How can it be that Mondays when I stay home are just as drab as Mondays when I worked?! Perhaps it's this cloudy gloomy weather we're having, or maybe the fact that Miss Raya has taken a liking to whining ALL DAY LONG. Hmmm. I can't really be upset with her b/c I know she just does it b/c she can't talk and tell me what she wants or doesn't want, ( Read more... )

Well, Raya got practice as a big sister last night....she hated it!!! We babysat our neighbors 10 week old last night through this morning and Raya cried/whined/bawled the ENTIRE TIME...except for when she was asleep. I had Lee bring up our swing and bouncey seat for baby Max to use and Raya would just look and point at the baby stuff and cry.... ( Read more... )

Lately a lot of former coworkers have been gearing up to go back to work in August, and I've also had a lot of people lately ask me how the whole stay at home mom (SAHM) thing is going, so I thought since it's now been about 2.5 months home I should do an update :-)

Overall, having now experienced the work outside the home mom (WOHM) thing and the ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm 17 weeks pregnant today, can you believe it?! It really seems like this pregnancy is flying along much faster than my pregnancy with Raya...probably b/c she keeps me on the go!

I had a doctor's appt. today. I have lost 4 pounds (yippee...I lost with Raya in the beginning too, just b/c I"m nauseous....don't worry, I start gaining soon ( Read more... )

I got my baby back yesterday....yay!! As much as Grandma and Grandpa would like to bribe Raya into liking them best, she clearly missed her Mama!!

That face obviously says I like my Mama best :-)


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On Thursday Raya and I went with Grandma, Aunt Emily, and Cousin Sawyer to the Children's Museum. I had sworn I would not take her until she was walking, just b/c of the logistics of it, but it was way too hot to go to the fair as we had planned (and we also found out the kids can ride absolutely zero rides there until they are at least 42 inches ( Read more... )

Everyone remember Rainbow Brite?? That girl had serious style.


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Happy 14 months to Raya :-) We just got back from puppysitting at my parents' house this weekend and we were able to spend lots of quality time with cousin Sawyer, which was fun.

Friday we met Emily and Sawyer is CR for a picnic lunch at the park, before heading to the splash pad. Good times! Raya really enjoyed her very first park picnic....a ( Read more... )

This morning at the post office Raya was given her first sucker. At first I was like "yeah lady, like I'm giving my 13 month old sugar on a stick! I bet it's not even organic." But then we got home and I decided who am I kidding, this house is not headquarters of the healthy police by any means. Live it up Raya! :-)

And did she ever! She spent the ( Read more... )

Just a quick check in tonight (no pics, sorry!) but I must document before I forget that I felt baby #2 move for the first time today!!! :-) Actually I THOUGHT I might have felt a little poke yesterday, but then it happened so fast that I wasn't positive and it's still pretty early so I just decided maybe I had imagined it. However I knew that with ( Read more... )