We're All a Little Mad Here

And so begins our two months of madness. Actually, in all fairness, you could throw August into the mix and consider it three months of madness since we will have been running around like crazy people since about August first...or actually since July first...wait...June first? Seriously, do we EVER sit still?

Here is our schedule for the next couple months:

August 27-29 - DC Visit
September 3-6 - Boston
September 16-20 - Phoenix, AZ
October 1-3 - Atlanta, GA
October 8-10 - Washington, DC
October 16-17 - Pittsburgh, PA
October 18-25 - Ireland
November 5-7 - Visitors to NYC

And don't think that the days not listed among this group are free. Oh no. On those days we have work and daycare and classes and meet-ups and dinners and lunches and I think I just popped a blood vessel.

Are we insane? Probably. I simply have no idea how Kayla is going to react to all these months of madness. Especially when we are now adding in a number of jetlag inducing vacations. A 5-month old with jetlag? Sounds like a rocking good time to me. And all this just when she is starting to think about sleeping for 12 straight hours. Awesome.

Before we had a baby, we always maintained that we would simply make our child a part of our lives rather than conforming our lives to match-up with the child's. Right...so that is all great in theory and, truly, we are still going with that theory, but the reality is that a baby is only so malleable and while you can encourage them to conform ("No, really, napping is overrated. Let's go out to lunch after yoga and then over to the park and then into the city for happy hour and then..."), you also learn quickly that sometimes forcing them to endure fewer naps and a crazier schedule simply means that you will suffer the brunt of the consequences later. (Hello Little Purple Devil screaming herself silly after a whole day of 10 minute cat naps) And so, it is with some trepidation that we launch into the next couple months of insanity. Who will make it out alive? Place your bets ladies and gents. Odds are in favor of the baby...secondary bets may be placed on the inducement of insanity in the parents vs actual death. Ding Ding Ding. Round One...