Hey guys, remember me?!
I used to be that blogger that would be able to write several blog posts a week and keep up to date with social media. Nowadays I am happy if I am able to write a blog post once a month and share a picture on Instagram once a week!
Oh how times have changed.
But, things are about to change yet again as this past weekend I just finished something that has consumed a large part of my free time these past two years.
I have finished my MBA classes!
Okay, technically I am not COMPLETELY done with my MBA. But, what I am done with is spending every other weekend at school as this past weekend was my last teaching weekend.
Woo hoo, hello freedom on my weekends again!
All that is left in my MBA is finishing off some final projects and enjoying a class trip to Boston next month.
But guys, the end is here, I can’t believe my Viking and I did it.
A throwback to our first day of the MBA. First day of school pictures are a must do tradition in my family so I made the Viking keep it alive with me.
A brief reflection back on these past two years of our MBA studies.
When H and I decided to try and start our family at the same time that we were starting our two year MBA program we definitely thought more than once that we might be a bit crazy taking on two major life changes at once.
Then, on the first day of school one of our professors said to not make any big life changes during our MBA studies…
The following day we got a positive pregnancy test.
Needless to say when we started the MBA program we knew we were in for a crazy two years. And what a crazy two years it has been!
But here we are in our final weeks of the MBA program, my Viking and I didn’t drive each other too crazy in the midst of all our chaos and we have our little Viking enjoying life with us.
We did it!!!
What most of our family picture attempts look like these days ha.
I am not going to sugar coat it though, there were definitely some rough times over these past two years. In fact, at one point H and I thought one of us was going to have to quit the MBA for a year as we struggled to sort out childcare for the few days a month we were in school.
Childcare in Iceland, it is very difficult to find (the waitlist for little H’s daycare he is starting in the Fall is over a year!) and with little family here it felt like our only option was for one of us quitting the MBA for a year. But, with the help of H’s family and my family flying over to babysit the Fall semester, and an incredibly lucky happening of finding a wonderful babysitter who came to our house for the Spring semester, we managed to both complete the MBA.
My grandma who flew all the way over to Iceland to babysit our little man during one of our school weekends. Best family ever!
H and I have been talking a lot lately about these past two years and are already finding ourselves laughing over all the little things that stressed us out.
Just to name a few:
// All the short breaks I spent rushing to the bathroom so I could pump. And the times my pump stopped working at school, those were some fun days. Working mama’s that pump everyday at work you are my heroes!
// Or the times we had to coordinate our MBA meeting’s so that one of us could entertain our little man outside the classroom before we did a switch and the other one rushed in for their meeting. By this point our little Viking has earned at least half an MBA degree himself ;)
// Not to mention the interesting twist it was of us doing the MBA program together, that itself had its ups and downs.
All the extra challenges we had though, it makes me that much more proud of the Viking and I for pushing through and finishing our MBA.
This blurry attempt at a family selfie at our school perfectly describes the crazy, but fun, chaos these past two years have been!
Another big thing is happening this week that I am both very excited, and slightly nervous about.
The little Viking and I are making our first solo adventure to Oregon!
It has been far too long since I have seen my family and I have been counting down the days for my visit since my visitors left me this past Fall.
But first, I have to survive the 8 hour flight with my little man, solo!
Little H’s first flight, back when he was just 6 weeks old! It was much easier then.
Any tips on ways to entertain a curious and busy 10 month old that won’t drive all the other passengers crazy are much appreciated!
To be honest though I am not as worried about how little H will be on the plane as I am on how he will do with the jet lag. It is a 7 hour time difference and we will be taking an evening flight, leaving at 5pm Iceland time and arriving in Oregon at 6pm (1 am Iceland time). Not really a red-eye flight, but definitely during some of the little man’s night time sleeping hours, so I really have no idea what to expect.
Anyone have experience traveling across time zones with their little ones???
Even though I find the idea of an 8 hour plane ride a bit daunting I know it will be all worth it when I am reunited with my family. I haven’t seen many of my family members since last summer, and those that did visit me in Iceland was in the Fall, so this visit is very needed.
I can’t wait for my little man to be reunited with my family, it will make all the hectic traveling worth it.
I am keeping my fingers crossed for some sunny spring weather in Oregon, little H and I are over winter!
So this post is full of random little life things but I just love writing these types of posts. I am so excited to have back some of my freetime to do what I really love, sitting down and writing my stories for my blog.
Hopefully we will see a lot more of each other around here:)
Question of the Day?
Any travel tips for flying across time zones with a 10 month old?? What are some activities to keep a little one entertained on a plane?
