Happy Family of 4: July 2010

Disclaimer...I wrote this a week ago but posted it to the wrong blog and didn't have the energy to re-post it to the correct blog, until today. So as you read it pretend it is last week!

Today is a sad day. I woke up at 7:30 and got myself and JP ready for the day, packed everything in the car and drove to my sister's house. This was not a very pleasant drive however. I knocked on her door and dropped my baby off so I could go back to work. Yes, today is my first day back from maternity leave. I am not one to cry or get emotional, but I wanted to cry on my drive to work. And now that I am here, every time someone says "welcome back" I want to cry. It is a cruel thing to make a woman carry her baby for 9 months, then stay at home all day for 6 plus weeks, then say to her "sorry, you have to back to work full time and can only see your baby for a couple hours before it is time to go to bed and start all over". I know I will manage and I will get over it soon enough, but that doesn't make this transition any easier!

My last hoo-rah before going back to work was spent in Yellowstone. My entire family was able to go to Island Park for a few days and just enjoy some time away from home. The best part about going to Island Park is not having to stick to any agenda; one day we may decided to go into the park and an hour later change our minds and go feed the fish instead (or in our case, steal the fishing nets from the kids and have a contest to see who can catch the most minnow's at the river). All-in-all it was fun and relaxing!

This is what happens when you take the training wheels off a little girl's bike, who is dead set on removing them the day she turns 5 and not an hour earlier (I think there are some tears in this picture but it took a while to work them up)