First Week Home

Yesterday, we had a visitor! Yay! We love visitors, because we don't have to get bundled up to go outside in the cold and it keeps our day exciting. Emily Passman, my friend from college and my former roomie, came over to see us. Greta really liked Emily and just sat on her lap and smiled. We loved re-connecting with Emily. It had been TOO long!

Greta and Emily called each other before Emily's visit to make sure they were color coordinated.

Maybe you can see in the above photo that there is a little pink shoe on the right side of the photo....Yes, Miss Rowan came back to visit us! It was very fun to have her here, and she took full advantage of the fact that Aunt Sarah will give her any food she wants. While here, she decided on orange juice, applesauce, a giant bowl of popcorn, and an ice cream sandwich. (It was a Lite ice cream sandwich, just to ease my guilt about still having baby weight) Look below to see which one was responsible for the moustache.

I wanted to put a beret on her head and a palette in her hand so she'd look like a French painter with the moustache, but that probably would have been going a BIT too far.

Since being at home, I have been able to focus on more of the things I should be doing with Greta. This means reading lots of books to her and having "tummy time".

Greta on her surfboard.

Greta also still enjoys her Bumbo chair and here's a pic of our little bald girl chillin' out.

Sometimes I feel bad about that pacifier poking into her chubby cheeks. It apparently doesn't stop her from loving it!

I thought I should post something about my future job plans since several people commented on the last post about me being a "Stay at Home Mom". I would LOVE to do that, and so far, December has been bliss! I've loved being at home with her, especially now that she is getting so much personality. She is so sweet. I look forward to her smile every single morning. It's so great! Sometimes when she wakes up from naps, I walk into her room and peer over her crib and her face lights up and she just starts smiling and kicking her legs. Melts my heart.

However, our economic situation is not such that I can stay home full time, thanks to my signature on MANY student loan papers throughout law school. Therefore, I'm doing something that I hope will allow me to stay at home with Greta for much of the week, and work as well: I'm opening my own law practice. Yes, it doesn't exactly SOUND part-time, and to be honest, I don't know how well it will work as a part-time thing, but....it seems to be the best option for me right now. I can (kind of) determine my own hours, and it will keep me working in the legal field, which is something that is important to me, since I'd like to start working in it full-time again after Greta and and any other future children we may have are older. So, that's my update. I have heard that, as with any business, sometimes it's tough to get a practice started, so if any of you know people in KC with legal needs (criminal/traffic/general civil stuff), send them my way. My office is down at 9th and Oak. Exciting! I have a website that's not up yet, but it should be up by the end of next week.