Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Back to work

It's been a while since my last post, but going back to work has been more challenging than I thought. Leaving my two precious children is difficult even though I know they are cared for during the day. Once we all get home it's family time until bed time for them, 7:00 for Camille and 8:00 for Nathan. Then it's time for the nightly chores of getting ready for it start all over again. Washing dishes, bottles, getting lunch ready for the next day and doing any prep work for dinner the next night so I can spend more time with the kids when I get home instead of being in the kitchen. All that to say, the blog has taken a back seat. Camille turned four months old three weeks ago and I didn't even post a picture!

And did I mention a squirrel fell into our chimney...again. One died a couple of years ago and it was AWFUL! Phil and I built a trap (see below) but he must have been asleep when we opened the flume because nothing happened. We thought maybe he died. Great. Phil came home the next day and found the full grown squirrel sitting on the back of our couch!!! Really? A squirrel in the house? Thank goodness I wasn't the one who stumbled on him with two kiddos! Thankfully Phil captured him in the bathroom after a two plus hour square off. We don't think he had been in here for long because so far we haven't found anything chewed up or scratched. There were crooked picture frames on the wall and a little poop on the floor, but all in all, I think we got off fairly well. Ashely, I don't think he was anything like stormy. :)

We are doing well and Camille is growing up so fast. She is rolling over and squeals all the time. Nathan loves her so much and is constantly loving on her and making sure she has her lovey and paci. He tells me he can't wait for her to get bigger so she can play with his toys, but we all know what will happen she does get bigger and bigger. :)

It's not letting me post pictures for some reason so the squirrel trap picture will have to wait.