Settling In..

We have had a challenging past 6 months. Our family of 3 plus 2 dogs moved across country leaving beautiful sunny San Diego for New Jersey. As happy as I am to be close to family and friends again I didn't realize we had started a small family in San Diego. I miss my moms group and work friends way more then I thought I would. Most of all I miss being 5 minutes from the beach and 15 minutes from downtown San Diego. There was always so much to do. Its been raining a lot in NJ which means being stuck in the house. This is hard to do when you are used to no rain!

We recently bought a house. We have a lot of work to do which is hard when you have 16 month old running everywhere. My goals right now are to paint the kitchen and Grace's room. We finally went and bought the paint/supplies yesterday. By the end of the month my house will finally be painted! I cannot wait to have Grace's room all set up the way I in visioned it.  

Being a working mom is always very challenging. I would give anything to be able to stay at home with Grace.  While on maternity leave I joined "Rookie Mom's of 2012" group. We were all new moms and around the same age. We would go on walks, to Balboa Park, zoo, or just get together at each others homes. It was the best thing I've ever done. I was so nervous the first day meeting everyone as I have never done anything like that before. Being back in New Jersey I wish I had time to join a moms group to meet more people. 

The reason we moved home was so Grace would grow up around family. Every time I see her with my parents or sister I think it was worth it. We can always move back to San Diego but my family cannot get those years back with Grace. This blog will be about family, friends, new house decorating, crafts and my struggle of being a working mom.