We've been busy!!

Brad and I have been so busy over the past few weeks that we have not had enough time to sleep, more or less blog what has been going on with us. So here is my attempt to catch everyone up on us. Last weekend Brad, Nicholas, and I traveled to Jacksonville, Florida for my cousin Rachel's wedding. We left on Wednesday and had until Sunday to enjoy time with family and even a little time on the beach. This is a picture of the beach in Jacksonville. Not a lot of people on it, maybe because it was a Thursday afternoon. It was so nice to be on the beach again, even if it was only about 65 degrees outside.

Nicholas got to make his first trip to the beach. Unfortunately for him, he slept the entire time we walked on the beach. I carried him on a front carrier as we walked up the down the beach collecting shells. We even found a starfish to bring home! I was so excited to bring the starfish to my students at school, but I left the starfish in the bleach solution a little too long and the starfish pretty much dissolved. Oh well, I tried!

I left our hotel room to go eat breakfast with my parents. I left Brad in charge of Nicholas, since he was still sleeping. This was the scene when we got back. Brad was sound asleep in the bed with Nicholas sleeping comfortably nearby. The room was completely dark, but thanks to flash I could capture this picture. Brad did not even know that I took this picture until he was flipping through the pictures on the camera. (Note: This picture has not been okayed to post by Brad, but I guess it is too late for that now!)

My cousin Rachel gave birth exactly one month before me. This is a picture of her son Ben with Nicholas. The boys just kept looking at each other. They were so cute together!

I brought the Boppy pillow (a great invention by the way) with us to Jacksonville because Nicholas enjoys sitting in it so much. I guess it gives him a chance to look around and see what is going on. Here he is sitting up just like a little boy! He is beginning to make little noises, trying to talk to everyone. He is so alert now too, watching everyone and everything going on around him.

Close-up view of Nicholas in the Boppy. Look at those cute chubby cheeks! (He must look like me because we all know Brad does not have anything close to chubby cheeks.)

So we returned from Jacksonville on Sunday night. I started back to work again on Tuesday. :( It was definitely not easy. My students were happy to have me back, but that does not make it any easier to leave my baby at home. I guess in time I will get used to it. All week I have been busy catching up on school work, spending time with Nicholas in the afternoons, and pretty much falling asleep sitting up on the couch about 8:30 each night. So much for getting back to running anytime soon. I can't even stay awake!