9 Weeks

That's all the time I've got left on maternity leave. How the hell does it pass so quickly?

It feels like only a few weeks ago I gave birth to Olivia and I had all the time in the world...

Baby Olivia turned 9 months old on Monday - she is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up to a standing position anywhere she can. She is a smiling, happy, easy-going baby and I thank my lucky stars to have ended my baby-career on such a lovely note.

It has been incredibly busy - so much so that my brain feels like it has been scrambled and I can't quite string together a simple sentence to explain it all. If you'll forgive me, maybe I'll just write down a few noteworthy bullet points!

• Jeff and I got married on June 12 and it was exactly what we wanted in our wedding. We had fun, the guests had fun and honeymooning was fantastic!
• The bass boat almost died. (Believe me, if you're married to any type of fisherman, but especially a bass fisherman - this is CATASTROPHIC news.)
• The kids finished school on June 22nd and we're still in shock to realize that Derek is turning 13 this fall and going into grade 8, while Danielle will be 5 and going to kindergarten.
• We are trying to decide what to do about our poor dog, Marla. Do we put her down which seems the humane thing to do or do we wait for her to go at home and traumatize the kids who may wake up and find her dead?
• If Danielle gives me attitude one more second she is going to lose every single thing in her room except her bed, a pillow and her blankets. Seriously. The shoulder-shrug and the "whatever" coming out of her mouth is enough to make me want to bitch-slap her. (And NO, OF COURSE I WOULD NEVER DO THAT, but jeezus, you other mothers get it, don't you?)
• We've been spending a lot of time at the lake because I'll never have this kind of time off work again. It really sucks to not be filthy rich.
• I'm in love with my husband. Still.
• I love my (generally) happy, and healthy children.

Life is good and I am blessed. Over to you.