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Creating a blog seems to be the thing to do, so better late than never here we go! I just got done reading Rhonda's blog for the first time and I thought it was a great way to keep everyone up to date on what's going on in our lives.

As you know, Josh and I are still adjusting to parenthood. We have been proud parents for just over 5 weeks and have loved every second of it. Okay, maybe not every second - lack of sleep, loud cries, dirty diapers, etc. But it's all so worth it!!!! It's only been a few weeks, but it's hard to imagine our life without Griffin. He truly is a blessing and we thank God every day for this miracle!

Griffin is becoming more and more alert each day. When he was just 3 weeks old, he rolled over from his belly to his back. We thought it was just an accident, but he's done it several times since then! It's amazing to watch him learn and begin interacting with us. Before we know it he'll be walking.

After Christmas, we all enjoyed a week off by going to the cabin up north. (Josh's mom and dad's). The cabin is near Pine River. Josh was able to get some fishing in almost every day. The highlight of his fishing was spearing a 9 pound northern. He also got some snowmobiling in with his dad, and some snowshoeing with me. Josh is back to work now and enjoying the laid back winter hours. He's home most nights by 5:45. It's been great having him home so early compared to his summer hours. He gets to spend a couple hours with Griffin every night.

I continue to love my maternity leave!! I'll return to work March 3. As much as I like my job at the bank, I am really enjoying every minute I get to spend at home being a mom. Griffin and I stay very busy - if we are not running errands or visiting people, we are home with visitors or working on his baby book and keeping up with household chores. We have really enjoyed all of you who have come to visit us!! And we look forward to more visits!! In the last week, I started working out again. The last weeks of my pregnancy I really missed exercising! I started going to yoga again on Monday nights and I started going to Suburban Racquetball Club a couple times a week. So far it hasn't been a problem to find someone to watch Griffin. Thankfully, the Grandma's have been more than happy to watch him for a couple hours!!