Catching Up

Hello all. Things are going pretty well for the Andreas family right now. Josh is still trying to adjust to his new schedule at work. The overnight shifts are particularly tough on him, as well as us. Liam doesn't like going to bed without giving daddy goodnight kisses. But it's a good step in the right direction with his job. Liam is still waking up in the middle of the night crying. I think this is the hardest thing we have ever dealt with. He usually doesn't give us any trouble outside of typical two year old stuff. But this waking up four or five times a night is really getting old. I know it's (hopefully) a phase and we will look back on this and think it was no big deal, but it's so frustrating. I get so upset because I know if he could get a full nights sleep that he would feel so much better and be in a better mood throughout the day. Some nights he will only get up once around an hour after he goes to bed and he is in such a good mood the next day. But most nights he's up at least four three times and he's grumpy the next morning. Sigh ... this too shall pass.

Work is sooooo busy!!! Amy is gone and now it's just Neil and I. It's hard trying to accommodate all of your own clients and taking on Amy's clients. I have better luck getting clients in during the day but most people work during the day. It's hard to convince people that they should book their next four or five appointments but really it's for their own benefit. I'm not in a position anymore to squeeze people in here and there. As much as I would love to, what's there is what's there. I have a very hard time saying no, but I'm learning that I have to.

I'm starting to get spring cleaning fever really bad. I going to try to pick a project a week to work on. Go through the house room by room, really clean, organize and de-clutter everything. I desperately want to repaint Liam's room, the bathroom and our back living room. I hope by the time my vacation comes up in June I can save up enough to paint them and get some other accessories. All I can say is yay for yard sale season :)

I'm having my makeup and hair parties at the beginning of May and I'm really looking forward to them :) I'm excited to having some of my clients over and teach them new things. But I generally just like throwing a party. I am trying to put a small menu together and drinks but mainly I have to get my house organized. I hope everyone that's coming will have a great time!