Happy Mother's Day!

It's my first Mother's Day!

To my Mom, Thank you for everything you've done for me these past 27 years! You're the best!

To all the Moms that supported me these last 10 months, I loved hearing all your babies birth stories, I've loved all the advice and I appreciated you putting up with me complaining about heartburn and lack of sleep.

Here's another wonderful story in honor of Mother's day.

Something Good in the News

With all the sad a crazy stuff that has been in the news this past week it sure is nice to see a news story like this.

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Grandparents are so Special!

Piper has now had the chance to meet both sets of her grandparents. For me it was so much fun to see people love her (almost) as much as I do.

It does make me sad that both Josh's parents and my parents live so far away. While we were going through all the nonsense of purchasing our home we were starting to wonder if it was a sign to move back to Minnesota. It's hard to know what is the best thing to do. Josh has a great job here in Portland and I love my job and my supervisors are super flexible. We also now have cute little home of our own, and not to mention Portland is a great city.

We are already planning a trip back home this summer and it sounds like both Grandmas are already planning there next trip to Portland.

Piper is so lucky to have two sets of amazing Grandparents and I know they will be a huge part of her life no matter what. I guess like anything else in life we will find the balance that works best for our family:)

Being a Mom is a Pretty Great Job!

Piper is going to turn 6 weeks old on Wednesday and that means I'm halfway done with my maternity leave. Honestly I've been loving my time off and I've absolutely been loving getting to know my daughter. My whole life I've looked forward to being a mother and I also looked forward to balancing work and parenthood. It seemed like a no brainier to me, I would take my 12 weeks off and the go right back to my full time job. That was the plan up until a few months back. Sometime in early January my boss and his boss brought me into a quite room to let me know that my job was on the chopping block. I of course went home that night and cried. I had worked hard to get to where I'm at and It was a huge bummer that it was getting taken away. What was I going to do?

I have to say my job getting cut may be one of the biggest blessings ever. After discussing my options with my boss and my husband I think I may have found the best balance of work and parenting ever. At the beginning of the next fiscal year (July 1st) I will work part time on Josh's days off. This means Piper will not have to go to daycare, I'll get to spend the majority of my week with my little girl, and I will still get to work my job that I really love. How amazing is that!

July 1st is still a few months away and I still have to go back full time for 10 days once my leave is up but I'm really looking forward to this summer. Who knows if this balance of work and parenting will be as great as it sounds but I feel that position getting cut my be a very good thing. We'll see how it goes but I sure am looking forward to being a part time recreation leader and a full time mother!

1 Month Old

My little girl turned one month old yesterday. We celebrated the day by washing all her 0-3 month clothes (she's almost ready to fit in them) and going for a walk with our friends Ella and Rebecca.

Wow what a month this has been becoming parents, moving into a new home and doctors appointments every week. I've learned you can't have too many onesies, blankies and burp rags. There have been many nights with very little sleep and I've had to learn to graze rather than sit down and have a nice meal but it's all been worth it.

I've also gotten to watch a lot of late night TV. Josh is amazed with the great documentaries on Public Broadcasting at 3 am. I'm trying to figure out why the hosts on the Insider talk so loud.

It's been a great month!

Home Sweet Home

We Moved!

Josh, Piper, and I moved yesterday into our new home. We're all pretty exhausted. I think I over extended myself and I paid for it today. Poor Josh has had to work extra hard because my body isn't up to par and I'm taking care of the little one. We're all looking forward to getting unpacked and putting the furniture where it needs to be.

The movers Josh hired were really into holistic medicinal and actually had him eating weeds out of our lawn. It was pretty amusing and he hasn't keeled over yet. They also gave him all kinds of advice on things you can do with dandelions.

Even though the last few days have been stressful it's so nice to have a place to call our very own. Piper has a beautiful back yard to play in not to mention the little park right next store.

It feels good to be home!

3 Weeks Old Yesterday

My little girl is now 3 weeks old. Josh, Piper, and I are finally falling into some what of a rhythm. We've been busy getting the house ready, the plan is to move next Wednesday. We're busy but so happy!