Happy Birthday

Last Saturday I celebrated my first birthday as a mother! It felt quite special to know what the 27th year of my life had brought.  So now I am a 28 year old mom and that sounds weird to say and write! Every year on my birthday I feel like a kid again.  I get excited and want to have a birthday cake with candles. But it is a refreshing feeling, knowing that for one day I can just let others do things for me, and not feel guilty.

Birthdays also bring out a thankfulness in me that is stronger than my every day thankfulness.  This year I am thankful for the gift of Silas and the beautiful family I have been blessed with. I am thankful for good health and a joyful life.  I look forward to what God has in store for me in the next year of life!

I celebrated my birthday with a few friends.  Just hanging out and playing Pictionary after dinner.  Søren gave me a massage chair, so we all had to try that out and had a relaxing evening.

Otherwise we haven’t been up to much. We are still figuring out a daily rhythm with Søren being back at work and trying to find time for each other. Our quality time the past 2 weeks has been doing a puzzle after Silas has gone to bed.  It was a cool one of the United States and we really enjoyed talking and putting the pieces in place.  Now we are looking forward to finding another one we can take on!

Not too many left

We did it!

As for me, I am finding ways to keep busy, but mostly just enjoying every day with Silas. He changes a little every day and it’s really a blessing to be able to spend so much time with him, and I still have over 4 months left at home!! We have now found a day care provider for him and she lives just a 5 minute walk away.  We have heard so many positive things about her, so it is nice to know that he will be in good hands. Luckily I still have 4 months at home and then will only be working part time (50%) for the rest of the school year, so I will still have some days off and some short days where I can spend a lot of time with Silas!

So I think that is all the BIG news from here. I am already looking forward to writing Silas’ 3 month blog…stay tuned!

Random pictures:

Making S'mores over the grill, inside