A big fat update!

Ok, I have to apologize right out of the gate. I started this new blog about balancing everything - motherhood, working, household chores, being a wife...then I up and lost my balance. It truly is a balancing act every second of the day. So, in a valiant effort to make it right...here's a little bit of what we've been up to!

Early in August, I spent a weekend at the beach with some of my favorite girls. We celebrated a bachelorette party and enjoyed each others company. We stayed up too late, laid on the beach until the rain forced us off and ate as much seafood as humanly possible in 3 days. It was fabulous!

A couple of weeks later, we packed up the minivan with the whole family in tow and headed back down to the beach for a mini vacation ending with the wedding celebration of the bachelorette mentioned above. It was great! We took the inlaws (which I highly recommend for a little cheap babysitting :) )We played at the pool, dug in the sand and walked on the beach. Emmie did great eating out so much and really took to the beach lifestyle! She even decided that she didn't want to sleep in the pack-n-play,giving me a slight heartattack. Thankfully, we barricaded her in with every pillow in the condo and kept a close eye on her through the video monitor (praise sweet baby Jesus for that invention!)

In the middle of all these exciting beach trips, we continued our gymnastics classes every Thursday night. Emmie (and I) love the class and the teachers. She learns something new each time and the teachers have made comments like "She's strong." "You need to keep her in gymnastics" and "She's a natural".

The medical school I work at started the new school year, kicking off with a busy and exciting orientaiton week. I loved seeing students come back that I already knew, seeing some starting on their way to becoming a doctor and welcoming back old work study students that I loved working with. Busy busy busy, but wonderful!

I also celebrated a birthday...the 3rd anniversary of my 29th birthday! Not an exciting one, but my family, friends, coworkers and students made it a great one. I thought at one point my hubby had forgotten, but then he up and planned a trip for us to Washington DC (tacked on one end of a business trip). I am really looking forward to that trip in October!

Up next is Emmie's birthday. I can't believe she'll be 2!!!! We're planning a "Very Hungry Caterpillar" party, complete with bouncy house. Hopefully it wont rain!

I love this time of year. When the weather gets crisp, the fall festivals are plentiful and all the fun holidays that follow. I am so over this heat. Come on fall!!!!