Well...

I'm sure you can understand why I've been too busy to update the ole' bloggeroo... what with Stoney Lake beckoning me and all. It's not hard to make a decision when the options are:
1. sit on the deck with a beer and watch the sunset, or,
2. wrestle with Rob's iphone to update the blog

Life goes back to normal next week, so I'll be back to reality and will try to update more. We've been having a great time (am home overnight for a pit stop) and Evy is loving every minute of cottage life (who wouldn't be?).

Hugs to Lee, Chris & the boys in Missoula! Looks like they are settling in and I'm missing them very much!

Little lady

It's been another busy few days. The Higginson Clan has gathered for family fun and we had 17 people here for dinner on Sunday. Then yesterday we went to my aunt Joan and uncle John's house and had another meal, this time with 23 attendees - pretty crazy!

Evy was very lucky and got a beautiful knitted 'fish' hat from Aunt Pat. Here she is modelling it (even though it's been about 35 degrees - will be better in the winter!). It's still a bit too big, which is amazing because Rob and I both have heads the size of hot air balloons, but Evy's noggin is suprisingly small).

"Crawling is for sissies... I walk everwhere now"

"Momma - I gotta make some calls!"

"I don't like my own 3,876 toys - I prefer to play with electronics"

"I'm wearing my fishy hat and watching the fishermen at the pond"

Alas, I don't have any pictures of the Higginson Clan - luckily there were people more organized than I who actually had cameras - and I'll share the pics when I get some.

In other news, Miss E has been faring better at daycare. She had a rough week last week, where the crying to non-crying ratio wasn't great, but she was back there again today and was actually playing and having fun, so, she has adapted quickly.

And we're looking forward to spending this weekend on Georgian Bay with the girls - should be FUN! Evy is the only baby allowed because she's still attached to the bosom - so it'll be her and 6 women, which is just her kind of ratio to get enough attention. Can't wait!

Survived

So I survived work: day 1. It was exhausting and I can't remember how it is that some people do this FIVE days a week! I guess it'll take me a while to get back in the swing of things.

Miss Evy didn't fare very well. She was at daycare for 4 hours - she cried for 3 of them and slept 1 hour. She also refused all food and her bottle - so didn't have even a crumb while she was there - poor lamb. Not a very good start. I'm hoping it was just a fluke and that she'll be happier there tomorrow. Will be hard to concentrate on work while I'm wondering if she's sobbing into her little hands. Soo sad! Hopefully she'll adjust soon.

Here we are this morning as I was getting ready to head out the door:

Big thanks to that husband o' mine who is now in charge of getting Evy ready in the mornings and taking her to daycare. They had a fun daddy-daughter morning, and it's nice that it allows me to zoom off to work bright and early. Thanks hubby!

A whole range of emotions today

It's been a rollercoaster day for me emotionally.

Tomorrow is the big day. The big "back to work" day. And yes, YES, I know it's only 18.5 hours a week. I know that leaves LOTS more hours to be with my beautiful babe, but that's not making it any easier right now.

I did my best to distract myself by whipping up dinner for 8 and having lots of fun visiting with the fam. After a huge meal, my main feeling was "overstuffed", but here are some of the other feelings I've had today:

Heartache=
I feel a physical pain thinking about how much I'm going to miss this face

Excitement=
I can't believe I'm going to be an auntie again! Aren't these two just the CUTEST prospective parents ever?

Joy=
Beautiful jewel-toned veggie kabobs to go with a big family dinner. Yum!

Dread=
Work clothes drying on the line. It's going to be hard to dress like a grown-up again after my year off, and my birkenstock MNR days before that!

Horror=
1st day on the new job. 1st day leaving my beautiful baby. SO so so so sad

Anticipation=
a tiny bit