MAY

It's so hard to believe that the month of May is over!! Since Ellie was due at the end of April, I decided that my goal for the month of May was to do nothing. Or at least as little as possible (other than take care of Ellie and learn how to be a mom!) For me this meant not committing to meet with students, not having people over, not staying on top of life, or the laundry, or my email inbox... etc. Anyone who knows me knows how challenging it is for me to say no, to stop, and to do less :)

Well, the month of May is over and I think I'd give myself a B, maybe a B+ :) (The + is thanks to my mom for daily reminding me to do less and to take a nap!) I've LOVED life with Ellie so much, in fact, if I had it my way, I'd rewind and go back to 6 weeks ago and do it all again! (Maybe not the delivery/recovery part... although it was totally worth it!)

So June is here, and so is real life. Back to cooking, and cleaning, and hosting, and meeting with students, all of the things that I truly do love. Maybe just not quite as much as I love my precious Ellie!! :)  (But come on, you all know I didn't really take the month off. I had students over, I went to small group, we took our first road trip to Wisconsin, etc. etc. But I did learn to let my house get messy, and to not worry about my email inbox, and to go to bed at a reasonable hour... Speaking of which, its time for bed!

Happy 6 weeks Ellie. We LOVE you!