Hectic.........

Generally, that is what it is like around here. I'm back to work - which isn't too bad. It is bad, however, that I don't get to stay in my pj's until mid-afternoon. This showering/making myself look presentable thing is brutal!

B and I are on a very good morning schedule though........Alec wakes up at 5 am (ouch!) and B gets up with him. They are out the door to Mom-Mom's by 6:30.

Lilli is up around the time they leave, so I get myself and her ready, breakfast and coffee together (coffee for me - not her - lol!) and we are out the door by 7:15. It is alot to do first thing in the morning!

I also run a program after school 2 days a week, which keeps me at school until 5:30. Thankfully on those nights, Mom-Mom cooks dinner! On top of that, I squeeze in 3 tutoring sessions for a few students at school..........it is very hard to keep track of.

The laundry is a mile high, the dust bunnies are bigger than the baby, and I am exhausted as usual!

Back to work I go............

So I have been on maternity leave for almost 4 months now, and I go back to teaching on the 6th. I have mixed feeling about it...............

I absolutely loved having time to bond with Alec, and I am so fortunate that I had that much time off. However, the SAHM thing just isn't for me. It is such a tough job, and I admire those who can do it! Ideally, I would love to work part-time, so that I can be home with the kids more - but that is not an option. But I do have my summer off, along with holiday breaks - so I really don't have it to bad!

Lilli has been going to the sitter 3 days a week while I have been home, because we wanted to keep her on a schedule (plus she loves going to "school"!) She will go back full-time when I start back.

Alec is going to be spending his days with Mom-Mom until the summer. Then it is off to the shore we go!

Only a few more weeks until spring break..........(is it bad to think that way??)

The H family..........what a pleasure!

This family was so sweet! They were such a pleaure to work with and "C" and "M" were so well behaved! I am going to be taking engagement pictures for their aunt soon - yay!!

Baby "G".....precious!

This is "G", and the G could possibly stand for gorgeous! She was such a sweetheart, and is going to be a knock-out! Good thing her big brother "D" will be around......

Gorgeous girls..........

Seriously, could these 3 sisters be any more beautiful?

Baby "C" - what a joy!

Meet "C" - isn't he adorable??? And he was so cooperative, at only 5 weeks old! He was definitley the best baby ever!

Inspiration explanation................

So now brings me to the point of how these 2 little ladybugs truly inspired me.............After Lilli was born, I was a picture-taking nut! By the time she was a year old, I had close to 2,000 pictures of her (crazy, I know).

B and I had a photographer come to the house to do family portraits for the holidays, as well as our Christmas cards. The pictures were beautiful, but the price was outrageous! (Truth be told, B still doesn't know how much it really was - I have a tendancy to cut all prices in half when he asks what I spent - sshh!)

I also hated the fact that my camera was so slow, and half the time I would miss the really good shots. So I researched some cameras, had a heart attack over the price - but I bit the bullet and finally bought one.

I loved it! Everyone told me what a fab job I was doing with Lilli's pictures, how I really had an "eye" for it, yada, yada.

So I took some photography classes. I got the basics down, had a teacher who was really great and encouraged me to keep going. But it didn't end there.......not only did I love taking pictures, but I really wanted to learn how to make my own photo cards too.

I had spent a fortune on birth announcements, Christmas cards, party invitations, thank you's, etc., for Lilli, so I really wanted to learn how to make my own. How hard could it be, right?

Well - harder than you think. And definitely more expensive than I thought! So I bought what I needed, and found a really great teacher. I learned alot on my own too, which drove B insane, because I have spent countless hours in front of the computer (which is why I now have to wear glasses too!)

It is now my new side gig, which I really enjoy doing. So now you will get to view some of my work!