Thank you to those who follow the blog. It's kind of a been a bit more of our adventures in the past few months than about photo projects. I have made a big shift in what I do from day to day. This past summer I wouldn't have thought I would enjoy staying at home with Holden 24/7. Well, not exactly 24/7 because I went out to dinner with a good friend tonight, which in our conversation about being moms and just life in general, I found myself talking about how much I am loving our life right now. Don't get me wrong. I LOVED my job as a hall director. I loved living in the dorms. I loved eating in the dining halls with all of our friends, but now...I'm loving life even more. I was more ready for a change than I realized.

I had a bit of a rough summer staying at home with Holden. He wasn't sleeping through the night, and I piled plenty of pressure onto myself throughout the summer and fall. Now the pressure has shifted to just making sure he has a great day and that I can be creative with cooking for the first true time in my life. My sweet husband will eat anything. I know it's an especially good night when he goes for seconds and doesn't reach for a bowl of cereal at 7pm when he thinks I'm not looking.  ; )

This past week we have started going to the family center in town (basically a drop in play space). So great! Holden has transitioned to usually one nap a day, and he has so much fun at the family center in the mornings before lunch and nap time. The warm weather has started to creep up on us, and we just purchased a bike helmet and seat for Holden to ride along. Poppa just got a new bike too! Hopefully before this week is over, we'll be taking some evening bike rides on the rail trail by our house.

To be real, there are some moments/days that are better than others. A good example was yesterday when we thought our furnace blew/caught on fire...but everything was fine. It's felt like a case of the Money Pit some days, but most days and moments are pretty gosh darn good.

Have I mentioned that we live across the road from a park?