The First Weeks Home

And what a fun time it has been. I am now approaching my second week of being a stay at home mom. I have not really had a lot of time for it to sink in because there has been a ton of "things" to do.... you know the cleaning of the house, the pile of laundry, and finally the errands you have been putting off for weeks. Oh ya I guess there is the whole taking care of Stephen in there also. We both are adjusting to the 24/7 mommy time and Stephen thinks it is all for him. I now know the true definition of "up my butt". He always wants me to hold him or play in the game room. (I secretly love the fact he wants his mommy but come on....) The first week has has really tested the boundaries by trying to climb over the baby gates and throwing fits when he did not get his way, but on the other hand there has been a ton of fun!!!!! Play dates with the neighbor, splashing at the pool, reading and craft time with mommy and of course the all important time in the play room. All in all it has been great but busy, I can wait for next week !!!!!!

Finally

The time has finally come and I couldn't be more excited. I officially gave my notice to quit my job on Thursday so I can be a stay at home mom. I am trading in the excel and power point for poppy diapers and pb& j sandwiches. I know all days will not be "glamorous" but we feel like it is the right time for me to be at home with Stephen.

My boss took it pretty well and understood. He told me a I could come back to the office if plans or situations change and he did offer some funny advice.

• Check in to a Mothers day out program, for you sanity
• Always remember what you feel right now because that will get you through the day
• And finally, If you don't think you are an equal contributor to the relationship then leave your son with your Husband for the weekend.

My last day will be Aug the 15th!!!!!!

Things here have been crazy for the past month so here is a little update......

We got Andrew off to Africa on May 2nd. He was gone for 2 long weeks but we survived. Auntie Lindsey came over alot and kept us company. We took a trip to Tyler for Mother day and saw my parents then the following weekend we went to San Antonio with Laura and Connor. We had a great time, but Stephen was ready for Andrew to come home. We pick him up at he airport and Stephen was so happy to see him that he jumped into his arms. It was really cute. the only bad part is when Stephen see Andrew's luggage he starts to get fussy thinking daddy is going to leave again....

New Shoes

We took Stephen to get some new shoes on Saturday. He had been pulling at his old ones for over a week and started to refuse to wear them. I guess it was time. We had a hard time measuring his foot but we got close enough to figure out he went from a 6 to almost a 7. We picked out a couple of pairs and decided on these. He loves them. As a matter of fact he loves them so much that he wanted to wear them to bed. We came home, gave him a bath, read his night, night story and before he would get in bed, he wanted his shoes on. It was so funny, he kept pointing and saying shoes, shoes, shoe until I put them on. After that he crawled into bed and went straight to sleep.

Our Family Album

Hi Everyone, Now that Stephen is getting bigger and I am not posting as many pictures on yahoo... I decided it was about time I started keeping everyone up to date on the Bohlin Happenings...