Monday, February 15, 2010

All Good Things Must Come To An End

Today is my last day of maternity leave.  *sigh*  I have been SO blessed to have had such a long time at home with Bruce.  We've had so much snuggle time, play time, mommy-and-Bruce time.  It's going to be so hard to go back to work tomorrow.

(Sunday nap)


While I've had lots of wonderful time with Bruce, I have also gotten lots done while I have been home.  Mom came to stay about a month ago, and while she was here, I got some much needed deep cleaning done.  I deep cleaned the entire kitchen, the attic and my closet.  Here are the before and after pictures in the back-attic part of our closet:


Some day we want to build shelves back here, but for now this is a huge improvement!


Gage and I FINALLY got the drawer pulls and handles on our kitchen cabinets.  It looks so good!


I repainted and decorated Bruce's room.  While I was pregnant, I picked out a neutral, khaki color for his room and Gage painted for me.  Problem was, once it was done, I hated it.  :)  This time I painted it a cheery blue.  Emily and I are working on artwork to go in the frames.


I also enjoyed spending time on some of my hobbies.  I have been knitting, which included finishing this sweater for Bruce.  I have also be plugging away at our wedding scrapbook.  All in all, our house is much more in order than it ever has been - such a good feeling!


This past weekend, we had some great "family time" together.  We invited some friends for dinner on Saturday, and yesterday for Valentine's Day, I made beef bourguignon for dinner and chocolate fondue for dessert!  Yum yum!


The beef bourguignon was the most intense recipe I have ever made.  I'm not ashamed to admit that this is often what my kitchen looks like when I am in the midst of cooking.  It's not fun if you don't make a mess, right?  :)


That's all for now!  I'm off to spend my last "free" evening with my husband and son.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Good one!

That was funny, wasn't it?  ... How I said I was going to post new pictures each day?  Did I say every DAY?  I totally meant each WEEK.  :)  That sounds more realistic.

In any case, here are some new ones from the weekend!

Snuggling with Papa Don is the best!

Sacked out

Love my Grandma Diana

Family pic

Great Grandma Barbara


Mom and Dad came to visit for the weekend, and on Saturday night, we had Diana and Lloyd, Barbara, and Roger up to celebrate Gage's birthday and Mom's birthday.  It was wonderful!  I just kept thinking all night how incredibly blessed we are.  Wish we could have a big family gathering each week!

This afternoon, Gage, Emily, Bruce and I had some quiet family time, which was equally wonderful.  Bruce sacked out on me while we all watched "Nanny McPhee" and then played "Life".  What a great weekend!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

New Skills


Hi!  Wanna see my new tricks?

Tummy time!  My neck is really strong!  Look what I have learned ...

One ...
Two ...
Three!  I can roll over all by myself!

Monday, February 1, 2010

Alright, alright ...

Alright Libby - sheesh!  Here you go!  :)  No, I was actually thinking last night that I wanted to try to get a new picture up each day.  We'll see how that goes!  Thanks for the little nudge.  :)






















A few weeks ago - Bruce on his first walk!
Snuggles with daddy!
Snuggles with grandma!

Floor time with grandma!

Smiling at daddy


The current view from our bedroom and the reason we have a bit of cabin fever ...