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You mean the world to me

April 28, 2011 By Rebecca Leave a Comment

Print from Etsy

Since we started looking for a house, I’ve been looking at decorating blogs again (Ohdeedoh.com is still a favorite) and yearning for Ikea visits and I saw a balloon with “You mean the world on it” on a blog. It sums up so perfectly how I feel about my little man.

He’s growing so fast, trying to crawl, trying to talk, pushing away from me and every day, even as his rapid growth bums me out, I long for more time with him and I am overwhelmed by the way he makes me feel. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Home Made Tagged With: 6 months, baby, child, home, little man, mother, motherhood, Nursery

Going back to work

January 4, 2011 By Rebecca Leave a Comment

I start work again tomorrow after 10 weeks maternity leave. My emotions are running the gamut, from exited to nervous but most of all sad. I look at my son and think how the hell am I supposed to leave him? For the first few days his father will watch him, which probably means he’ll sit in his chair watching his dad work on the computer, which is not so bad, but there’ll be a definite lack of ABCs and music. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Work/ Family Balance Tagged With: after maternity leave, baby, breast feeding, breast milk, child, leave, maternity, retrun to work, working mother

Adorable bookshelf

March 19, 2010 By Rebecca Leave a Comment

How cute is this bookcase? It’s handmade and stackable, so you can buy as many as you need and stack them all. The wood is natural but they will paint it for you before shipping out. It’s so reasonable too: $22.00 for each shelf.

Check out jnmnt53′s store for this and other stuff.