Back in Action

I know it has been quite awhile since I blogged and as you might remember from my last post, our camera never made it home from our trip to El Paso. I was heartbroken and just sick. Since I couldn't post pictures, I really started to slack on keeping up with my blog. However, my sweet sweet husband surprised me with a new PINK camera and I can't wait to put it to good use. August has been a super busy month for us, but I think things are calming down enough for me to jump back on the blogging bandwagon.

Here are a few high lights to catch you up on what you missed . . . . . . .

• Eliza started back to daycare. The first couple of mornings were a bit tough but I think she has her groove back. Yesterday she looked at me and said " Bye - bye Mommy" - as if to say "I am ready to play with my friends - so you need to leave now."

• I was finally able to get our dining room and living room (AKA Eliza's playroom) painted. Our rooms are no longer an ugly powder blue but rather a lovely calming green (creamy cilantro).

• I started my new job. I was lucky enough to be hired by a great school in a great school district and I love that I am now closer to home (no more hour and a half commute). My new coworkers have been very kind and helpful but I still miss my old school.

• Eliza and her dad have been spending a lot of time in the pool. She seems very comfortable in the water and loves hanging out in the pool almost as much as her dad does.

• Eliza's vocabulary is expanding every day. Some of her new words are blanket, shoes, house, light and MOMMY! Yes - she finally says Mommy. I was beginning to think that she was going to call me Daddy for the rest of her life.

• Eliza is now MoMo (pacifier) free. We didn't go completely cold turkey - we do still let her have it at bedtime

• I have finally decided to let Eliza sleep with a pillow. I know . . . I know . . . . it would have been fine long ago to give her a pillow but after reading every baby book known to man - I guess I just got a little paranoid. Needless to say she LOVES her pillow.