Back With A Splash

{Happy Birthday, Vivi!}

I have always thought of Clara as a little fish, seeing as she loves showers and baths so much.  She even likes putting her face in the water and doesn't mind being cold.  This swim birthday (for one of our favorite one-year old friends!) gave her a chance to show off her love for water, as she dominated the slip n slide and tried repeatedly to get into the kiddie pool.  (Momma shouldn't have worn a skirt!)  

Seeing her go crazy over the water games gave me the final push I needed to sign us up for baby swim classes.  I know they won't be anything more than water play, but I am still really excited for us! We start on Monday.

In other news...

 I regret to share that my blog posting will continue to be rather sparse and sporadic.  My husband takes the computer to work for 100 hours a day (and also works on it at home!), so I hardly ever get a chance to throw together a blog post.  I hope you'll stick around for the few that do manage to make an appearance!

Serious Post for the Internet Folk

Do you know what I dislike about work? I sit at my desk, dreaming of all of the things I would like to accomplish and trips I would like to take. When you spend 50 hours on the clock + 5 hours of driving each week, there isn’t really a lot of time left for the little things.

Work is important, not only for financial reasons, but also for a person’s character. I am fully capable of being lazy, but I am also a darn hard worker, when I want to be. Give me a class in school and I’ll ace it; put me out in the desert with a shovel and I’ll excavate until the sun goes down.

But sitting at a desk? Sometimes it seems like a waste, you know? Aside from strengthening my writing skills, catching up on the news, and being politically informed, I don’t really grow very much.

I think back on the summer when I was unemployed. Yes, there were a lot of boring times and I wished desperately for a job, but I also felt satisfied in my role as a homemaker and a wife. I might have even been a little bit happier. My sewing machine wasn’t covered in dust, we had home cooked meals on the table, and the house was always beautiful.

The boring parts of my wifely days, I thought, would quickly disappear if I had children to take care of and clean up after. (Although the days would probably get a lot harder, both physically and emotionally.)

I look forward to being a stay-at-home mom, but sometimes I worry that I am too susceptible to Grass is Greener Syndrome. I need to be happier with where I am in the present. I think I spend too much of my time in the future.

It can be very difficult to balance.

The Details, People

Say hello to

Dagny Fern

She looks beautiful and perfect and I can't wait to meet her in person.

I guess big brother is pretty cute, too.

Bundle of Joy

There is a new addition to the family!

My sister-in-law is the proud mother of her first little girl. 

That makes four girls in one year!

They live in Seattle, which is much too far away. 

Though Baby Girl doesn't have a name yet, here are her stats:

November 21, 2010
8 pounds, 6 ounces

22 inches

I can't wait to see her.

I am also excited to pick Ketsy's brain about midwives and home birthing.

She has paved the way!