Little Miss Bossy

Natalie has become increasingly bossy these days, she tells the dogs what to do, she tells the cat what to do, she tells Addison what to do, she tells Dan and I what to do...oh but she's apparently the worst at daycare.
I get a daily report of her bossiness from my mom. The other day she told another kid at daycare "Travis, stop it NOW, I NOT tell you again" all while pointing her finger at him. Hmmm I wonder where she heard that before.
She has also recently realized that I call Dan by his first name, whenever she hears this she tells me "It's DADDY not DAN!"
Oy, I'm so in for it.

The people I work with are CRAZY!

A while ago I wrote a Thursday Thirteen post about why my life resembles Office Space, today I must relay a story of what I heard in my office lunchroom...I'm not kidding I really honestly overheard this story...
The names have been changed to protect the innocent...

Loco Lady (LL)"So I brought the stuff in for the Elephant White sale (mind you she meant the White Elephant sale...but I couldn't help but snicker thinking of an Elephant Linen sale a la the Macy;s White Sale...do they even do that anymore) where should I put it?"

Nice co-worker #1 (NC#1): "Uh in the conference room, what did you bring?"

LL: "Just some old VHS tapes"

NC#1: "VHS?!? Really. Nobody wants your old dirty movies ha ha!"

LL: "uh they're not dirty movies...I don't like nudity....especially public nudity"

NC#1: "I was just kidding"

LL: "No I really don't like nudity, well not outside my home. Did I ever tell you about the time I went to a nude beach on accident?"

NC#1 & NC#2 "no, how'd you go on accident?"

LL: "Well I was on vacation with so-in-so and we went to this beach to have lunch, and after I while I noticed that everyone was naked, so I said "hey so-in-so, do you notice that everyone is naked?" She said yeah she had just noticed and maybe we were at a naked beach, and when I looked around I realized we were the only ones with clothes on. So then this guy came up to us and was talking to us....ya know like hitting on us. But he had the wrong parts so we weren't interested, but we asked if he wanted to sit down and eat lunch with us, and he did. It was weird but fun."

NC#1: "Huh, I'd go to a nude beach if I had a banging body ha ha ha "

LL: "Well I have a banging body but I still don't want to be naked"

NC#1 & NC#2 *roll eyes*

Meanwhile I'm sitting at the next table trying as hard as I possibly can to contain my laughter. LL is by no means hawt, and DOES not have a "banging body". And why would you invite some naked stranger to have lunch with you. WTF!

Back to the grind...

I'm now in my third week of being back at work post maternity leave...and it is getting easier. I tend to really relish my time with the girls now that I am away from them for about 10 hours per day. Although it is really depressing to break it down in time. I spend roughly 10 hours away from them between my 9 hour work day and my commute etc, they sleep for about 11 hours...which means I get to see them about 3 hours a day....and part of that time is spent in the car driving them to and from daycare...by the time we get home from daycare it's about 6 and Natalie goes to bed at 8:30
No wonder I feel like I'm running around like a crazy person. I have to fit in cooking dinner, eating dinner, cleaning up after dinner, bath time, getting ready for bed, playing, reading and so on into just 2.5 hours.

Recently some of the fellow moms on my moms board did a "day in the life" where they documented in pictures a day in the life of their kid. As much as I want to participate I think it might just depress me when I think of how much time I spend away from them a day.
Why oh why can't I just be independently wealthy......

Okay back to reality, and for good measure here's a recent picture of my little darlings....they love each other so much...I have to enjoy it while I can. In a few short years they'll HATE each other. Notice Natalie has stolen Addison's binky...and so it begins.

A give away and something that makes life easier.....yes please!

So I just started following this AMAZING blog of a local gal who makes cakes, cupcakes oh and super cute kiddos...and she's having a give away. So I thought all my friends out there in blogger land would like to know about it too.
The blog is The Cake-at-Home Mom and she's giving away a My Breastfriend breastfeeding pillow. This is an amazing tool for breastfeeding mothers...trust me it will make your life easier...I mean anything with a pocket for the remote control has to be awesome right?
Anyhow, head on over to her blog to learn more about the give away and drool over some amazing looking desserts while you're there! Do it you won't be sorry!

Back to work...

The past 4 months has just flown by and now I am back at work...and let me tell you it blows.
Work isn't so bad in and of itself, but the time spent away from my kids is harder than I thought it would be.
I'll be the first to admit that my kids drive me bat shit crazy on a daily basis, but when you're forced to be away from them for 9+ hours a day you miss those little crazy tendencies.
And just to prove how in denial I was about returning to work, I failed to even print any photos of Addison to have at work...ugh.
I know it will get better, but man it sucks!