Wineries, Golf, and Cousins!

So the past few weeks have been very eventful.....as you can tell by the fact that I have been sorely slacking in the blog postings! I am back at work now and slowly adjusting to life as a working mom. So far, it is going A-OK. We had Maggie, our nanny, start the week before I actually headed back so we were able to get adjusted to how things would be once I actually headed back. This was a WONDERFUL idea as it allowed me to work out many of my tears before I actually had to be function on a daily basis. Don't get me wrong, Maggie is wonderful and Reese seems to really like her, but it is certainly an adjustment for me after 4 months of solid Reese/Mommy time. I am doing OK though and I am sure it will get easier as days go by. For now, I am back at work 4 days per week (I am off on Wednesdays) and working 9am-6pm. Reese is a morning baby for sure, so I get up around 5:30 and get ready for work so that I have a few solid hours with her before I have to head out the door. Then, we have a few good hours together when I get home as well. It seems to be balancing pretty well. It is hard, but it is for the best!

This past weekend, our good friends Pablo and Sarah came up to visit us from Phoenix. It was a good time! We did the wineries, a little golfing (yes, you CAN golf with a baby strapped to the front of you), and all in all spent a great weekend together. I am still not sure if my golf game was helped or hindered by having Reese attached to me, but given a 2 stroke handicap (per hole) I actually won. Without the handicap, well....we won't discuss that.

Last, but certainly not least, we welcome our new niece Sarah Nichole to the world this weekend. Todd's brother Kevin and his girlfriend Val became the proud parents of this beautiful little girl and Reese is so excited to have a cousin so close in age! We are looking forward to meeting her when we head down to Tucson in a couple of weeks! Congrats to Kevin and Val and welcome little Miss Sarah Nichole!