Ever since Damon was born, his life has been my life. He's my world every day. So it's been easy to overlook the other updates along the way. He is such a fun little boy and I love being his mom so much! It's been a world of a change for me which has caused me to personally care about people more than I use to. Adam finished his MBA back in May. It's been such a relief to have him back! It's kind of weird though, because people always ask if he has a bunch of free time now or if he's bored. Honestly, I don't know how he had time for school before. He's such a good dad and has such a cute relationship with Damon. I love watching Damon's face light up when he sees his daddy come home from work every day. I think he's a daddies boy more-so than a mommies boy. All I'm good for is food. Haha Since school has been out, we went on a vacation to Payson and stayed near the East Verde River for a couple nights. Damon's first vacation! Wahoo!!! We rented a guest house from someone on Airbnb. It was super close to the river. We went fishing in the river, and a different lake not too far away from where we stayed, but didn't catch anything. Actually, ADAM fished. I held Damon.Ha, but it was so nice to get away and Damon did surprisingly well in the car both directions..and that was in the infant rear-facing seat. He is now in a forward facing seat and is much better in the car. Since school has been out, Adam has just been focusing on work and home now.
I have recently started nannying. I started with a family that had 3 kids I was watching (ages 9,12, and 15) I was just basically there to help for when they got out of school. It was nice because the ages were old enough that Damon wasn't interfering with much since they were fairly independent. However. they had a pug puppy that liked to bite (like most puppies), but he thought Damon was a toy. So needless to say, that situation didn't work out, which was a bummer because it was literally like 2 miles away from me. I have since then helped with a couple other kids from our ward that was just over a few days while their grandparents were out of town. This week, I started watching a new family with 4 kids (3 of which I've met so far). They have a kid in preschool, elementary, and junior high that I've met so far. I spend almost all of the time with the preschool age boy. It is a Monday through Friday deal and so far it has been going well. It is only like 5 miles away from my house, so it's convenient as well. We are trying really hard to save money for a house and weirdly enough, groceries seem to be making it the most hard. We spend a lot more than necessary on groceries. But we're working on it and hopefully next year sometime we will be able to get a house. It seems to keep being pushed back though, so we'll see if that changes. House prices are kind of high right now and interest rates are low, so it's kind of tough to know when to take the punch. I feel like if we buy now, we will get less house (smaller size) since price per foot is higher. But if we wait till interest rates are higher, then we would be paying more for the house per month, so it could wind down to not being able to afford a mortgage for the size house we want. So it goes both ways. So that basically sums up our current circumstance. Damon will be 11 months this month. I can't even believe it. Check my
other blog for details. People have asked me when we might have another baby. Well, here's kind of an update. I want to breastfeed Damon for AT LEAST 1 year. Depending on how he is, probably longer. We'll see. Nannying has brought me to recognize what it might be like with 2 kids. But That has been an age gap for 3-4 years. So we'll see. It would be nice to be in our own house when we have another kid. That's a reasonable goal.
I have started to take on more hair, makeup, and nail clients lately. I was holding off for awhile since Adam was trying to get through his finals and was needing to focus on that and not have to be the sole person watching Damon while I am working on a client. So now that he's done with school, we can switch off easier. So, that being said, to visit my cosmetology portfolio,
click here. I am doing my best to get it up and running to serve as a good outlet of advertisement and so my potential clients can get an idea of some of the things I can do. I recently took on using
Olaplex with my color clients as well hoping to bring in more clients and also help my own hair along the way, I used it once already and it seemed to live up to its reputation fairly well. I am excited to play with it more.
My mom and I have recently started experimenting making bows. And by bows I am referring to headband bows and bowties for kids and babies. We have been super slow getting things started, but we will be running a test to see how they sell soon! Stay tuned.
