Thank you's

I have so many backlogged thank you notes to write for Baby V's gifts. This is ordinarily my forte, writing grateful notes for the thoughtful presents people send us. When Hub-D and I were engaged, it was one of my favorite things to do, to crank out thank you notes. So what's wrong here?

Although caring for two children isn't the disaster that people predicted it would be -- I had people telling me it was going to be SO HARD and I would be SO BUSY and the work of being a mom would increase tenfold. And none of those things are true. It's more complicated logistically, but I haven't blown off my friends or turned into a recluse by any means.

I'm just not writing thank you notes with appropriate speed. And Baby V's baby book is gathering dust, as I haven't even cracked the spine. Most other things are being taken care of just fine -- I'm finding time to shower, and to shop, and even to feed my family now that my friends' meals have stopped. But it's these peripheral paperwork projects that have simply fallen to the wayside.

So anyway, if you sent us a present, thank you! You'll get a note from us someday, possibly written in neat cursive by Baby V herself.