Well, my maternity leave ended last week and I started back up at work with lots of mixed emotions. I was incredibly sad and a little worried about leaving Logan at daycare all day, but I was excited to get out of the house after two months and enjoy the company of adults again. It turns out everthing went very smoothly and I know leaving Logan at daycare was way more stressful for me than for Logan...he was smiling and giggling away when I picked him up (definitely not phased at all; it did make me a little jealous though)! But I can now empathize with all of you working mothers; I was thorouhly exhausted at the end of the week and when Logan and I got home on Thursday evening we quickly ate and got ready for bed and we were both asleep by 7:30pm (that's a first for us)! Poor Brent got home to a very dark and quiet home with only Indiana awake to greet him.
The best part of that night though was the fact that Logan didn't wake up again until 6:00am!!! I think daycare is wearing Logan out and I also think that he's decided to take pity on me, because he's slept through the nights off and on for the last week and a half (more on than off!). I'm almost afraid to say anything for fear I'm going to jinx myselft. The first few times that it happened I was scared to death that something was wrong; but, when I checked on him, he was sleeping away soundly! I was actually very nervous about him sleeping that long that I even asked our pediatrician at his 2 month appt today if it was ok and she just laughed at me- I'm a paranoid 1st time mommy. Also at our two month appt we learned that our little guy is growing wonderfully... he now weighs a whopping 12 lbs 4 oz; he's in the 50th% for weight and head circumference (dad thinks we have a smart little guy on our hands), and 25th% for height (but not so tall). He had to get a shot today though and I've never seen his face so red nor heard him cry so loud...it was a very sad sight and it took a good 5 minutes or so to calm him down afterwards.
Looking back on these last two months, I've realized what an amazing adventure this whole parenting thing is; it is nothing that Brent nor I could have imagined. We constantly find ourselves looking at one another and at Logan in disbelief that this precious little baby is ours. It has been such a joy to have a new little baby with such a sweet and joyful spirit in our home. We are so grateful to our Heavenly Father to have entrusted this child into our care and feel so blessed to have him here, happy and healthy!
