Sunday, March 11, 2012

Back to the salt mines I go....

This past week marked the first week back to work for me. Its kinda weird because I have felt so up and down about the whole thing. I completely love having a job and I didn't want to give that up but I was defiantly not ready to go back to work. But the thing is I have no maternity leave, besides my little bit of short term disability and I kinda felt like if I was going to go back, I should probably just do it. We are blessed to have a wonderful situation with Brock's caregiver and with me being guaranteed flexibly I decided to go ahead and dive it.

The first day sucked. That's the best way to describe it. As I drove to work I wanted to cry. I really didn't want to leave Brock and I hared ending such a nice period of time with him. You grow so attached to this little person and I really hated ended that special time. Over the past week, our schedule is this...

- 5:30- 6am - Brock usually wakes up after a nice 7-8 hour sleep to nurse. Thank goodness!
- 6-7am- We cuddle in my bed and I watch him snooze a little bit. I love this time and I couldn't care less that he's not in his crib.
-7:30- I nurse him one more time before I jet off to work. Mrs Teri comes in at this time and we drink a cup of tea before I leave. Then I had him over and she washes, dresses and plays with him.
- 12:30 - I try to make it home for lunch with him. It makes my day so much better to see him half way through it.
- 4:30-5pm - Matt gets home and hangs out with Brock till I make it home.
- 5:30- I get home and feed Brock then we hang out till dinner time.
- 9 pm - Bubble bath time. He loves the bath so much. He flips around, floats on his bath and relaxes. By far, my favorite time of the day.
-930pm- I feed Brock and put him to bed

We have a great schedule going but somehow I have to figure out how to fit in working out. I love going to the gym but so far I have only made it a couple times this week. I want to spend all my free time with him so I either have to try in do it super early, run in the evenings with him or something. That's my next big adjustment.

So far work is going okay. I enjoy seeing everyone and being in the office. My job has changed a ton since I went on leave and I am really busy figuring out what that role is, what my territory is going to look like this year and how I am going to make some real money! That is yet to be determined. Matt's job is going great. He found out he made Presidents Club and we have a nice trip planned to celebrate in May.

Overall we are all adjusting well to me being back at work. Brock is doing GREAT. He is such a happy baby, he is sleeping really well, he is laughing at us so much and is picking his head up more and more. Zeke loves having all the attention all day long with Mrs Teri here and gives Brock the occasional kiss on the forehead.

This past weekend we had family and friends over and went on the Jr League Tour of Kitchens. This is an event we look forward to all year long. What's not to love? Trying tons of food, drink and getting ideas on how to decorate your home? For us HGTV junkies, we love it. This year was so exception. We had a three car caravan of friends that went to each of the house and we had a blast. We pulled Brock in and out of the car all day and he did soooooo well! I was shocked, he is easy going but I was surprised he stayed so happy all day. Hopefully he is exactly the same way in wine country.

We are heading to Napa and Sonoma valley in 3 weeks and we are so excited. This will be Brock's first of many flights and we are crossing our fingers that he does well. We are flying direct from Orlando to San Francisco so hopefully that will limit the germs and excitement. Zeke is staying home with Grandma Teri. We will miss him but he hates planes so he won't miss it too much.

OK, so our baby boy is now 2 months old. Here are his statistics and some pictures.

Statistics:
Height: 24 inches ( 75+%)
Weight: 11pds 2 oz ( 50%)
Head: 41  ( 75%)

Basically, he is long and lean. Not super lean, but defiantly not a chunky baby.







 Brock and his buddies at our BBQ last Sunday ...




A look back to month one photo shoot!








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