My first sledding experience

It is a sad thing that when the temperature gets above 20, Chicagoans cheer, “Yay! It is warm enough to play outside!” Since it finally warmed up ;) yesterday, Mom and Dad took me sledding for the first time. It was a lot of fun! I even went down the hill all by myself a few times (see video below). I was glad that they got me the super warm and way too big snowsuit to keep me from getting cold!

Video, try 2

Here is the video again!

New Year's Eve

 

I love this picture of Joshua, my mom and dad, and Andy all reading a story on the couch before bedtime. We are so blessed to have both of our parents (the Bridges and the Studees) live so close and excited to be involved in Joshua's life.

Christmas Day with the Bridges

Here are the pictures from Christmas Day with the Bridges. Mom got a cool cake plate that I thought was an astronaut helmet!

Going back to work stinks, for everybody!

It was so sad to leave this morning to go back to work. At one point, I had to leave Joshua sitting in the living room while I went to the kitchen to finish getting his things ready for the sitters and he started to cry, follow me, and lift his arms up. There were tears rolling down his cheeks! Andy told me he cried the entire way to the sitters :(.

It was so nice to be home with him for over a week. Hopefully the transition back to work won't be too hard on either of us!