September 1

Well, it certainly has been awhile.  For more than one reason.  First, travelling home from Europe with two little ones drains you.  Being home alone with them while all of us are jetlagged drained me even more.  All free time was taken up by laundry, cleaning, catching up on sleep.  You will be pleased to know that Project 365 is still on track.  Hit a couple of bumps including a laptop on the fritz, an old computer that moves slower than a snail and we may or may not have left a camera in Dusseldorf during a layover.  Nevertheless the point and shoot has now been replaced and we are no longer relying on iphone photos. LOL.
I also lost a little motivation to write.  Not sure why.  Maybe cause we've settled into a bit of normalcy and normalcy just seems boring doesn't it? Don't get me wrong...we are definitely enjoying the lack of excitement.  It just seems that I have so many things I want to do that blogging seems to take a backseat.  Blankets to finish crocheting, first year photobooks to make, emails to return, the list goes on.  Don't get me wrong.  I am definitely READING all the blogs I follow. LOL.  Then today I read a blogpost you can find here that gave me the kick in the butt I needed.  Maybe my blog is helpful.  It is at least to me and that was the reason it got started. So....we come to Nablopomo.  It's a blogging initiative to try and help us get going.  The goal is to post something every day for a month.  September's topic is Return.  So return to blogging I will try!! If even for a one liner.  Wish me luck !

I also want to mention a little baby girl named Maddie that got her angelwings much too soon.

Isn't she beautiful?

I first learned of Maddie through the October Birth Club on BabyCenter.  She was born only slighty more than a week after Nicole.  Maybe that's why I feel so connected to her mom's story.  Maddie lost her life to SIDS in February.  She was only 4 months old.  It was during our low time with Nicole and reading her mom's blog gave me strength.  If she could get through each day so could we.  Today is her mom Kellie's birthday.  All she asked for on her blog at http://kandjstaats.blogspot.com/  was that we dedicate a blogpost to her little angel.  And so I will.  Please remember Kellie today and Maddie.  Happy Birthday Kellie.  You are doing a wonderful job and touching many lives.  Your strength has given me strength on many occasions and I am extending a huge THANK YOU for that.  Hope your day was filled with smiles and ladybugs.