Hi all... So sorry that it has been weeks and weeks since we last updated. Work schedules have picked up, not to mention the amount of time and attention little miss Grace requires as she is growing! We are still working on taking pictures with the camera (not just our phones) more often, and I hope to have a more regular upload schedule for the blogs as well.
My job has finally picked up in pace and I am beginning to comprehend
the full scope of my responsibilities there. I love working with the
students, and I truly feel that working with at-risk students in higher
education is exactly where I belong. I'll admit, I had no idea the
amount of energy and organization it would take to be a working mommy,
and we are still learning how to be the best for Grace that we can be
with both of us busy all day.
Mark enjoys his job and
is gaining more influence and leadership with his colleagues. After two
years, it is amazing to see how far he has come; and it's exciting to
look to the future possibilities for his career! He LOVES being a
daddy... and it's harder and harder to leave for the office each new
morning.
The last month (and a half) has been busy with
family visits, traveling, friends in town, dinner dates in the 'burbs,
and adjusting to Grace's preferences- which seem to change daily!
Grace
is just such an adorable baby; we feel so lucky to get to spend time
with her every day! She has learned how to roll over from front to back,
and back to front! We have learned that she is VERY sensitive to
getting enough sleep, and that we have to enforce as much nap time
during the day as possible as well as a 7:45pm bed time. Without enough
sleep, she just isn't the same baby!
And now, the real reason most of you visit our little page.... pictures of Baby Grace! These are from just a few "photo shoots" and I'll be loading our camera phone pics soon. Her 3-month photo shoot was a little delayed.... hence the date on Daddy's birthday! (instead of March 8th. oops!) Enjoy!
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Nursery Makeover!
We've finished one of the last steps before Baby C gets here: our bedroom/nursery! Thanks to my Dad and Donna for spending a few days last week helping pull it all together =) Photos and updates from our wonderful Baby Shower to come ASAP!
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| New wall color, wall of gray drapes, and a few additions to the bed. |
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| CRIB! Mobile made by me, bumpers and skirt by Donna, shelving unit and TV a la Mark. |
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| My b-day/ x-mas present... gray glider! Glider, ottoman, and new wall canvases. |
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| Another look at the crib/ mobile. |
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| The whole room! (plus Eleanor... who has no idea what she's in for!) |
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| New dresser, wall shelves, lamp. (Future home of changing station. ) |
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Summer 2011
Here are a FEW photos from this summer. Mark surprised me with a fancy new DSLR camera and we're trying to train ourselves to take more pictures! We hope that Baby C will prompt this habit more ;)
Pregnancy has wiped me out! Naps have been pretty standard at our place.
Tall ships come to Navy Pier.
Baby bump as of August 14th.
Just showing!
Still loving the view from our apt roof.
Trying my best to stay up with Mark, my little night owl ;)
Life in Chicago
This is a collection of photos from our life in Chicago over the last 3 years. Mark and I have had a wonderful time learning and growing together in our new city! (sorry they are not chronological!)
Alyssa and Katherine: 11/13/2010
NYE 2010
NYE 2009
NYE 2008
St. Paddy's Day 2011
Thanksgiving 2009
Hannah's Wedding!
M. Ed. Graduation from Loyola Chicago, May 2011
Higher Education Conference, Baltimore, 2011
3 Amigas, together again =)
Alyssa and the IIT Orientation Leaders at Camp T, Summer 2010
Bernadette's Wedding
NYE 2009
25th Birthday
Laura's visit
Alyssa's first MSU Homecoming!
Halloween 2009
First Anniversary, Oct 2009
Eric, James, Mark: Summer 2009
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