If Only...

It's back to work tomorrow.  It's been 16 days that I have spent with my little man.  16 amazing, exhausting, fun-filled, busy, hetic, precious, memory filled days.  And I'm sad.  I'm sad that our lazy mornings are over.  I'm sad that we don't get to snuggle while we watch the "Sunny-Side Up" show in the morning. I'm sad that we can just pick up and go, stay in our jammies or visit with family and friends whenever we want.

I love my job.  At one point in my life, I thought being a teacher was the greatest profession possible.  That was before I was a mommy.  Now, it's the second greatest profession.  I miss my kiddos like crazy, but I'm going to miss being a "full-time" mommy.  Reilly and I have had sooooooo much fun over the past two weeks.  We have made so many precious memories...ones that will be with me forever.

A small glimpse of what we've spent our days  doing...

*We got to spend time with our family for Christmas--including some cousins in Chicago that we don't see often.
*We went out to lunch.
*We played in the snow.
*We played at the waterpark.
*We shopped.
*We spent time with friends.
*We thought about working on going potty in the big boy potty--Mommy failed with this one!
*We had to say goodbye to our dear Dr. Pepper.
*We bounced at Concord Bounce
*We got to celebrate Brady's birthday at one of his parties.
*We got to spend some amazing time as a family--going out to breakfast, hanging out, and just spending time together.
*We went sledding.
*We sat on the front porch and waved to the neighbors.
*We played trucks.  And blocks. And Elmo.
*We talked about trains...oh did we talk about trains.
*We went to a lot of pet stores to see the animals.
*We got to have lunch with Brady at school.
*We snuggled
*We went to see "Gamma and Papa"
*We had fun.

If only hugs, snuggles and kisses would pay the bills...I'd be one rich mommy...and we would have so many more days like the past 16.

2 Weeks...



We had a great time finding what Santa left under the tree!

Each present was a whole new squeal of delight!

Magna-doodling with Daddy

It would have been better if you could actually see the hat flip flopping back and forth.

We spent a LOT of time snuggling--my FAVORITE!

Instantly fell in love with Splash Universe!

Had a bouncing good time at Concord Bounce!

Discovered life as a King...

Our first snow experience!

We went shopping...love that Petco has peanut sized carts...strongly believe EVERY store should!

We hung out on the front porch

We also hung out in the hallway...

We finished Winter Break with doughnuts from Ms. Sarah!

1 Chair

In our living room, sits a couch, loveseat and and just one chair.  It's a regular, nothing fancy, no frills kinda chair.  However, it's the most sought after seat in the living room.  But, I'm not sure why.  Maybe it's because it's the only seat directly in front of the television.  Maybe it's because you can sit in it and still reach the end table to prop your toes.  Maybe it's because it's just a well loved, fits to your booty kinda chair.  I'm just not sure.

This afternoon, Reilly and I were fighting over who got to sit in the chair.  He usually likes to sit in the back, and then have his person of choice sit in front of his legs.  However, the chair isn't that big, and he never remembers that it works out quite as well as he thinks it's going to.

Well, today...we both finally got comfortable in the chair.  However, he also brought a few of his favorite things.

One chair

1 Mommy
1 Reilly
2 Couch pillows
1 bed pillow
1 television remote
1 large Ziploc bag of pretzels
1 Xbox controller
1 cordless phone base
1 dump truck
1 remote control car
1 book
2 blankets
1 ball popper toy
1 formula container

I think I'm heading to the couch next time.  Oh...and perhaps contacting the "Hoarders-Buried Alive" show for a future episode about my son and his chair.