Back to Work I Go

Today is my last day of maternity leave. Tomorrow I go back to work. I'm trying VERY hard to be excited so here is my pros list. I'm not going to write a cons list.

• Stop facebook stalking people... I swear I've memorized most people's pets, kids and job locations 
• Get back to a normal eating schedule 
• Shower everyday instead of when I remember to
• Adult conversations... no more repeating everything I say five times
• No longer having to hear the same songs over and over again (from Cole's mobile) 
• Will no longer smell like formula mixed with baby spit
• High heals! 
• My morning coffee will be made for me 
• Smaller chance of being peed on
• Will have something to add to dinner conversations besides what Cole's poop looked like and what happened on Gilmore Girls 

I'm sure more pros will form after this first week.... I'll keep you posted.

Shake It If You Got It

It's pretty blurry but here is a video of Cole moving and grooving Friday night... He's got the whole kicking and talking thing down! 

Hope everyone had a great weekend - Enjoy the Oscars tonight!

Just Because

Because my previous post leaves you feeling pretty sappy-sad...

It's Been 74 Days

It’s been 74 days and I still can’t believe I have a son. His pout face makes me giggle, his eyelashes make me jealous, and his coos make me melt. I have this lil’ man in my life who is growing up before my eyes and I still can’t believe it.

It’s been 74 days and I still can’t nap. Luckily I have a 74 day old baby who sleeps through the night. Well, most nights.

It’s been 74 days and I’ve mastered doing (almost) everything with one hand. I can type, cook, make a bottle, clean… all with one hand. You should see my left bicep!

It’s been 74 days and I’ve only worked out twice. My back has been a recurring problem and has prevented me from getting back in shape. I promise this is not an excuse… If you could see the drastic tilt in my hips you would feel bad for me. What does this mean? Besides being in pain and frustrated, it means that this weekend I will be going shopping for some work clothes… something I did NOT want to do.

It’s been 74 days and I’ve finally started to figure out Cole’s different cries. Mind you they change weekly but most days I can tell which is an “I’m bored” vs. “I’m really tired but you’re so much fun I want to stay up” cry. There’s also the “I’m HANGRY – where’s that bottle?” cry and, of course, the ever popular fake-out cry. This one is usually smashed between some smiles and coos… again, fake-out!

It’s been 74 days and in 5 days I have to go back to work. This day always seemed so far away. In the beginning I never thought it would get here… I was anxious for it to get here. Now I’m begging for a few more weeks. A few more days. It’s not that I don’t want to work. I do. I’m not the stay-at-home type. I applaud those that are. It’s just that I don’t want to leave him. My lil’ man. I don’t want to miss anything that he does. I don’t want to miss the first time he rolls over or the first time he actually holds his nuk in his mouth. I don’t want to miss his naps. I love watching him sleep. I don’t want to miss the noises he makes. His grunting when he eats. The squeals when he lies under his mobile. The cries when you put him down to nap… and then how quiet he is when you pick him back up.

I haven’t even left him yet and my heart is breaking.

I know all the people at daycare will be wonderful and take good care of him… but I just don’t want them to. I want to. But I want to work.

I knew this would be hard. Everyone said this would be one of the hardest things I’ll ever do. I didn’t believe them. It’s been 74 days and I do now. 

Chatting with Alfred the Elephant

Cole LOVES his elephant. We put him in his big-kid chair and set Al in front of him and he just sits and chats away. It's very cute but also frustrating if you've been trying to get him to talk to you for the past hour! 

Bragging Rights: Cole slept from 11pm - 6:00am last night! He had two night cries which I woke-up to but nothing big enough to get me out of bed! I know I'm jinxing us by writing this but I can't help it... I'm just so excited! 

Not-Bragging: I have to go back to work next week. I'll be writing a longer post later in the week about this but to say I'm sad about this would be an understatement. I get completely teary-eyed every time I think about it... 

Party Man

Our little man has decided to take his shirt literally the past few nights... I'm tired. 

Family Time

The past two weeks have been busy with lots of family time.

Jason's grandparents from Montana were in town last weekend and Cole was able to spend lots of time with them. He showed off how cute and loud he can be!

Cole's aunty Jenna is also in town - She got more of the loud side Friday night!

My aunts Lindsay and Steph also got to meet Cole but for some reason those photos aren't uploading properly... will add later!

Last night Jason and I celebrated (late) Valentine's Day with massages and dinner. With my back still doing numbers on me I was hoping a massage would do the trick... Not so much. Though the deep tissue massage was nice at the time... the bruises on my hips this morning are not!

This morning the three of us read the paper (ok, I read People and Cole played with his elephant) and managed to snap a couple cute pictures.

Enjoy the snow!