Time marches on

It's been another crazy couple of weeks and the rest of September doesn't look like it's going to settle down any. Little Birdy was finally baptized on Saturday, September 8th in a private ceremony. The godparents are our beloved Nanny, to the left, and brother-in-law Chuck, on the far right.

Birdy's Baptism

September 8, 2007

We celebrated baptism and the September birthdays at our house that afternoon.

The September Birthday Cake

Birdy's Sunday Best

The rest of the weekend was spent watching football, of course. Below are pictures of the progress made in the basement bathroom and photos from last week -- I was able to join Toad's class for a field trip to a local farm. They picked their own ears of corn and gourds, fed animals, and picnicked in the gorgeous fall sunshine. The best part, according to Toad? "Everything."

I worked all weekend and am off today. I took Grandma B to the orthopedic clinic to have her broken wrist checked. She fell on Friday and will have to have surgery tomorrow. What next? Hammer Guy is in Seattle for the entire week. I didn't even see him off yesterday as I was still at work. He comes back on Friday afternoon and then Birdy and I leave Saturday morning for our Girls Weekend Getaway.

Our sassy bathroom

Field Trip to the Fall Harvest Apple Orchard

Birdy's First Cereal

So many Firsts

August 13, 2007 -- Birdy's first day of preschool

Birdy in her Sassy jumper -- jump around! jump! jump! jump!

It's been so long since I've blogged, I'm not sure I remember how.

The final weekend of the summer started last Thursday when the whole family had a day off. Toad and Lemon got haircuts and we went to the nursery to buy trees for the front yard in memory of my dad. We bought two river birch and the boys installed them on Friday night. I worked Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Birdy started to get sick on Friday and HG soon followed. It was a rough weekend but luckily Grandma and Grandpa A were here to take care of the sickies. I'll spare you the details.

August was a month of Firsts for Miss Bird. Sadly, her time with Nanny ended as Nanny prepared to go back to school. Birdy started in the Infant Room at Toad's school on Monday, August 13th. On Tuesday, August 14th, Birdy woke with her first major cold, which has now become her first ear infection (we visited the doctor this afternoon). Friday, August 31st her first tooth broke through (bottom left) and her second (bottom right) is very close behind. To say that she's crabby would be the understatement of the year. She also had her first "professional" photos taken on a very rainy Saturday -- she had no smiles that afternoon!

Birdy seems to get along fine in the Infant Room; I'm the one having trouble with it. Things are quite overwhelming for me these days. There have been some major changes at work that have not been at all welcomed and I'm seriously considering ending my career there. Please, if anyone wins the lottery, if you could just send half a million my way, I'd appreciate it.

Toad's beloved teacher started her own preschool and we're working toward getting him there. We visited the school last week and it feels like it's the right thing to do. The timing just isn't right.... yet. The basement project drags on. It's been so hard for Hammer Guy to work on it with my work schedule the way it is. The bathroom is nearly complete and the walls are close to being finished.

We missed the State Fair again.

Birdy will be baptized this Saturday and we're having our families over to celebrate that and September birthdays. Later in the month Birdy and I are taking a trip to Duluth to reunite with my wonderful college friends -- a much-needed get-together!