Paisley's First Day of Daycare

This little cutie went to her first day of daycare today as I went back to work.  

It was a dreaded day for mommy, but a good day for Paisley.  I really didn't do too bad, but my first day back was an inservice day so there was time sitting around thinking about my little miss.  I knew she was in great hands and big brother was with her too, so she had a familiar face.  

I don't think I will be very productive this week once I'm home as I'll need to get in a good healthy dose of Paisley snuggles each evening!

Maternity Leave

(Warning, photo overload!)

Maternity leave has come and (unfortunately) gone as I'll be returning to work tomorrow.  I so enjoyed my time home with my little munchkins. 

We got into a great routine that I'm really going to miss.  We would hang out for the morning, get around and get dressed, and load up to head downtown.  Once downtown, we would go for a 30-45 minute walk and then stop at the park so Ollie could play.  We would then load up, go home for lunch, and take our afternoon naps.

Afternoon snacks were always a must after nap time.

A couple of times at the beginning of maternity leave, Ollie went to daycare.  I was planning on sending him a couple times a week, but it turned out her only went a couple times.  He was a big helper to me at home and was patient when I needed to do something with Paisley.  His potty training also stayed on track so that was a big blessing.  

He he is with a big watermelon (his favorite!) at Teresa's house :)

I'm convinced that there is nothing better than little baby snuggles.

More trips to the park and stroller rides!

Maternity leave was also spent finishing up Paisley's room.  It's still not completely finished.  Poor second child.  

Ollie developed some strange napping habits and preferred the floor rather than his bed. 

One morning walk got interrupted by the rain.  Of course, the only option was to have donuts instead.  These donut holes were huge!

Speaking of food...this boy has been eating a ton lately, not sure if it's a growth spurt or what, but he is always in to chowing down.

I had been looking forward to my maternity leave for many reasons... I worked all summer and was ready for a break...I had some projects that I wanted to get done around the house...and I was anxiously awaiting snuggles with my new little baby girl.  However, one of the most enjoyable things was spending time with Ollie.  He's always been a daddy's boy, but spending 6 weeks with him at home really allowed us to bond too.  I got lots of after-nap snuggles in with him which are typically reserved only for daddy.  We laughed and played together, and really just had lots of fun!

And oh how I'll miss spending the whole day with this sweet little one.

Paisley's Baptism

Our sweet little baby was baptized yesterday.  I knew that if I didn't get it done before I went back to work that it would just get put off.  

Here are a bunch of pictures from the day:

My favorite picture of Eric and his family :)

Uncle Shelby and Aunt Jaime are Paisley's Godparents.

Ollie loves his Uncle Shelby! 

Paisley did so good!  Not as laid back as her brother was during his baptism, but she was pretty chill about the whole thing.

 We had lots of people to help us celebrate this special day.

  

We had double the celebration on this day as we also celebrated my niece's 9th birthday!

Happy Birthday, Kaylee!