We Don't Want Summer to End!

Sam after going to the swimming pool (above)
Sam enjoying anything he can find on the ground

Sam trying to get me!

Sam dancing at his first wedding

Once again, summer has flown by! I was just looking at some recent pictures of Sam and wondering what we are going to do all winter when we have to be inside all of the time. I'm going to have to get creative for sure! We've had a lot of fun this summer taking swim class, gym class, going to the family cottage, and playing outside whenever we get a chance. We are looking forward to this weekend. We don't have a lot going on which is perfect because we all know how life gets so busy in the summer. I hope you have something fun planned this weekend. If your looking for something to do they are having Taste of Madison up by the capitol!!

Sam's Daycare

I always wondered...do I want to stay home when I'm a mom or do I want to go back to work? If you would have asked me before I had Sam I would have told you hands down... I wanted to stay home. Little did I know that the first 12 weeks of his life was pretty much the hardest and most exhausting experience I've ever been through. I don't think I quite knew what I was getting myself into. I was kind of happy when I went back to work because I was able to find some of my "old self" ...if that makes sense.

Realizing all of that, I often wonder if going back to work was the best decision for Sam. When I was growing up, my mom stayed home with us and I loved it every second of it. I loved being home and always being by my mom. Well, today I'm having one of those days where I feel pretty good about Sam having his daycare. We had a summer picnic there after work tonight and it was so much fun watching him play with his friends. He already makes them laugh non-stop. I feel as though he is becoming a little social bug. It makes me happy that he is happy with all his friends. And I feel like this is something that he would not get fully from being home with me everyday. I've attached some pictures. =)

So Excited About My New Blog!

I always thought blogs were for people who had way too much time on their hands. I wasn't really sure what the purpose was. However, as more time has passed I've noticed more and more of my friends creating their own blogs. I find myself visiting all the time and hoping that when I visit they have an update. It makes me feel connected to their lives even when our days go by so fast that you don't always have time to catch up with each other as much as you would like. So here I am, diving into to become a blogger. I definitely don't have too much time on my hands so I will throw that judgement out the door for now. I hope you find yourself coming back to visit my blog. I hope to update our family blog once a week. Hope you are having a great week!!