My flower window box!

So here it is....my pride & joy of the gardening world! I am still in awe that this window box has lasted over a month now and is still thriving. I have always wanted a window flowing box on the way into our house through the mudroom and this year I finally got around to doing it.


This is the view from our breakfast nook onto the deck, this picture was taken 2 weeks ago, now the flowers are doing so well they are really in full bloom! I am so happy I stepped out of my comfort zone (or shall I say "lazy zone") and did a few flower pots this year that I planted myself. I usually just buy a few flower pots because it is easier and then they die on me. I noticed this go around when you do the planting yourself you take more pride in it & you want to maintain it nicely because you put the time in to do it yourself. I also noticed we spend so much more time outside eating dinners enjoying the deck & yard more!

My last couple days of maternity leave...

My little nugget. I still can't beleive it has been 3 months since this picture was taken.

Well it has happened, my maternity leave is almost up and I can't even express how sad I feel about it. I enjoyed every moment at home with Boden and the extra time I had with Eli. I just hate having to go back to reality. This July 4th weekend is the first time I ever dreaded this holiday. On Tuesday I will have to get my big girl pants on and figure out how I am going to get out of the house in the morning with 2 kiddies in tow and dropped off to daycare by 8am. This is a complete shift in my schedule because I used to go into work much later but now I can't. I need to be in the door ready to nurse Bo at a decent hour after work. So all things are shifting, my morning routine will be completely new, in fact I am doing a dry run tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow morning will be very different in many ways. My mornings as I have known it consisted of me getting up and taking care of Bo and Eli but with extra hands around. Adam's dad has been so helpful and coming over in the morning to bring Eli to daycare. This enabled me not to have to juggle nursing Bo and getting him all packed up in the car for a 5 min ride to daycare.

John - Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I can't say it enough :) Also, Eli loved the routine of seeing his Poppi every morning, he got so excited to see him walk in the door every morning, it was so cute! Poppi often helped Eli eat breakfast, brushed his teeth, and put on his shoes many mornings too which was fabulous!

So tomorrow will be a shock to my system mainly to see how the hell I am going to get myself showered and presentable for "work standards". Not to mention the circus act of getting Eli fed, dressed, teeth brushed, diaper changed, etc...and then Bo changed, nursed, and changed again then everyone and everything that is needed packed up in the van to go. My game plan is to get myself physically ready while I have Adam home, he has to leave early by 7:00-7:15am so I need to get myself in that shower by 6:00 the latest and get myself ready first, that is how I am going to try this out. I am crossing my fingers Bo continues to sleep as well as he has for the past week and a half (not getting up at all all night long- he nurses at 11:30pm and then sleeps up until 6:30am!) and things will all work itself out.

So after tomorrow's dry run and a good cry I am going to try to enjoy this holiday weekend as much as possible. We are celebrating Adam's brother's birthday on Sunday poolside at Adam's parents house which will be nice and picnicing on Monday the 4th. I am going to need allot of tissues this weekend and some wine to get over my sadness :(

Here is my little guy from yesterday he is getting so strong. He rolls to his sides now! Just when I was perfecting Bo's mohawk he had to start balding! hahahah...I hope it comes back soon, he was looking so cool with his mohawk! Now I am off to finish up some things I was hoping to get done by the end of this weekend. I have been painting our mudroom which has been a huge task, I also need to make progress on the baby books (yes I said books...I am slacking on Eli's too...), and I hope to get some meals put in the freezer again. It's a long list for sure but some of this will get completed by the end of this weekend!