On Monday, the coffee shop in my office building was offering free fortune cookies. I obviously was not about to pass up a free cookie, so I grabbed one and juggled it amongst the coffee and the muffin that were, unfortunately, not also free. You will make a change for the better. That isn’t really…
Family Life
Thankful Thursday: March Edition
Today marks the last day of March. And of course, we find Cameron sick again. Let me just say, I’ve been waiting for this day for a while. March has just thrown a lot of hard stuff our way. And I’m really just ready for it to be over. I’m ready for a fresh start….
Birthday Month! Floating On Air
Birthday Month Part One: Party Planning Birthday Month Part Two: Icing on Top I like to do everything myself. I have grandiose ideas in my head that I can only imagine myself fulfilling. And I would never want to saddle these elaborate schemes on loved ones. So when people offer to help, I usually just…
Stepping
We’ve taken some big steps together, Little One. Well really, you have taken some of the biggest steps. And I am so proud to watch you grow and learn and make these big, first steps. But Baby, each one of these steps? Is a step away from me. For nine months we were closer than anyone…
iPhoneography: Perfect Day
If you’ve been reading my blog lately, you’ll know that March hasn’t been the easiest. Returning to work, Starting daycare, Sick days, Car accident, … I am just so ready for this month to be over with. And this week I seriously believed I had hit rock bottom and gotten a hypothetical concussion in the…
Role Reversal
Due to a few unforeseen circumstances, Cameron has not been able to go to daycare at all this week. And except for today, Dan has been at home with Cameron each day. Now, on Monday, both of us were pretty sick, but since then, I’ve been at work and Dan has been playing Stay-At-Home-Dad. On the first…
Just What I Need
Husbands. Sigh. I think I speak for most, if not all wives when I say that they can get under our skins. My husband? He doesn’t really see the mess on the counter that needs to be wiped up. My husband? He isn’t necessarily the best diaper changer. My husband? He isn’t really handy around…
Sick of the Sick
Daycare is going fine. The teacher is nice, the kids have fun, and Cameron is so messy and played out by the end of the day that it is super easy to get him bathed and in bed. Except that daycare isn’t going fine. Not at all. Because we’ve been struck with The Daycare Plague….
Why I Love Working
I may have been exaggerating slightly when I wrote this blog title. Although I would say that being back at work is better than I expected, I don’t know if I could go as far as to say that I love working! But really, how many of us could say that? But working is going better than I…
iPhoneography: Coffee Break
When I have my iPhone at hand, I tend to take photos of the little blessings in my life. When I was on maternity leave, those blessings were mostly in the form of my son. But now that I only spend a few hours a day with him, and most of those hours are spent…
Never Too Early
The click of the lock startles us. We look at each other and then turn towards the door. Someone’s coming. It is just he and I right now, but we’re not complete. We’re waiting.As the door opens, my baby toddles over. He gets just close enough, then stops. Smiles. Waves. Turns to me.Look, Mommy! Do…
