Before diving into today’s post, I want to wish you and your loved ones a Happy Easter! However you spend your day—whether it is with hidden baskets and egg hunts or centered around meaningful moments with your faith - I hope it’s a day of happiness for you! And a day of delicious, chocolate eggs.
I’m in a very busy season of life. I often hear people tell me “The days are long, but the years are short.” And ohhhh boy, yes. I end the days with heavy and sleepy eyes, but a really full heart (cheesy, but true). I thought it would be fun to document what a typical day currently looks like for me with two little ones.
Full disclosure: Not everyday is the same and weekends/weekdays are pretty different. What I’m sharing today is a ~weekend~ edition from one of my Sundays (my favorite day of the week!).
Read on to read how the day went + what I’m learning from looking back on it!
3:40AM Wake Up (Y’all…this is NOT my norm lol)
My soon-to-be 6 month old woke up for her bottle! She usually wakes up once in the middle of the night so my husband and I alternate turns each night on who gives it to her. However, we have been going through a small string of days where she was waking up twice - the first time around 12ish because she has a cold and a terrible, terrible cough that would wake her up. BUT! This night she didn’t! She made it from 7:30pm-3:40am and that felt heavenly. She didn’t really want to go back into the crib after the bottle, but after some rocking and butt-patting once she was in the crib - she was down around 4:40am.
5:00AM Some Quiet Me-Time
This is my usual, preferred wake up time. So when I saw the clock was almost 5am anyway, I thought “Guess I’ll just start my day!” I honestly didn’t feel insanely tired, but I also knew I’d likely be feeling it by mid-afternoon…
I spent this quiet time alone sipping coffee, doing some work for my second job, journaling, filling in my planner for the week, and reading (I started a new book, The Wedding People by Alison Espach!)

6:45AM Wake Ups & Getting Ready
The girls both started stirring right at the same time - right around 7. This is a pretty typical wakeup time for them. I quickly got ready-ish, got milk ready for each of them and started our day! My husband woke up and hopped in the shower while I got them up and brought them downstairs.
Then it was a couple hours of some breakfast, playtime, and getting dressed. I threw in a load of their laundry during this time too. I pretty much always through a load of laundry in every morning to keep up with it - it truly never ends with kiddos.
9:00AM
The girls Grandpa came over to visit! During this time, I was able to sneak away to quickly get “fully ready” for the day since I didn’t make enough time for it earlier. I was meeting with a client for my second job later on in the day so I did the full works - hair, makeup, nice outfit. Again, not a norm. Usually, my hair is pulled back in a claw clip and tends to be what I skip when I’m busier than usual.
In this season of life, I am aiming to get ready more often. I want to feel confident and feel excited about wearing clothes again. It’s been two years of frumpy-pregnant-outfits. I wanna feel CUTE AGAIN, okay?
I was also able to finish up laundry (proud of myself for washing and folding them in the same day!), unload the dishwasher and prep for my client meeting as the girls played outside with their dad + Grandpa! I also spent some time playing with them in between all those little tasks and chores.
11:00AM Off to work!
Off to my client meeting (with a protein bar on the way for lunch, ha)! I wasn’t meeting them until 12, but wanted to get there early to set some things up and feel fully prepared before they arrived!
I work part-time for a local photographer. Today I had a meeting with a senior client to show them their proofs while they decided what they wanted for their order! I also had some additional product for other clients to stop in and pick up - prints, canvases, etc.
1:00PM Grocery shopping!
I purposely planned my meeting to align with the daughters lunch time and naps so that I could be back by the time they woke up. I was super excited that my client meeting ended earlier than expected because I was able to go crank out the weekly grocery shopping before heading home.
I love grocery shopping on Sundays and having the house stocked for the week. While some people may see this as a chore, it always feels so fulfilling to me. Sunday grocery shopping is my peaceful little ritual.
1:45PM Home + Play Time
I got home just as David was giving Lyla a bottle after waking up! I made an afternoon cup of coffee and played with Lyla on the floor until Charlie woke up around 2:45! After waking up, it was lots of fun and simple playtime in the house and the garage because it was a beautiful and sunny day.
