Ooh darn. Its almost that time again.

Its been a full six weeks since Josie arrived, which means I have a month left until I have to go back to work. It doesn't matter what job I have, I am bummed that I have to give up staying at home with her all day long.

BUT. As I've previously mentioned, I will have the opportunity to wear heels now that I won't be standing all day. And I will get a bit more time in the evenings which means more time with my precious little girl! I like how God just makes everything work out so wonderfully.

I need to use this last month and get some things done around here. I have had an awful habit of sitting around and la di da ing my way through each day since there are no real deadlines. I think subconsciously I know that it is not long term (me being home) because I am fairly certain I could not handle doing nothing like this if it was a forever thing. If I was to stay home, I'd be doing more projects than I know what to do with! Here's my list of things I want to do before I go back to work.

• Clean out my closet. Put away maternity clothes and get a "To donate" pile started
• Empty out the toy box in Josie's closet and refill it with only Josie's things (currently I am using it for my old purses)
• Create labels for Josie's room and the files I have in my desk
• Go through food in the kitchen and get rid of expired things. Also, donate foods we don't like but still hold on to.
• Make a crib bumper for Josie's room
• Finish my Recycling project that I have yet to figure out
• Really weed out the flower garden in the front and the veggie garden in the back

That is enough for now. I will have to just tackle them one at a time and hope I can get them done sooner rather than later.

In other news, Mike and I are planning to go on a bike ride/hike at Maplewood Park in September! This came about because I have always wanted us to be outdoorsy people that stay active. We do separately (Mike's job is physical, I work out) but as a family, not so much. Well now that we are a growing family, I want us to be doing things like this often enough that our kids think it is natural and fun, not just work and exercise. Ok so we aren't bringing Josie with this time, since she doesn't really know what is going on more than 4 feet from her anyway. I think its better that Mike and I figure out what the heck we are doing before we attempt to bring small children. We aren't so good at the outdoors thing as of yet. Remember our last camping experience? Well lets just say that our tent blew away and I was eaten by mosquitos. The. whole. time. We didn't enjoy it all that much and its holding us back. Time to overcome our fears!

Our anniversary is August 22nd but we want to go when the leaves are changing. Thus the Saturday in September trip.

Should be fun!!? Right?

Perfect child

I don't know what I did to get this perfect little girl. When I was pregnant, I tried to picture what she would be like. I pictured the dark brown hair, similar eyes to what she has, a nose like mine when I was born. But she has really turned out so much better. I could never have imagined that she would be so cute! (My blog, I get to brag about my baby) Looks aside, though, she is such a great baby. I can get her to stop crying within about 2 minutes which means that she isn't all that fussy (lets be honest, I'm not that good with kids). She smiles and grins at me constantly. It completely delights my entire being!!

I've said this before to numerous people, but I can hardly remember what life was like before her. It is so much better and I would never go back.There are things that we (Mike and I) cannot do now, I  understand that, but everything just seems more fun with her, like seeing things through her eyes make everything twice as new and exciting. I can only imagine that this will be more and more the case the older she gets.

I've already had people ask me when we plan on having the next one (really? You can't just love and enjoy the one we just got?). While pregnant I would have said "wait, we're having another one?" but my body and mind has already forgotten (most of) it and I can honestly say that there are things I miss about being pregnant. I miss the kicks and jabs that only I can feel, the knowledge that everything I do is affecting her, the awesome hair and nails I had, the excitement of what is to come. Don't get me wrong, a nice break in between Josie and the next kid is completely needed, but I don't dread it like I thought I would. Its something to look forward to without rushing into it. I just want to enjoy  my baby!! Wouldn't you? Look at her. She's wonderful.

 

Good morning everyone!

Outfit number two for the day... thats ok we like this one so much! its not pink... hercloset has soooo much pink.

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1 month photo

She's one month old! (Well really she's 6 weeks now, but I had some uploading and editing to do and no ambition time to do it)

I got the sticker on her onesie from etsy.com and the fabric from Jo Ann's fabric. I stole this idea from another blogger and hopefully will be able to find the time to fit it in each month. Any ideas on what to do with the left over fabric at the end of the year? I have a few things in mind but we'll see what my final decision is. Maybe by that time Josie will have a say in it!

Grown up outfit

Blurry, but lets focus on her outfit. I was so glad it was chilly today to get to dress her in this! Aah so cute.