all over the house), and while there, found some cute crib sheets. Obviously.
10. We left Target around 10 am to get our little man, pickup time of 10:30 am.
11. Little man was, yet again, all smiles to see us! He chomped on Kiki the elephant the whole way home. I turned the radio down as low as possible so that I could listen to Samarah talk to him. I took deep breaths and clothed myself in all the sweetness that was. When we approached our community, Samarah said to him, “Almost home, baby…..almost home.” I replied, “That’s right, Samarah, you and baby are almost to your home.”
12. We got home around 11:15 am, and Samarah wanted to “hold a baby,” so I had her sit in her chair and she was able to hold him. He kept putting his fingers in her mouth, and she could not stop giggling. It was infectious, so I joined her. I grabbed a ton of pictures of the two of them and a video, and then uploaded all of it to our shared account so family could see. My mom sent me a text immediately, “OMG I don’t like to use this word but those pictures are ‘precious. They really cold be brother and sister!” It’s really true.
13. I know it will never win me a Mother of the Year award, but I let Samarah watch Mickey, from 11:30 – 12 pm most days while she eats her lunch. Yesterday was no different. She ate her lunch, and I fed the little man. He was so content, staring at me the entire time, taking mini-breaks to coo.
14. Around noon, we all headed upstairs. I changed his diaper, and laid him in the crib. I then changed Samarah, and put her in her bed. I turned both of their monitors on, and within about 20 minutes they were both asleep.
15. During naptime, I ate lunch (another piece of bread with coconut oil, wild tuna, spring mix, Himalayan salt and coconut aminos) and then I focused on a little Nutiva work plus dishes, cleaning up the kitchen and staring at the little man’s shoes next to Samarah’s cowgirl boots. Is there anything cuter than little feet?
16. I succeeded with a dual nap until about 3 pm (unreal) when I had to wake them up because the little man had to be dropped off at 4 pm.
17. I woke the little man first, changed him and brought him into Samarah’s room with me. I laid him on the floor and Samarah laid right next to him so I could change her diaper. They laid there, staring at each other and my heart was filled with a whole new level of happy. I didn’t have my phone with me, so all I could do was attempt to describe those moments to Ryan. Even though they look alike, I believe that God has already placed it on their hearts that they were meant to be together. I want to desperately be able to describe what I saw because it was unreal and magical.
18. If I thought getting out the door with one child was hard before, two is a whole new level. I grabbed Samarah’s “kacks” = snacks for the road (nuts, seeds and dried fruit) and I fed the little man a few spoonfuls of avocado and applesauce. We jumped in the car, and met at our usual spot around 4 pm.
19. Samarah was not happy, but I stood in the parking lot for about 20 minutes talking to little man’s foster mama. She is so wonderful! Have I told you yet that she’s fostered over 250 children? She really has loved on our little man so much, and even though the first 3 months of his life were filled mostly with failure to thrive, she has him thriving in such amazing ways. He adores her, and I believe this is the best scenario possible. She told me more about his bio mom, what she looks like, acts like and a few other miscellaneous things. We discussed the next several days, how they would play out (FYI….Tuesday is a huge day for us, so before then, I’ll have another update for you – likely on Sunday!) and by that time all 4 children (her 3 and my Sam) were screaming and fussing at us to get moving.
20. When we got back to our community, I immediately took Samarah to the park since she was so patient in the car. I let her climb around our General Store (aka post office and event area), and then we ran to the park. It was spontaneous, but our friends were there, so we stayed awhile playing.
21. In a matter of a few hours, it had dropped over 10 degrees, down to about 65 degrees, so we were kind of cold (I know, lame). We went home, and I made us dinner which included a mash-up of; beef, chicken, spring mix, butternut squash, garlic, ginger, coconut oil, zucchini and more bread with Organic Buttery Coconut Oil – I told you, we are all in love with it – for dessert.
22. We always FaceTime with Ryan when he travels, so we hung out with him. Sam is such a daddy’s girl!
23. After FaceTime, Samarah helped me put the new sheets and changing table cover on little man’s bed and changer. She then helped me put away all her clothes. Of course by “helped” I mean she threw all the pieces around in her room, gathering only the pants she wanted to put on her bunny baby. Good Lord! I did her laundry, and then it was bedtime.
24. Samarah chats with herself from about 7:15 – 7:45 pm most nights until she falls asleep and this is okay! Her bedtime has always consistently stayed between 7-7:30 pm and she knows it. We don’t mind her chatting, and keeping a schedule and bedtime routine allows for so much more sanity in our lives.
25. I finished cleaning up the kitchen and then read for a little bit before falling asleep shortly after 8 pm. You call 8 pm crazy, I call it healing!

The day was basic but so good. It represented all the things I was talking about in Just Be yesterday.

We create the life we desire to live. Staying at home with children is not for everyone. In fact, I never thought it was going to be for me, either. Had I known then (when we got Sam) what I know now, though, I would have stopped working that very first day with her.

It’s not always pretty, but it’s totally lovely to share all those extra moments with the littles.

Previous Numbers

• WWDW – Number 4
• WWDW – Number 3
• WWDW – Number 2
• WWDW, Stay-at-Home Mom Adventures

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Xox,
SKH

Sarah Kay Hoffman

You will heal. I will help.

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