Less than productive but still an awesome day!

Woke up bright and early at 7 AM, thanks to my barnyard animal alarm app (gotta love smart phones!). Waking up to a rooster crowing is one way to start your day. Of course not long after that, I heard Grayson cooing away in his crib. It's moments like that, that I lament my job... Don't get me wrong, I am so very thankful, in this economy to have a job and be able to provide for my family, but I would definitely rather be with my baby. If I could just work half as much as I do now, I'd be happy. BUT, it was a particularly slow day today and after I got all my responsibilities taken care of, I was able to leave before lunch! I love surprising my family.

I wish that I could be better at managing all my daily chores and playing with Grayson. I just love sitting on his floor and watching him, it's so amazing to see him learn new things every day. Yesterday we worked on sharing, today we are working on what together and apart means. He will pick up a block and so will I, I will say "together" and he places his block to mine and we interlock them. Then I'll say "apart" and he pulls his block from mine. We do this about 100 times before he gets bored and moves on to something else. We are also learning the sign for "more", he hasn't quite picked up on that one yet. I should be doing laundry, dusting, cleaning out the litter box, vacuuming, dishes, etc. But my husband works nights so he has to sleep during the day so I can't get anything done on our bedroom until he gets up. Grayson is very heavy and I already have back problems so even with the Moby Wrap I find it hard to do things around the house with him attached to me and he won't let me walk away to do anything. I know that a lot of people would tell me that I just need to let him cry "just let him cry it out, he'll learn to entertain himself and you can get things done". Well I'm not doing that, I believe in attachment parenting and I am not interested in breaking my childs heart just so that I can fold laundry. I do not believe that you can spoil a baby with love, only with things.

Obviously I have found time to post in my blog(s) so clearly I can not prioritize well either :-/ So now the baby is napping (well, he is laying down but not sleeping) and I am in my parents room making up rebus puzzles with Gabe (my nephew) and wondering why I can't seem to get it all done *queue the light bulb labeled "LAZY"* I just wish that my husband could find a job working days (and for more pay so that I could work less *wink,wink*) so that I could get more done in the areas that I need to get them done in. Time management is one thing that I definitely need to pray about.

How can I do laundry with this face looking back at me?