Back to Work

I am taking a break from work for a few minutes this Friday afternoon (in an attempt to stay awake and) to reflect on my new life as a working mom. I just called Mark and commented that I could not figure out why I am so tired this afternoon... He reminded me that it is probably due to the fact that I have just started having to get up on a set schedule again. (Did I say recently that I yearned for a set schedule? No... that could not have been me.)

Anyway, the return to working life is going really well. Of course our sweet "Baby Milo" has made it easy on me. He is so good at just going with the flow. He doesn't seem to mind the drive ~ of course he is much happier now that I moved his car seat to the other side of the car so the sun is not in his face coming AND going each day. He stays with his Great Aunt Lanita each day. I think she really enjoys having him with her. She talks and sings to him throughout the day and even gives him his tummy time twice a day. The picture below is from one of our first visits to Lanita several weeks ago when she met him for the first time.



Did I mention that her house is literally 2 miles from my office? AND that I have left the house, dropped him off AND gotten to work by 7:45 the last two mornings!?! For those of you that know me, you will appreciate what an amazing feat that really is! Seriously, it occurred to me the other day that having her watch Milo for us truly is a godsend. I couldn't have asked for a better situation. Thank you again Angels!

The sleep situation is not too bad. Fortunately he is a good sleeper. He only wakes up once each night to eat and then he generally goes right back to sleep with no fuss. The whole process takes about 30 minutes. My problem is that I am having a hard time going back to sleep. I never have a hard time going to sleep! Even last week while I was still on leave I could be asleep within seconds of putting my head on the pillow. I don't know what is going on these last few days. Mark even got up for one of the 4 AM feedings a few nights ago and I just stayed in bed wide-awake the whole time listening to what they were doing. I have managed fairly well throughout the week but I think it is catching up with me now. I definitely see some naps in my future this weekend!

Work in general has been busy but it is such a joy to know in the back of my mind that I get to go pick my little sweetie up at the end of the day. Somehow I think I appreciate him even more now that I am separated from him for part of the day. I keep glancing at pictures throughout the day and then when I get to hold him again at Lanita's I just can't get enough of his precious face, his perfect little body, his sweet (though still infrequent) smiles, etc. Can you tell that I am an enamored mother?

Work calls but I am going to close with some of the pictures that I have been gravitating towards throughout my workday. Enjoy...