Walking Backwards

My first blog post. Here goes. To those who happen to have the time or the inclination to read the day-to-day events of my life, I am happy that you have chosen to read my stories. As most of you know who are going to show up here, my name is Jamie. I have an 18-month old son, Nico, and am married to a wonderful man, Joe. I live in Austin with my son, my husband, my cat, and my two brothers. We have quite a full house. I stay at home with the bebe and am constantly fighting the urge to go insane. Don't get me wrong, being at home is fun sometimes, but with a toddler and people constantly coming in and out I feel slightly off balance. On to today's events:

- The house was cleaned as we are expecting a plethora of relatives and friends to walk through our door between now and New Year's day. Nico walked behind me and uncleaned. He knows how things are supposed to go.
- Made potato and leek soup and salad for dinner. I didn't actually make the soup, but ordered it last week from the Soup Peddler. It was wonderful. Good thing I didn't make it.
- Tried to take Nico's picture by the Christmas tree. He thought it was funny to run away and have me chase him. Our cards this year may have a distinctly halloween feel to them.
- Watched Shreck twice. I swear, I used to like this movie.
- Tried to teach Nico to say book. It came out sounding like "ba"

Tommorrow will hopefully be more interesting. Tonight I'm content sitting on the couch and drinking tea while Nicholas plays with his cookie cutters.