6/6/2011 - Back to the grind

Back to the grind today. One successful day of working motherhood completed!! It was actually quite relaxing to be back at work. I know that people are being easy on me because it was my first day back, but I enjoyed it. I had 3 successful pumping sessions! Feeling like I can conquer the world . . . okay maybe not the world, but I can conquer this day and possibly this week!

6/5/2011 - Joaquin Miller Park

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The rain held off for us this morning, so we could take Finn to Joaquin Miller Park to play at the playground. After 45 minutes or so at the play area, we ventured into the park itself. We hiked up about 1000 stairs to see a beautiful view of the Oakland Skyline. Finn will definitely be a runner someday. It's virtually impossible to keep up with him. We did insist that on the walk down, he hold our hands, so he wouldn't slip on the slightly damp rocky stairs. Still sweet that he lets us hold his hands, pretty soon, that won't be the case. He is growing so quickly.

6/4/2011 - Chess Anyone?

With our funky rainy CA weather, we were forced to spend our playtime indoors today. Since, we have been basically cooped up in our sick house for 2 weeks, we decided to head out to the local mall to get some energy out. After a stroll around the local Target and a lunch at the Chevy's, we let Finn run amok in the mall. Never having ventured much farther than the Target and Fresh Choice, we discovered 2 cool play areas inside. Finn and Papa played a nice game of chess (Finn's rules) and then Finny played in the indoor playstructure. It was followed by a mini puking session from Finn, but I blame on him wildly running and screaming happily through the shoe store, which led to a coughing fit, which ultimately led to upchucking of his lunch. Oh well, he was smiling afterwards.

6/3/2011 - End of Leave

Today marks my last day of Maternity of leave. I head back to work on Monday. The boys assisted in the celebration in two ways! Finn puked up all over his bed last night. Liam seems to have contracted pink eye! AHHHHH! I think someone is trying to encourage me to go back to work. So, the day that I was supposed to spend relaxing and preparing to head back to work was craziness. Finn, though much better, spent the majority of the morning demanding that I wipe his runny nose. While Liam , sweet Liam smiled through the green goo coming out from his little eyes. We spent the early afternoon in the doctor's office, followed by a long wait at the local pharmacy for Liam's meds, and a late nap for the Finn. Liam was pretty sweet and smily throughout the whole ordeal. Liam teaches me that sometimes you just have to smile through the hard times, makes them more bearable. I'll remember that on Monday when I can't sleep in and commute into work! Back to the grind.

6/2/2011 - Single parenting

Jesse met up with our friend Tim tonight to play trombone for one of Tim's songs. Therefore, I was a single parent for a couple of hours tonight. Now I am getting better at handling the daytime, but the evenings seem to trip me up. Liam gets crankier at night. Bedtime prep seems so much harder than dressing for the day. And to top it all off, Finn seems to be getting a fever. Thank you Netflix for keeping my lovely and patient toddler occupied while I calm a sick and tired baby.

6/1/2011 - Rice Cereal!!!

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Liam was introduced to Rice Cereal today! Though most of it ended up on his shirt and his bib, he seemed to enjoy it. Hoping that the introduction of a food other than just breastmilk will assist in getting Liam to sleep longer. Please lord, let it help him to sleep!

5/31/2011 - May Showers

We are having some funky late May weather. It's been blue skies hidden by grey clouds and rain, at the end of May. It's not necessarily helping with our family health issues, but we are dealing with it. I bundled my boy up and took him out back for some fresh air. Our house seems to be infested with sicky germs. Finn needed some outdoor play time after a week and a half of being stuck inside dealing with the cold.