"Someday"

A word that has been bouncing around in my mind lately. A long time ago, I knew that someday, Chris & I would get married and live happily ever after, and sure enough here we are. Someday, I told myself, we would find the perfect home. A home where we would grow, laugh, and play, and we did. And I knew that someday, we would be blessed with a beautiful baby, and of course Cassie entered into our lives. So while it seems that all of my hopes for the perfect someday have come true, there is just one more thing that I wish for and that is for the opportunity to stay home and raise Cassie and whatever future children that may be. I feel like I miss out on so much while I'm at work. Especially the little everyday things. Things that probably don't seem like a big deal, like grabbing Cassie out of bed each morning and heading downstairs to make her breakfast. Reading her favorite books to her, teaching her new things, or even just planning the day around errands and the everyday mundane things such as laundry and washing dishes. I guess what I'm getting to is the quality time, instead of rushing home in traffic to squeeze in 3 or 4 hours of my entire day with Cassie. Never in a million years did I ever think that being a housewife and Mom would make me feel complete, but it's true, if anything, that is what I wish for someday.

Cassie Pancakes

I thought this would be fun to make for Cassie and since I had the day off from work in honor of the impending 4th of July holiday I thought I'd make them for her this morning. I borrowed the idea from an article in one of my parenting magazines so if you're interested in making them yourself, here is a useful tip, use a squeeze bottle (I bought a cheap condiment bottle at the grocery store) to squeeze out the pancake batter instead of trying to pour it....and voilà!