Being a Mom and learning to balance

Being a work at home mom (WAHM) I have had to learn to balanced many things. All day is Liam time and as soon as he goes to bed I get to work. This can be hard because I truly never get a couple of hours to myself to watch TV or read a book. I actually have only read 2 books this year. I realized this a couple of days ago and thought I really should make an hour a day to just read or watch TV( or do something else relaxing). This means I can not deliver photos at the speed of light, but I think it will help my sanity. I am so lucky to have the full month of August booked with all kinds of photos: wedding, family, senior, and engagement! The past couple of weeks have been rough my whole family has been sick at the same time! We are getting better, but Liam and me are still struggling. The only good thing about being sick is it forced me to chill out. I realized I never take a break and it might be a good idea for me to start trying. Although, I try to balance everything it really is impossible and once you realize that life gets way easier. Some things have to be ignored until you find time (Liam excluded) and lately its been making dinner and cleaning. I saw an interview with Rachel Ray when Liam was about 3 months old being asked the question how do you balance everything.  Obviouslybeing the mother of a 3 month old still trying to figure things out was sure a woman who owns several different business and host her own TV show would know. Rachel's answers was  "I don't and I don't think you need to. You can not do it all and if you try to you will just fail." For some reason that made me feel way better about not doing the dishes everyday.  So this week I am keeping in mind that balance is not everything, except in Yoga! : )


Below is my go to recipe when you are not feeling well, enjoy!

Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings

What You Need

• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1 (10 ounce) package refrigerated biscuit dough, torn into pieces
• 1 Can of Mixed Veggies ( drained)
• 1/2 tsp of pepper
• 1 cup of chicken stock
• pinch of salt

What To Do

Place all ingredients in the crock pot except biscuits.

Cover and cook on low for 5 – 6 hours.

About 2 hours before serving tear up the biscuit dough ( into 1/4ths) and place in the crock pot. I used all the biscuits but you can only use half. Make sure the “dumplings” are cooked through.

The chicken should be so tender that it will pull apart when you scoop it out of the crock pot.

Enjoy