**JLPT**

AllieSchmallie

Hey! Congrats again on Maddie's recent arrival! I just wanted to tell you how impressed I am that you not only have meals planned for this week, but are actually cooking this soon after bringing home a new baby! I was a hot mess after I brought Jonah home, and we frequented fast food establishments so often that I probably should have received a discount. I'm impressed that you're taking care of a toddler and a newborn, and still managing to find time to cook meals. You're doing a great job!

JLPT830

You seriously just brought tears to my eyes.  Thank you for the kind words.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate it!  I just had this conversation with DH not too long before Maddie arrived, that I consider it one of my more important jobs as a mother and wife to provide a good meal for my family.  I think it's the Italian in me.  :-)  I suck at keeping an organized, tidy house, but I'll be darned if we aren't going to sit down as a family and eat a halfway decent meal.  And it doesn't help that I am addicted to the Food Network while I'm BF'ing.