Back in the Saddle

My goodness it has certainly been a long time since I have posted anything on this blog.  Apparently motherhood and working-mom-motherhood in particular has not lent itself to blogging.  Since my last posts Ms. Violet Mae Mohler was born, on July 1st 2011.

She is now 2 1/2 and talks in full sentences.  She is full of life, zesty and opinionated as could be.  She is the happiest, most enthusiastic person I have ever met...unless she's upset about something, in which case she's super upset.  She is her mother's daughter and feels everything to the max, sees life in technicolor and is a true a bon vivant!

The day after my birthday, on October 26, 2013 I gave birth to our second daughter, Alice LaRose Mohler.  She is an incredibly sweet and mellow baby.  She loves to be quiet and to smile up at whoever is looking her in the eyes.  She loves her binky and her swaddle and can sleep for hours as long as she has both in a quiet warn place.  She is the easiest little second baby this mama could ever ask for.

Besides that, my husband George now has two full time jobs.  I have been promoted from Post-doctoral Fellow to Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance at Santa Clara University.  This is quite a fete I think considering I have had two babies whilst securing said job.  We'll see if I can manage to be the kind of mom and wife I want to be and also be the kind of professor my department and college needs.  I think there will be some stress there - but I do think it is possible.  I am hopeful, optimistic, that I somehow do both at about a B+ level, and that in the end that is the best thing for me to do.  But, I may be getting to philosophical for my first blog back from a three year hiatus.  It's 2014!  I have been a mom since mid-2011!  Fuq!  How did that happen?