Counting Down

I'm sure there are many of you out there who have to share your kids, whether it be from divorce or having a baby daddy you don't live with.  It happens.  It's sad, but the truth.  I'm the 1st...divorced {but over the moon happily remarried}.  During the year having to share my time with my girl is hard, it makes me sad.  But, I never wanted to be "that ex" that made things difficult when it came to our daughter.  I've done my best, allowed tons of "extra" time for her and her dad.  But, then comes summer.

Summer is a whole 'nother ballgame!  She has to spend 30 days with her dad, all in a row.  I get 1 weekend...out of 30 days.  Can you hear my heart break? And yes, I do realize it could be worse, in fact it was.  If her dad lived over 100 miles from me then she would go for 42 days.  Which used to be the case until he moved closer.

She's been at her dad's since June 1st and I'm counting down the days till she comes home.  I mean literally, counting them down.  In fact, I'm having a celebration with my girls the night before.  I can.not wait till July 1.  Then she's all mine {and hubs} and we're whisking her off to the beach for our annual 4th of July beach week!!!  If only I can make it through the next 10 days {and yes, that's counting today}.

So, I'm wallowing a little today...because I miss my girl.

Every.Single.Day

Summer Fun

I have to admit, I'm super excited about summer!  Why?  Because this is the first summer ever that I'll be home with my sweet girl!!! {insert happy dance here}

It's bittersweet because she spends all of June with her dad.  And while I know it's a good thing, it's very hard for me nonetheless.  Buuutttt, it gives me ample time to plan stuff for us to do!

Of course I know most of us have an addiction to Pinterest, and I have been getting many summer ideas from there!  You can check out some of my finds here.  And let me know what you've found too!  I wanted to share one super cute idea that I'm just in awe over.  It's called a "Bored Jar" {and yes, I'm probably behind and this has been around forever, but I'm just now finding it} and I love this idea!

Again, I found it on pinterest, but it links to Shabby Beach Nest, which I am so glad that I found!  I don't really want to pull her whole post over to my blog since she worked so hard on it, so I'm just passing along her link, but you have to go check it out!  We all need a little blog lovin'!

Seriously, such a super cute idea!!!  Here's the link:  I'm Bored!

On To 4th Grade

Technically we have all summer until 4th grade, but either way my baby is about to be a 4th grader.  Wow.  When did my itty bitty baby get so big?

Never in my life did I imagine it would happen so fast.  As I sit here and wallow that she's not a baby anymore, I'm so overwhelmed by the little girl I have.  I don't think there's a single person who knows her that couldn't agree more when I say she's SO full of life.  She's happy, sweet, kind, so smart, peppy {more like over the top energy} and truly loves everyone and everything.

This is my little tribute to her over the last year, and can I say, I just love her more every.single.day!