Well, I survived it

My first week back to work after maternity leave, that is. There were moments when I thought the week would never end and other moments when the time was flying by because I was so busy.

I went into the work week a bit tired from all of the activities of last weekend (Michael's birthday party, Katie's baptism). Monday was the worst day for me. It suddenly hit me that I was going to be spending more time away from Katie in one day than I had in the previous 2 months since she was born. As usual, it was harder on the mom than the child. Katie was in good hands at home with her grandmom for most of the week and with Daddy today.

Michael went back to daycare on Tuesday and he did great after being at home with Katie & I for 2 months. He only went 2 days this week, which was the perfect transition to return. I was more worried about how he would do than I was about how Katie would do. Probably because he is aware of what is happening.

Work was work, as usual. It's been hard to get back into the swing of things since I haven't been there for 2 months but I am trying. I have to develop a new routine as I am pumping at work and the schedule varies a bit every day. Eventually I will get into a new groove and hopefully things will get a bit easier. I keep reminding myself that it's only for a few months and then I will be home with the kids next year.

Trip to Daddy's Work

Yesterday Michael, Katie and I took a trip to Todd's work to visit him. It was one of the first outings with me and the kids solo. We went to church on Sunday morning but Todd was home to help me out and Michael went to the church nursery. Everything went well in preparing to go to visit Todd, except that it took me almost 2 hours to get ready to go there.

Michael was so excited to go see Daddy at work. He knows where it's at and always looks for Daddy's truck when we get there. Katie was asleep in her carseat when we got there but she quickly woke up. She was taking everything in around her. She looked wide eyed at Todd's co-workers and soon wanted to get out of the carseat.

We brought our lunch to eat with Todd in his lunchroom. We had visits from several of his co-workers and it was nice to see him during the day. We spent about an hour there and it seemed to go by way too fast. We headed home after that and both kids fell asleep in the car....guess they got tired out!