4-8-11

I've received some not-so-subtle nudges about getting back to updating this. Everything from "Am I doing something wrong? When I go to Heide update I don't see anything new?" to "yea, you really just gave up on that, huh?"

So here I am.

Sometimes we all need a good kick in the pants to make something a priority, right?

I've been delicately adding to each side of a precariously balanced tightrope walk. When We hired a nanny and i started working more hours in December I stripped everything down to the basics so I could maintain a little sanity.

My mantra has been: My kids are loved and cared for and my home is not falling apart. The rest is just extras.

We've added back the extras as my sanity allows: art projects and baking with lily, organizing a cabinet. Taking on more projects at Liliana's, balanced with attempting a vacation to new Orleans.

And charlie reduced some stress when he started sleeping through the night in his crib (yes, he's 18 months old and this just happened), so I can add some more extras:
Seedlings in the playroom and baby chicks in my garage because it's spring and there are new little bits of new life blooming in all of us. New interests and new hope and new ideas.

So I'm adding blogging back in the mix, maybe my mantle isn't dusted (yes, it's bothering me to think about it while I lay in bed blogging) but you all will know what's up with us.

Our handsome Charlie is growing up so fast now! (the water is intentionally green. We have fun bath colors)


Also, not to blame shift, but I haven't had my nice camera around as much as I should, and it's hard to write a blog post about a photo as unfortunate as the one below.