Saturday Play

My active little guy!

One year ago...

A teeny, tiny M being burped by Daddy.

Now we are one

M turned one while we were on vacation. We planned to have a party with family and friends on the Cape today, but ended up heading back to NJ on Thursday because of Hurricane Earl. (Which turned out to be only slightly more than a stiff breeze... *grumble*) I'm a bit bummed that he didn't have a first birthday party, but I know he won't remember it. Instead, J and I got our favorite pizza and a little cake. M liked gnawing on the pizza, but wasn't so sure about the cake! It was pretty wonderful to be home with my boys.

So, happy birthday my precious little boy! I really can't believe that it's been a whole year since a became your mama. It's been an incredible 12 months and I love you more and more every day.

But, just one more picture...

M striking a pose.

Pause for vacation

We're on the Cape. Much good fun, family and food - unfortunatly a very bad internet connection...

One year ago...

It was my first day of maternity leave and also M's due date. I was preparing to go to my final doctor's appointment. And by preparing, I mean probably lying on the couch watching tv. Not, unfortunately, doing something useful like having breakfast. Something I regretted five hours later. Instead of spending my first day of maternity leave having breakfast at my favorite diner, getting a pedicure and doing a bit of last minute shopping, I ended up being sent to the hospital by my doctor because my BP was high. I spent the morning hooked up to machines, starving. I was so grateful at 1pm when the nurse told me I was being induced and let me sneak out and get food at the hospital Au Bon Pain.

It was my first lesson of motherhood - always have breakfast, because kids are unpredictable!

Bathroom Excitement

Ok, perhaps that's not the best post title.

Anyway, two weeks ago I went to the basement in out laundry room and discovered water seeping down the ceiling. Not fun. We called our plumber and it turned out to be a leak in our second floor bathroom sink. Even less fun. And, to access the leak the bathroom floor would have to come up. Yep, that just sucks.

Before

The skeleton of our house. Pretty creepy.

Our new PVC pipes

On Monday, our contractor arrived to remove the floor. Wednesday the plumber fixed the pipes. Now, I'm waiting for the contractor to come back and put everything together. Hopefully I'll have "after" pictures soon!