I just realized that the last post on this blog was dated December 30th… Wow, that’s over a month of no blogging.

Happy New Year, by the way (better late than never)!

As I said, life with baby is harder than I thought. Of course, I didn’t think it would be a walk in the park, but man was I underestimating how much busier days can get with a very active little one.

My baby boy will be 6 months in just one short week. It seems like yesterday that we were bringing him home from the hospital, on his second day of life. Now he is about to crawl, and definitely a handful. Not to mention he thinks sleep is totally overrated.

Isn’t he the cutest baby ever? Of course he is, to me at least.

He doesn’t like it when I sit at my desk trying to get some work done and that is why I have been neglecting the blog. I am still working, but not as much as before. Being a mom has taken priority for the time being.
I try a bit harder to keep his little blog updated, supposedly daily, but reality is I usually blog 2 or more “daily” posts at once… typically around midnight, after I am done having dinner and working. That blog is his baby journal and the only way family and friends in Europe keep up with him, especially now that they grow up so fast and change quickly.

Christmas is almost over and between hosting a dinner on Christmas Eve (which may seem like nothing but it’s a big deal with a 4 months old who doesn’t care if you need to shower/clean/cook), opening presents this morning and generally dealing with a teething baby (aka Mr. Cranky Pants), I am just right now able to update this blog with wishes for my readers. I know my days will only be getting busier as my troublemaker grows up…

He is the best gift I could ever receive.

“Dear Santa, I’ve been good. Mostly.”

Michael & Carmel

More to come soon!

…and he is just gorgeous! I got to meet him two days ago and he was only 9 days old.
[see his mom's belly]

Congratulations Kim and David!

Baby Preston is so tiny and adorable! Remember his mom’s belly?

This little guy adores his daddy!

Today I’m just going to show off my little man… Isn’t he the cutest baby skeleton? :)

And my little skeleton is tired and ready for a nap.

I know I haven’t posted many pictures of him on this blog but I don’t want to be too much of ‘proud mommy obsessed with pictures of her kid‘, because, OF COURSE I take like a zillion pictures of him. If you want to see more, there is a blog, created so that family and friends overseas can keep up with RJ. Check it out at http://robertojs.com/

Today I also got to shoot baby Preston’s newborn session. Pictures are coming up soon!