Maternity Leave. Its a wrap.

You know how the first child always has boxes and boxes of photos and every little thing from first smile to first haircut is documented then the second child has a few pics and who knows if Mom can even find those?  Well, that is what has happened with the blog.

I will try to do some catch up.

We have all enjoyed having maternity leave.  I have been blessed extra time with my kiddos and I have been so grateful for every second.  Here are a few things we have been doing with my time off.

We spent time with some extra special people.

We built bird feeders.

I have been blessed to see these sisters begin to grow a bond.

We have played. A lot.

I have tried to be a homemaker and actually cook good food.

The recipe for this lemon blueberry bread can be found here.

Minka has surpassed expectations of "big helper"

I have put my family to work on some projects :)

 

We celebrated holidays (St Patricks Day, Easter, Cinco de Mayo).

 Minka is helping build a pinata in the picture below for Cinco de Mayo.

We experienced first smiles.

Jareth was lucky enough to go on a date with this hot chick.

Nora experienced the Bumbo seat for the first time.

 So of course Minka tried it too.

 We have played outside during cold weather.

We have played outside during warm weather.

We have had lots of Mommy time.  

Recently we had this discussion:

Me to Minka:  You know, some day I will have to go back to work.

Minka:  No!  You're teasing me!

I wish I was just teasing you.

And some days were plain exhausting.