Teeth

Evie finally has teeth:) Her two front teeth popped up this week and she is feeling great!! She is really funny because she keeps playing with them with her tongue and making the greatest faces. We are so happy that this milestone has been reached and will hopefully be easier on our little one.

Working or Stay at home Mom?

I hope this entry doesn't sound like Charlie Sheen's rants but I have to get this issue out in the open! I never planned on being a stay at home mom - I don't have the patience or the ability to deal with an unscheduled day. I love Evie so much and want to spend every waking moment with her but there is a small selfish part of me that wants some quiet time, or alone time, or grown up time (call it what you like but for sanity's sake everyone needs a few moments to themselves). I spent my 12 weeks of maternity time scared to death to leave her and dreading the moment I would have away from her for 8 hours but with a small part jumping for joy that I had a reason to get dressed and that I would have an adult conversation not focused on my child. I found that I really liked being a working mom - I dropped Evie off with a trusted friend each morning, went to work, learned all about my new position, sat in my very own office, and then drove like a maniac to pick Evie up. Our schedule worked very well for everyone and we settled into a very happy lifestyle for two weeks and then I was informed my bank was being sold to a bigger bank and that my department would be cut and I would most likely lose my job! It has been 6 months since the dreaded news and I still have my job but I haven't had any work to do - I sit in my office for 8 hours a day- away from my little sweety and read books, or work on imaginary projects. I have done a household budget 10 times and it always comes out the same. I feel like I am slowly going insane in that little office, that my brain cells are taking a leisurely walk off a long pier into an ocean of crap. Yes- I am totally being a drama queen but I am so bitter and annoyed with not knowing if I will have a job next month, never being trained for a position I would have loved and feeling useless most days. I did find out that we will be told on March 28th if we are retained or laid off and if we are laid off we will have two more weeks of work and 12 weeks of severance pay. I am to the point that I think being a stay at home mom will be awesome for a while - of course I have to find another job - we can't afford to live on brian's salary alone. Sorry to share the crap that I am wading in but I had to get it off my chest- Thanks for listening!!

Pics from Snow Day!

Snow Day!

Brian and I were not aware that it was going to snow like crazy last night so when we awoke to 12 inches+ there was lots of sighing, swearing, complaining about the northeast and then phone calls into work. Of course the 6 inches of water in our basement lead to as much sighing, swearing and complaining as the snow!! Evie's first words are probably going to make us twitch instead of smile due to our lack of control around her. After the initial grumpiness the day turned into a cuddle fest with Evie and I taking two naps on the couch and a lot of play time. I had every toy Evie owns out on the floor and I had as much fun exploring them as her. She is now taking her toys and hitting them together to see what sounds they make. It is so funny to see her pick up a stuffed animal and a plastic toy, smack them together and then look at me with wonder on her face - where is the sound, Mommy? Of course, this all started when I handed her my metal measuring cups from the kitchen - there has been hours of her smacking them together and hitting everything in reach to hear the noise. Her adorableness knows no bounds! There are still no teeth but she seems to be getting used to the pain or it has subsided for now. She has gotten back to her wonderful sleep schedule of bedtime at 8:30 and awake at 6:30, which has been awesome- I don't know what we are going to do if the second baby doesn't sleep. We joke all the time that the next baby will come out with teeth but won't sleep for the first year but really isn't funny - 5 months of teething gets old quick and neither of us do well with no sleep.

Happy B-day Carly!

Evie attended her 1st BFF's, Carly, birthday party this weekend! Carly and Evie have become wonderful friends over the last several months because Carly's momma (Marissa) watches Evie while we are at work. Marissa and Carly have been amazing with our little girl and have established a relationship that will hopefully last a lifetime. I am so glad we were invited and were able to share such a special moment with Carly and her family. Evie spent most of her time in Carly's ball pit, pulling on Carly's dress and talking up a storm while Carly spent her time visiting with different family members, looking ridiculously adorable, posing for amazing photos, eating her first piece of cake and consequently taking a bath & changing outfits and opening a ton of presents.
We spent the rest of the weekend attempting to finish our basement project, which consisted of cleaning, painting, putting up a pantry and making space for a gym. I think we are finally done - we started the week after Christmas so it has been a very long project that we are very happy to complete. We now have to start all of our spring projects but most importantly we want to spend time with Evie. She is growing and learning at such an advance rate that I can't keep up with all of it. One of her new activities is taking my metal measuring cups and banging them against different surfaces or toys to hear what noise they make - Love it!!!
She is also grabbing anything within her reach and attempting to move to the items that are not within her reach. I think she maybe getting the idea of how to crawl but still doesn't have the upper body strength to do it and she loves standing, supported by one of us, and playing but has no desire to move her legs to walk. She is still sleeping through the nights - except for two nights last week when she woke up at 1:30 and 10:30 crying hysterically. We think it is teething but there are still NO teeth! I took her to the Dr last week to make sure there wasn't an infection- and she got a clean bill of health so I think we are just lucked out with a sleeping baby but one that suffers immensely from teething, which breaks my heart!