3:30PM Things Got A Bit Derailed…
Just as I was starting to take Lyla for a walk to help her take a second nap, I got a frantic text to head back to where my meeting was. As in: I needed to go back and do something pretty much immediately. I’ll spare the details, but this was… stressful. I make a conscious effort to not work on my second job around my kids. I want my time with them to be 100% focused on them. Luckily, it was just twenty minutes total to drive there and back - but I was still upset with myself that I had to rush off and miss my weekend time with them, after already missing a bit of it that morning when I left during their lunch time. And I just felt a bit ‘meh’ for the rest of the day after the whole conundrum. I think my early wake up time was coming back to bite me.
4:00PM Walk
And now time for my walk with my sweet, little baby! She dozed while I listened to a Mel Robbins podcast episode recommended by
. We got back to the house just in time for dinner prep!5:15 Dinner!
I went the lazy route for dinner and bought premade pulled pork for dinner. My husband, who loves to smoke meat, probably cringed inside having to eat it. But I knew I didn’t want to cook that night and I didn’t want to resort to takeout. We had buns that needed to be used. We also had carrots that needed to be eaten, so we roasted those and my husband put some french fries in the air fryer for himself too.
My toddler is just starting to become a much better eater. She’s always had a great appetite, but just this pack week she has really embraced vegetables (she ate asparagus! and broccoli! Like…a lot of broccoli!) So I was happy when she ate the carrots, but she did not want that pulled pork. She ate some, but eventually she kept putting it in her mouth then pulling it right back out and on the plate. Bless her heart for trying (lol).
So she got some strawberry yogurt instead and it made for an adorable-mess.
6:00 FaceTimed My Parents
My parents live far from the girls so they don’t really see them in person. My family still haven’t met my youngest and they last saw my oldest when she was around 5 months. So on Sundays, I try to Facetime them to show them how fun the girls are, how big they are getting, all that jazz. My toddler is quite the ham - she loves to say “Hewwo!!!”, to give 100 kisses to the screen, and she has even started saying “I love you” - all which make for very entertaining calls.
7:00 Bath & Bedtime!
I won’t lie, whenever we see it’s 7pm…it feels like a collective sigh. We’ve made it! We are pretty darn tired by this time. They both take baths together and we have a system where my husband takes care of the toddler after, while I take care of our 5-month old. While I give her the bottle, he’ll get all the trash and set it out for pickup the next morning and clean the kitchen.
Having a routine and roles makes life easier and less overwhelming for both of us.
7:45 Unwinding & Bed!
With both girls down, it finally time to freaking relax. And I was very tired. And very ‘meh’. So I decided I was going to take a bath with some epsom salts, a glass of white wine, aaaand a few chocolate cadbury eggs. It was a perfect and heavenly way to end the day. My husband and I then laid in bed and talked for a bit before turning on TV - and promptly falling asleep within 15 minutes (probably somewhere between 9 and 10pm). I try to read before bed, but sometimes I just want the mind-numbing and comforting abilities of TV.
My Key Takeaways:
Having some sort of time to myself to start the day sets me up for success. Intentionally making time for myself before the house wakes up helps set the tone for my entire day. It doesn’t always need to be long, but even if its 30 minutes or even 15 - just a bit where I can start my day slowly. But I’m learning it’s okay to take a day or two a week to let myself sleep in if my body needs it. After waking up so early on this day, I know my body needed it the next day.
Routines and rhythms are a helpful framework. Knowing that lunch times and nap times are consistent is incredibly helpful when thinking about how to plan other tasks during the day. The fact that we have a solid bedtime routine? Let’s us embrace the evening and have the ability to relax after - knowing we can count on each other to help get things done.
I probably need better boundaries. The fact I rushed out for a work task mid-afternoon made me feel guilty and upset. I’m afraid to tell people ‘no.; I need to learn how I can say respectfully say “No” or even “Not right now” to better honor my time (this was actually the topic I brought to therapy the session I had the following Wednesday!).
I’d love to hear what rhythms and routines you’ve developed that help you embrace your days with a sense of ease. While I know I am busy, I am always aiming to bring presence and simplicity in my daily life.
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