Back to work so soon?

Totally slacking on my blog. My maternity leave with Lucas is slowly coming to an end. A friend on my soccer team asked me when I am going back to work and I replied with "The end of the month....booooooo...." Her: "Oh are you not ready to go back to work or are you just sad to leave Lucas at daycare". Which got me thinking that it is actually neither. I am ready to go back to work, strangely enough I miss it. I never thought in a million years I would say that but then again I have never gone this long without working or being in school. In a perfect world I would probably only work 3 days a week, but that is just not reality. As for daycare, I think it will be great for Lucas to go and play with some other kids and get some time away from me. He is a pretty clingy baby, which I am not sorry to say I have totally enabled up until now. Daycare for 5 days a week is a little much, but again, not living in a perfect world. He'll do great, I know it.

Again, I can't sleep because I am thinking about cupcakes. Lucas' birthday cupcakes to be exact. I am not doing anything extravagant or over the top, but I am stressing about them because they are for Lucas. I make so many cupcakes for no reason at all, and this time they are for a very special reason so I want them to be right. Not that he will notice!! But I want them to be great. I may or may not have spent the last hour scouring Flickr for cupcake inspiration. There are some amazing cupcakeries out there. But they have a whole bakery at their disposal!! I just have me and my oven.

I hit a little personal bump in the road last week, nothing major, just something I had my heart set on didn't quite work out. I was so so so disappointed for about a day. I had to remind myself that I have many, many amazing people and things going on in my life and I am extremely fortunate. A job I want to go back to, a healthy and happy baby, an amazing husband and wonderful family and friends, just to mention a few. Picture: What I am most grateful for.