First day :(

Today was my first day with my new job, and Rowan's 1st official day of daycare! We both survived.

Last friday, I took Rowan to the daycare for a few hours to play and see what it was like, how she would do, how I would do, etc...Let's just say, I failed, and Rowan did great! I didn't even get her into the classroom before I was leaking tears like a faucet. When I finally did leave, I didn't even say goodbye to her because I didn't want to break down again, and didn't want her to cry when I left!

Today on the other hand, I got her into the classroom and I made it back out to my car before I got a little teary, but nothing compared to last week! She did great both days! Managed to take a 50 minute nap both times, better today though! They nap on cots, so she isn't restricted in a crib like she is used too, I told them good luck! In my book, 50 minutes isn't long enough though, she has sort of been a beast in the evening due to lack of napping. So need to figure that issue out eventually! But today she was tired after their walk and all her playing, so she didn't fight the nap.

She hasn't cried at all while she has been there. Has been eating fine, playing nice, and very laid back. They can't believe she hasn't ever been in daycare, or a play group because of how well mannered she is around the other kids.

Here is Rowan enjoying my smoothie before heading off to daycare.
And this is her very first artwork from daycare! She made this one last friday, today they forgot to send her artwork home with us!
P.S. We are going to start referring to daycare, as school! We don't like to call it daycare! I can't wait until my first 3 weeks of orientation are over because then she will only have to go there 2 or 3 times a week versus 4 or 5!

Our weekend at a glance...

Our major project for the weekend was to add shelving to Rowan's closet. It started with one wire shelving all the way acrossed. We changed it to what it looks like in the middle. Sadly enough, the bottom shelving isn't empty, the clothing is just pushed to the far end of the closet! I am thinking I need a few more colored bins to make it look more uniform. There is way more storage though! I love it. I will probably reorganize it plenty of times before I am satisfied! Our closet is next on the list!
Here is our little easter bunny! Saving the Easter dress for next weekend! Stay Tuned!

Wouldn't be fair if we didn't involve the dog in some easter fun! You can see he hated it!

This is what Rowan was doing while we colored Easter eggs! Not quite her thing yet! But boy is she a master of the iPhone! She can unlock and find her games all by herself! Occassionally places phone calls and deletes applications! Rather harmless so far!

Here are our eggs! We had to get them dyed before lunchtime so we could make some egg salad for lunch. Ed had been craving it since we were in MI last weekend. They never followed through with the egg salad!

Wall of Rowan...

I did accomplish something organizational with my week off between jobs! I reorganized all of our baby things. Meaning all baby things and outgrown clothing. I had tried to do this before we moved out of our Hartland home, but tried the vacuum seal bag route, and decided I hated them. So now I went back to totes, all properly labelled! Much better!

Matching Stool/Chair...

Thank you, Thank you....to Nana and Papa for the matching stool and chair for our island and computer desk. When we moved into our Hartland house we got the 2 outside stools as a housewarming gift. And we decided we needed another stool at our island because we had the room for it, but the ones we had previously picked out were discontinued, so we found a style to compliment what we already had! They look great. Sorry the picture of the computer desk chair was taken at night with no natural light, therefore it looks yellow. But couldn't post without it! Therefore our sitting areas are now complete thanks to a housewarming gift from Nana and Papa! Rowan loves them! She has only fallen off once....so far!

Back for Dinner...

After our zoo trip we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Knutson's house for some afternoon fun and dinner! We got plenty of outside time even after the zoo. Blew some bubbles, drew with chalk, lots of walking outside, playing ball (with and without Colby), and eating popples too. Rowan even got an Easter gift before heading home for the night. We had a lovely dinner and then about 730pm (late for a girl who only slept 30 minutes in the car after the zoo) headed for home. And she fought the sleep idea until about 8pm, then she was out for the rest of the ride!

Stomping back...

Yesterday Rowan and I took a trip back towards our old stomping grounds to meet up with some friends and family.

We started the day at the Milwaukee County Zoo, with Andrea and the boys (Breyson and Sawyer), and Desiree and Teagan! Desi and Teagan were in town from CA visiting and house hunting (no not in WI, they will be relocating in June to Virginia) It turned out to be a wonderful day to spend at the zoo. A bit breezy at times, but overall beautiful. The kids were all well behaved, and us mommys got some time to chat and catch up. Not quite as much socializing as we were used to before having kids, but we managed!
We were in the lion exhibit right when the female was super close to the glass, so got a few fun pictures of Rowan and Breyson with the lion! Sort of scary that close up!

Age recap: Breyson 22 months, Rowan 20 months, Sawyer 4 months, Teagan 3 months!

Crystal's baby shower...

was full of babies...

Rowan was the oldest one there! And many of the people in attendance hadn't seen her since Crystal's wedding or bridal shower, when she was only 8 weeks old! Now she is almost 2! Yikes!

Anyway, we made it back from MI in plenty of time for Rowan and I to attend the shower. Rowan had lots of fun. Emma (O'Hern) was there with her mommy, Erika. Emma is 6 months old! Andi brought Sawyer, who was all smiles (4 months old). And Teegan (Desiree and Erin's baby) was in attendance too with his Aunt Dina! So our table had a hard time paying attention to the rest of the happenings, but were all in all very well behaved! Kenadee Grace Grulke is due to join the rest of the crew May 30! Can't wait to meet her!