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!

Pictures from Christmas Eve with the Studees!

Here is Joshua on Christmas Eve at the Studees. Doesn't he look adorable in his nice outfit? Pictures from Christmas Day with the Bridges coming soon!

Andy gets Husband of year award, 2007

I am at the end of a whole day alone in my house. Heavenly.

As some of you know, I am an introvert. I love people, but get drained by lots of activity and people. So, yesterday (Saturday), after Christmas visits and a busy week, I was pretty beat and not at all looking forward to spending time in Milwaukee with Andy's family. I was trying to think of a way to pump myself up for a the trip, when Andy said he and Joshua would go to the festivities without me. I took him up on his offer after some debate and am so glad I did.

I got errands run, things done around the house, and just enjoyed being on my own schedule for the past 24+ hours. Now, I am eagerly awaiting my boys arrival home and will be happy to see them both.

If you see Andy, give him a big kudos. Apparently Joshua was a bit poopy the past 24 hours and Andy was quite grossed out.

I will post Christmas pictures soon if you are interested.

Thank God for Friends

Greg and Nicole Foster rock my world.

Last week, Andy and I were hit with the stomach flu (and I do mean hit). He was out Thursday and I was out on Friday. On Saturday we were supposed to leave to go to Normal, IL, for a friend's wedding. As I was yakking on Friday night at 11pm I was sure there was no way we could make it. However, Saturday dawned and I felt better. I still didn't want to eat (who could blame me?), but was good enough to travel. We were getting ready to take Joshua over to my dad so we could leave for Normal, when dad calls. Now HE is sick. Uh oh. What do we do? We brainstormed. My mom was off of work at 6pm, and could watch him then, but what do we do in the meantime since we have to leave at noon?

Well, we called the Fosters. I apprehensively asked Nicole if she could watch Joshua for 6 hours, and she responded of course! (I told you they rock my world). In fact, they were going to Bethelhem (A Salvation Army event in Chicago) and would be over in our neighborhood so they could pick him up. What service! It all worked out well in the end. Andy and I got 24+ hours of being adults, Joshua had a great experience, and my mom and dad still got to play with their grandson (which they were looking forward to). Thanks so much Greg and Nicole!