I love Sunny SoCal!

Today is just gorgeous!  Myles and I took a long walk down at Sunset/ Bolsa Chica Beach with my co-worker.  It was just lovely to see the waves cresting and the faint outline of Catalina in the background, it really makes me appreciate these early mornings that Myles has a fondness of.

Next, we swung by our favorite spot, the patio at Corner Bakery.  Today I tried the new banana honey oatmeal, delish!  Myles enjoyed chomping on the bananas while I pondered just how much I love oatmeal.  Never thought that I would be excited to order oatmeal in a restaurant, my how my palette has changed in the last 10 years :)

uh oh! Mommy's in trouble!

I sense an alarming trend....
Yesterday Myles tried a bagel and loved it.
This morning he had a baby pancake.
Just now he was slurping back angel hair noodles like a pro.

I didn't know eating habits are genetically inherited, but Myles looks like a carbivore baby.  All carbs, not much meat.  He actually gags and spits out most of the meat pieces that he's been fed.  I was really hoping that my kid would develop better eating habits that my own.

Must, must, must create a love for foods that aren't carbs!

Damn you CalTrans!

Today we walked over to our local park to attend a meeting about the freeway construction behind our house.  It turns out they are tearing down the bridge and rebuilding it while adding a carpool connector from the W22 to the N605 freeways.  This delightful addition to our lives will begin in the next few months and will include the use of pile drivers and other various heavy machinery that may cause damage to our home!!

I shake my fist at you, CalTrans!  You will at least double my ten-minute commute and will invariably make my life miserable for the next 4 years.

If I'd have known that this project was already slated I wouldn't have considered buying our current dwelling.  Don't get me wrong I do love our house, but having to live next to constant construction for the next 3+ years seems unbearable :(

Finally Free from "Freedom"

   For the last few months I've been slowing reading my way through "Freedom" for our work book club.  This book has been the thorn in my side as it was fairly depressing and I could only read so much at a time before taking a break.  Plus, I've been reading it on my Kindle and had no idea what a long novel it was, the percent complete bar at the bottom barely moved at all each time.  To top it off I got "Kindle Thumb" aka a blister from pressing the turn page botton so often.  Then I had to call in sick on Thursday and I finally finished it and got to move on to "Water for Elephants", a much more engaging story!

moral of the story: use both thumbs when reading with the Kindle

Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot Pie!!

My hubby is amazing!! Tonight he made homemade chicken pot pie filling and puff pastry shells!  They were absolutely delicious.  I need to step up to the plate and start contributing some delicious meals as well, to bad carbs don't really count as a well rounded meal, for that in an area in which I excel.  Off to bed to ponder what to make for dinner tomorrow......

Four Fails and an Epic Win

First day back at work after two weeks off.  Here's a brief look at my day:

Four Fails:
1. Forgot my attendance login and password ( after 15 attempts I finally broke down and called tech services!)
2. Rainy day schedule (had to call the office for a restroom break)
3. Kids jammed my room key in the door (won't be fixed until tomorrow)
4. Ants have invaded my desk

Epic Win: Myles saw me pull up the driveway and squealed so loudly I could hear him :)

WHS Mommy and Me Brunch

Today Myles and I went to meet some WHS alumni for brunch along with their kids.  We met Laura and Shay (18 months), Devon and Piper (5 months), Melissa and Brooke (7 months), Me and Myles (9 months). Not pictured were Emily (she has two kids who weren't there) and Laura's husband.  It was great to see so many old friends and their new additions.  Kudos to Laura's husband for hanging in there while we talked mommy "Shop"!!

I was salivating at the thought of returning to Britta's for brunch.  Last time Devon was out from Chicago we met up there for a Pre-Mother's Day brunch.  At the time Myles was seven weeks old, Piper was still baking, and Brooke was being born that day.  This time round Myles enjoyed some of my granola pancakes and current scones that I had dreamed about.

I know this probably won't be a frequent occurence, but it was nice to reconnect with other new mommies.

Happy New Year...same old Meghan

Well, I've finally succumbed to writing a blog.  After months of lurking about on the interwebs at others' blogs I've decided to stop living vicariously and start doing.  I've always snubbed the traditional resolutions that are made this time of year; who really follows through on the same old plans?  My challenge to myself to try to write down a little of my life each day.  My son, Myles, is already nine months old and I'm ashamed to admit that I stopped writing down and chronicling every milestone that he has reached.  So Challenge Accepted!! (a la Barney of HIMYM) and thus the journey begins.....