How do you do this?!

Let me begin by saying I should be working. But I need to take a break to ask HOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS?! Working full time and being a mom is HARD! And especially when you have a job that is as demanding as being a lawyer. I have NO TIME to do anything but work and spend an hour or so with Cullen each day of the week. To say this is overwhelming is an understatement.

Don't get me wrong. I feel unbelievably blessed that I have both of my dream jobs--attorney and mom. Really, I am living the dream, quite literally. But one of friends was so right when she said these first few years will be incredibly difficult because you will always feel guilty--guilty when you are with your baby because you aren't working and guilty when you're working because you're not with your baby. SO. TRUE.

And don't even get me started about how woefully behind I am in every other aspect of my life. Take for example thank you cards. Because of some other issues one of my baby showers was right about the time I started back to work. I have had NO TIME for thank you cards and I am terribly embarrassed. AND I just discovered a STACK of thank you cards that I never sent out from even before that. Oh goodness. And I can't send them now because they won't make sense. I literally get sick to my stomach when I think about it. Every time I walk by the office I feel sick. I can't even go in there now.

And I can't remember the last time I made it to the gym...

OK, enough griping. Back to work...

Six month pictures

Wendi has done it again! I absolutely LOVE Cullen's 6 month pictures!

Camila saves the day!

Camila, thank you thank you thank you. Thanks to your comment, I finally figured out the video issue! Now if I can figure out why my background isn't working. But who cares about the background when CULLEN'S VIDEOS ARE WORKING!

Did I mention that Cullen napped in his crib for the first time this weekend?! OK, maybe not the FIRST time. He napped in his crib twice when he was a few months old. It is such a relief to have a little time to do some work around the house while he is napping instead of holding him the entire time! And before you think, wow, what an indulgent mother, you should know that the daycare workers (who obviously deal with LOTS of babies) couldn't get him to sleep in his crib either until last week. It's amazing what just a few hours of free time can do!

Cullen also started pulling up last Thursday in his crib, and now he want to stand ALL THE TIME. Our little dude is growing up! And thanks to Camila I can show off his cute little videos!

The strike ends

No, I am not talking about football or basketball. I am talking about my strike from Blogger. I was beyond frustrated because my cute videos (that take forever to load) keep disappearing, so I just quit blogging. Every time I THINK about blogging I get angry. But this blog is about Cullen, so I need to just get over myself. Because you need to see Cullen and his cuteness.

Cullen and his cuteness loving the pool...

And his race driver toy...

And his jumper...

This kid is so cute that people will come all the way from London to see him...

See? How could I stay on strike?