One day left...

And I'm not counting. ;-). It's almost here and it's hard to believe. I have been working tonight on my business books.  It's month end and I am getting clarity on my sales for the month and getting clear on what I've sold, my per face average, how many sharing appointments it takes to get a new team member, etc...  These numbers will be so helpful in my career advancement and in setting intentional income goals. I'm so pumped!!  Ill keep you posted. Have a great weekend!!

2.5 days left ...and they are bittersweet

I had John bring Jack into work today for show and tell. It was fun. Jack is such a good baby.  He loves people and he's so alert. Here's Dinorah, one of my very dear friends holding Jack and then Lyndsay Wesrgaard, another friend and brand new Mary Kay consultant, holding Jack. It was fun. 

And then there is Ming in the background. Jack loved her, he just kept smiling. Bittersweet ending at work. I love working with so many people and made some great friends.  

4 days left ...

4 days left of working. Incredible. I'm feeling exhausted from trying to clean up my desk and balance my schedule with all that I have going on. This too shall pass. John was so sweet this morning and the past 2 mornings. He has let me sleep and got up to feed the baby. Jack pretty much goes to sleep at 7:30pm and we wake him up to give him another bottle at around 10 so that he makes it through the night.  He sleeps until around 6:15am. Not too bad for a 4.5 month old. He's been sleeping through the night since he was 6 weeks old. I think that has kept me sane while adjusting to being a new mom. 

Well enough of that. I'm sitting in the mothers room on my 'mothers break' and I love to throw a quick blog out to pass the time. This year is going to be one amazing year of growing and learning. Jack and I together on a development journey. I'm excited about it. I was just recently at a sales director training workshop with an amazing woman that has earned over $5 million in commissions in her mary Kay business. The one thing that stuck out for me was to create a plan. Now let me say that this is t something I haven't heard before. It just happened to be the right time for me to hear it and I was ready for it. God knows exactly when  I need to hear something. So I have created a plan. A plan to work for and in my dreams and goals. I will post more about that throughout the days. Until then, here's my little munchkin face this morning. :-). 

6 days left....and grandpa stops by for a surprise visit

It's amazing how time seems to fly. It goes the same speed but it feels like its going faster and slower at times. I think it's the lack of being in the moment. When I am in the moment time isn't a factor anymore. It's such a sweetness. 

This morning and almost every morning I go get  jack up to feed him. And even though the little angel is starving he smiles really big and flails his arms and makes a baby sound of joy. It's the best. And in that moment time does not exist. Because I am in the moment and I cherish it. 

I am feeling sad about my last days of work coming up for the simple fact that I have worked with some incredible people. I am also very excited to design my own life.  Being my own boss is my dream and it is coming true. In that process I will have time for Jack and John to enjoy life with them and create great memories. We are so blessed.  We are financially secure thanks to our financial literacy and I am working to learn and create more of that all the time. I love my mary Kay for the openness it offers.

Yesterday my dad surprised us with a visit. I moved my mary Kay appointment to later and had lunch with my dad and he got to see Jack. It meant so much to me.  I really want jack to know his grandpa Isan.  He is one if my favorite people in the world. He has taught me work ethic and to dream big even though he doesn't know it. He taught me to be the amazing person that I am. I love him so much. 

 

3 states in 4.5 months-a traveling kid. :-)

Well Jack is working on gaining culture in his life. Or maybe I should say he's going to be thrown to the wolves; grandma, aunt Jeannie, and great grandma.  He is developing his strength to handle women when he's older because we are in North Dakota for my sisters baby shower this weekend.

On another note, Jack has been to 3 states in his 4.5 months of life. We went to Dallas when he was 3 months old for Mary Kay seminar.  I'm thinking of driving the 11 miles to South Dakota and this week or next going to Hudson WI just so Jack can say he visited 5 states in his first 5 months. Totally corny and cheesy but kind of fun and blog worthy. Maybe there will be a crazy picture taken too. And why not. Ill have time to have those little fun adventures because Ill be my own boss. Yea!!

7 days left until FREEDOM!!!

I am excited and sad at the same time. I have always wanted to be my own boss full time.  It is about to happen. And at the same time I am showered with love from many wonderful people that I have workers with for the past 6.5 years. It is such a bittersweet moment. I feel like crying and laughing all at the same time.  I am also scared, nervous, and anxious.  I have fear about not being able to succeed in my business and provide for my family. As I write this I consciously know that I don't want my focus on that thought process  and I know that I have success already. Such emotional turmoil. I also know that my intuition deep down inside is telling me that this is right. That this moment is a turning point. A point in my life where I have the opportunity to grow in my faith.  I am willing to practice trusting God and his plan for my life, and in that giving up control.  It is so hard but I find when I am in faith I'm also in peace.  This picture anchored me this morning. I want to experience all of being a mother. ALL of it. I love you John and jack. Life with you is always teaching me about me and I have so much gratitude for that. 

Moments of silence.

Last night when I got home from my Mary Kay event I fed baby jack and I just after I had burped him I just sat there with him on my lap curled under my arm.  He was so content and peaceful and we had. One of those moments that I think moms can understand. Deep bonding that only parents feel.  It was so special. I treasure them.  

Time, it doesn't really move any faster its just an expression

I am in the final days of working for corporate America.  It is truly a dream coming true.  As friends and co workers are finding out that I'm leaving to stay home almost everyone mentions how they wish they could have stayed home too. I am so thankful that John and I made this choice together.  We knew that we wouldn't want jack in daycare for at least the first year.  I already feel like jack is going to be graduating from high school tomorrow. Each day is new. Each day he does something new. He makes a new noise, discovers a new body part. These moments are precious.  

Change, never ending.

Well, it's been too long since I posted. I have 2 weeks left to my new life of being my own boss full time and staying home with beautiful baby boy jack. He is over 4 months old and so fun. Check this out. He is rotating as he plays on the floor.  

The joys of watching him grow up are truly amazing. I am so grateful that I will get to be at home to cherish every moment. I am also grateful for my time at my full time job that helped me to save up money in abundance for this time in my life. God has blessed me and our family. 

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As I looked on our living courageously list. I can cross off " Be a Mom". :-). Probably one of the coolest experiences ever.