Making Time Count

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Life just seems to be getting busier and busier and the holidays are definitely a time that we try to stop and think about what’s what matters most. One of the things that is super important to us is spending quality time together as a family. All too often we find ourselves staring at our phones over dinner or watching hours of TV in the evenings, and even if we’re physically together, sometimes our time isn’t exactly quality.

Tim recently got this handsome JORD wood chronograph watch. JORD makes beautiful handcrafted wood timepieces for men and women and one of the things I love about JORD watches is their story. They say that a watch is about telling more than time, “The value of a watch is not in being able to tell how much time has passed, but in being aware of the need to make that time count.”

Conway watch in Kosso and Midnight Blue

We’re a busy family and Tim travels a lot for work so we try to make every moment count when we’re all together. Especially now that we have Wyatt, those moments seem even more important. He’s literally growing up before our eyes and it seems like if we blink, we miss a milestone. Here are some of the little things we try to do to make our precious time together count.

Family Dinners
When Tim’s not traveling he always tries to make it home for 6:00 pm dinner with me and Wyatt, even if he works from home after dinner, he at least gets to see Wyatt for an hour of QT in the evenings. We’re working on making this an “unplugged” time, but that’s still tricky with work and my constant need to film everything Wyatt does.

Specific Parent-Child Times
I spend all day with Wyatt so we get a lot of quality time together, but every night that Tim’s home he does bath time and most of bedtime with Wyatt, that’s their own time to hang and connect (read more about Wyatt’s bedtime routine here.) On the weekends Tim will also sometimes do activities with just Wyatt (and give mama a break!)

Date Nights
The past year has been super crazy with moving and so much travel that we haven’t done too many date nights, but we definitely try to make a point of it every once in a while. And even when we hang at night, Wyatt goes to bed at 7:00 pm so instead of watching TV for hours at night we try to mix it up with a game or a project we’re working on (even if we’re housebound).

Unplugged Walks or Activities
This has been something we’ve been doing with each other since grad school. We go on walks or to the park and aren’t allowed to take out our phones the whole time. It’s pretty hard for us (STILL! Again Tim’s usually always dialed into what’s going on at work, and I take way too many pictures of Wyatt), but we make the effort every once in a while, the key is to just leave our phones at home, just having them in our pockets is often too challenging! This gives us a chance to explore the neighborhood or new park and to really talk to each other distraction free (although we do find ourselves wanting to google restaurants or look things up…we just have to remember them when we get home!)

Travel
We love traveling together and having a baby didn’t stop us from doing that (hence Wyatt’s 36 flights to date). Traveling helps us reconnect as a family and create new shared experiences in new (or familiar) places. Ocassionally Wyatt and I will tag along on Tim’s work trips as well so we can see him when he’s not working.

Explore Our City
We’ve lived in cities since we graduated from college and have moved every year since then as well, so we’ve had a lot of new places to check out. One of our favorite activities is just going on (very) long walks through our city. Sometimes we plan out stops, other times we just start walking. Being a tourist in our own city again helps us created new shared experiences and a 8 mile walk is a lot of quality time as a fam.

Make the Time
This seems silly, but even with the busiest schedule, you can make time for what’s important…sometimes this time of year helps us prioritize a little better than we did the rest of the year.

Moments are bigger than minutes and your watch should tell more than time.

This holiday season we’ve promised each other to really be cognizant of making our time together as a family count and what better way to remind us of that than a watch. Watches are a timeless present for men, so if you’re looking for a a classic gift for your man, brother, dad or anyone you love spending quality time with, check out the great collection of JORD watches. They also have a beautiful women’s collection too. Click HERE for an instant 25% discount on any collection. (Code is good through December 19, 2017)

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