Butterflies and Baseball

Things are crazy busy right now! My kind of lifestyle

Baby Girl: Grabbing for all kinds of toys, smiling and laughing all the time, trying to sit up, and loves playing in her exersaucer, she is also really liking daycare and always smiles at the ladies when I drop her off in the mornings. It’s still tough to leave her and I miss her every second that I’m away from her, but she is doing ok! She is going to be 4 months in about a week!

My Corporate job: Super busy — which is good! While I was on maternity leave I was anxious that I would return to work and they wouldn’t need me which really worried me. But, when I returned they were thankful to see me and had a long list of projects they had been stockpiling and were happy to hand them over. Ofcourse, I was happy to take them on! This new role is perfect for me and it’s great opportunity for development.

My photobiz: Doing great too! Lots of bookings, but not too many to overload myself I love expressing my creative side! I’ve made sure this year set aside time to spend as a family and time to go Christmas shopping!

With everything in my life, I strive to learn. I’ve always been a learner, I quest for knowledge and I put a huge emphasis on education. I want Lillian to love to learn new things too… as she grows older she may not always like the subject (math for me) but it’s better to push through it and keep trying until you get it.  I’ve always been the annoying one that asks “Why” instead of just doing it. I always think there’s a better way to do something and I want to find the most efficient process possible.  It seems like over the past few weeks Lillian and I have both learned something new everyday… she’s learned to reach out for things and use her head to help her sit up, she’s learned how to use her legs to help her stand up… I’ve learned new spreadsheet formulas, new resources, new photography techniques… all kinds of cool things.  It’s the little things that add up to big milestones!

All in all – things are good. And we have a lot to be thankful for: We had a wedding in the family last weekend! We had a beautiful baby girl join our extended family 2 days ago! The Rangers are AL West Champs (they haven’t done that since 1999) - we already have our playoff tickets because we have to be there in person to cheer them on!  Fall is here and I love this season!

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We spent Saturday at the Rockwall Rib Rub & Run — it was HOT, but fun. We didn’t stay too long because it really was miserably hot (like where the hotness and humidity just make everything sticky — ugh, so exhausting) but it was nice to get out of the house for a little bit. We stopped by the Rockwall Cake Factory on the square to enjoy some desserts. Gary got a little mini cheesecake and I got a little petit four… they were both so delicious!

While we enjoyed desserts Lillian kept looking at me with these big blue eyes. She was just so sweet!

We sat down on the bench outside to take a quick break and I couldn’t help but steal a little kissy from our little girl with those cabbage patch cheeks.

We came home about mid afternoon to stay inside from the heat and took a family afternoon nap (those are always nice). Then later that evening we went and had hibachi…. I had my camera in the diaper bag so I figured I would try and capture the volcano which is always the star of the hibachi show.

Sunday we WORKED all day in the yard and got a lot accomplished! Then enjoyed the Rangers game (exciting!) and the Cowboys game (dissapointing!). It was a great weekend that went by too fast!

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So many things to be happy about: 1) It’s the weekend! 2) The Rangers beat the Yankees last night with a walk-off home run (always exciting)! 3) Gary got Mariano Rivera’s autograph — which is a good thing because he was planning on spending the ENTIRE weekend chasing him…. so thankfully he signed quickly so that we can have some family time. 4) We survived Lil’s first week at daycare! 5) And… to top all of that off, I saw a number on the scale this morning that I haven’t seen since last year!!!

I’ve been using my spare time when Lillian is in daycare to crank up the speakers outside and go outside and workout on the back patio. It would really be nice if fall would decide to hurry up and get here because it can get a little hot out there when I’m dancing around like a crazy woman. Soon I’m going to perfect my technique so that I can garden and plant while I’m dancing around to Lady Gaga. That would be a sight to see!

I’m slowly adjusting to baby girl in daycare…. it’s hard though. I miss her so much everyday and I just have to keep telling myself that she will be ok. Everyday when I pick her up she seems happy (except for yesterday when she had really bad gas).

We celebrated Lillian’s 3rd month birthday on Wednesday! I’ll post pictures and an update later this week.

This was Lillian Thursday after daycare — this smile meant the world to me. I couldn’t grab my camera fast enough so the phone picture will have to work.  Even though it’s blurry, you can still see the joy in her eyes

And, then yesterday when I picked up baby girl she was a little fussy because of gas but finally just went to sleep in my lap and I cherished every second cuddling with her in my lap.  I love this sweet angel!

Today, we are going to get out and enjoy this beautiful weather (and maybe dance around the backyard)!

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