Supermom

Yes, that's me... you can offically call me Supermom!  Ok, maybe I'm not doing anything super special that millions of other moms out there aren't already doing everyday.  It has been a very long week but I survived.  My family survived.  We are all happy and healthy (well, for the most part).  I went back to work on Monday.  Benjamin is 10 weeks old and started going to daycare full-time.  Chloe went back to her after-school program.  I went back to full-time work, 9ish - 5ish.  I am happy to report that we all survived.  Benjamin seems to be thriving in daycare. 3 out of the past 4 nights he has slept 9:00 pm - 5:00 am. The other night he only woke up once around 1 to eat.  He seems happy to have a schedule.

Chloe went to school with a smile on her face and a full lunch box in her book bag everyday. (Yes, I forgot to pack her lunch one day last week. It was apparently the worst day of her entire life... but still quickly forgiven and forgotten.)  Homework has been completed each night, we didn't forget to bring back her library book and she knows her spelling words better than I do! 

Every night we ate a nice family dinner.  The first night was super easy thanks to my crock-pot.  I even did laundry in the middle of the week.  It doesn't matter that the laundry is still sitting in the hamper in my room and we have to dig through it to get clean clothes.... at least they are clean!  Now that I am back to working full-time I have a great excuse for my house being a mess!

It wasn't an easy week.  Come on, it's hard leaving this adorable little face...

Monday I cried to a friend at work.  She has three little ones and it was nice to have someone understand how hard it is. Then, I came home and sobbed.  Tuesday I was in tears when I came home again.  Wednesday I at least made it to bedtime before ending up in tears, saying to my husband "I don't want to go to work tomorrow."  Of course he just told me I'm acting worse than a child not wanting to go to school and it'll get easier.  Thursday I started to feel better.  I was thinking, ok... I can do this.  Now it is Friday.  Finally.  We all survived.  We are all happy and healthy... well, I actually started to feel sick around Wednesday and am now fighting a cold - but a common cold wont kill me.  On the bright side, I am giving Benjamin some antibodies that will hopefully build his immune system stronger.

Ok, I should admit I have it pretty easy.  People at work are pretty flexible and laid back.  I come in around 9:20 after dropping the baby off at daycare and leave around 5.  Instead of taking a lunch (which I never took a lunch anyway) I get to run downstairs to see the baby every few hours.  Oh, did I not mention that Benjamin is at a daycare right downstairs from my work?  I left that part out at first because although it's great, it was still hard at first.  There are four buildings grouped together, he is in a different building but it takes me about 3 minutes to walk there.  Not only did we survive, but we survived my first week back at work while successfully exclusively breastfeeding.  The wonderful ladies that watch my baby text me when he is hungry and I run down and nurse him.  They also text me updates throughout the day. Like, "he is still sleeping believe it or not! Wow what did ya put in that milk this am!" and "he poopied through his clothes, sorry I had to change his cute outfit" or "he's up and hungry waiting for ya".  They also take pictures and print them out for me to take back to work... so I get to see him smiling and happy while I'm not there.  Everytime I get a text I feel warm and cozy inside because it means I get to go feed and snuggle with my baby.  I feed him before heading up to work and then two or three times throughout the day.  Two to three twenty minute breaks with my baby really breaks up my day and makes the time go by pretty quickly.  Plus, getting to spend that time in the classroom I get to know the other kiddos and watch how the teachers interact with them.  I feel pretty lucky.

TGIF! I can't wait to spend my weekend at home with my babies.  I want to spend an afternoon doing something fun with just my Chlobug.

And I will probably spend a lot of time laying on the couch watching this...

Ahh... there is nothing quite like staring at a sleeping baby. What, you want more? Okay...

Now, off to enjoy a nice relaxing weekend.  I can't believe the weekend is only two days.  I have to do this all over again next week.... and the next... and the next... ok, let's just take it one day at a time.

Everyone have a great weekend!

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