Bach To Reality

Remember how I once said, " If you need something done, give it to a busy person "? Well.  I was wrong.  And now I'm 3 weeks behind and life is crazy. First, Oliver's chair pictures: There is something about 12 weeks.  Like it's the turning point from "infancy" to "baby-dom".  In other words...I feel like he's not really an infant any more!  So, here's the question - how long do I continue the weekly pictures?  And the even bigger question - Where is his sock?! In 3 weeks I honestly don't feel like he looks that different, but he is changing every day. First you will notice that Oliver continues to display his overly serious personality.  I swear...I would LOVE to know what he's thinking.  He's just so serious! Even when his big sister is putting bows on his head.   I mean, geez Oliver...don't crack a smile! But sometimes we bust him.  It starts with his eyes and travels to his lips - that...

I'm not sure if it's because Halloween fell on a Friday this year, but I feel like we were celebrating for a long, long time.  So here it is...our Halloween conclusion. As both kiddos had a few Halloween "outfits" I had to snap a few pictures on Thursday.  I loved Oliver's Halloween tie shirt (I could make this - right?) and Eleanor's Halloween dress was right up her ally!  Of course it takes about 300 pictures to find that perfect one...but some of the "trial pictures" turn out just as cute! Friday was finally Halloween and Eleanor had her Halloween party at school.  The kids were supposed to dress up as their favorite literary character....you know, so as not to offend anyone with Halloween.  I made Eleanor an "Anna" outfit, but when the day actually came, we agreed she could wear the witch costume.  It's not like she was a scary witch, there was no blood or gore...and tons of children's books have witches as cute a...

Today was the day.  Today I went back to work.  And...of course...I don't remember it being like this with Eleanor.  My alarm went off at 5:00 AM.  Surprisingly enough, it wasn't impossible to get out of bed and I only hit the snooze alarm once! I went downstairs to pump - As little man has been sleeping well at night, I have lots of milk in the morning that I have continued to pump to build that wonderful storage.  I made sure not to pump it all, because I wanted to nurse Oliver before we left for daycare.  I made some coffee and headed up to shower. I realized I had given myself plenty of time and enjoyed getting ready leisurely.  About 6:15 Eleanor woke up (she gracefully JUMPS out of bed in the morning...oh to be able to great the dawn with such excitement!) and I intercepted her before she headed downstairs for her morning routine of watching cartoons.  I pulled her into bed and tried to cuddle for a few minutes before she determine...