Saturday, August 23, 2008

BAck to work..... and a few meltdowns...

So this past week I went back to work...bo hoooooo


I did however get my part time job (8-2) everyday which helps a lot but I also now sit in a cube.. So I guess there are trade offs but I love being able to leave every day at 2 to pick up Sam.

So Sunday night I had complete meltdown mode with something was wrong with Sam's head (no not really I was just thinking there was)so I kept her up too late, to what am I going to wear to work, what time do I get up, etc etc etc...I just literally had a freak out and to top it off I sleep walk (if you didn't know that trust me I have some hilarious stories) so I woke up pulling all the covers off Dan yelling where is the baby... Not sure why I thought she was under the covers but my sweet dear hubby very calmly tells me she is in her crib in her room where she sleeps every night.... So after I got that through my head I crawled back to bed....


I dropped her off at daycare at 7am Monday morning..I was in and out pretty fast as I knew if I stayed too long I would completely meltdown again. Well the drop off was the easy part. I proceeded to drive to work with blaring music singing and dancing (as I never get to blast the radio with Sam in the car)....I got to work and logged in to the web cam to keep an eye on her...Surprisingly I was not on it all morning I peeked a few times. I only worked half a day so I went running home to pick her up before noon and she was passed out in a swing. WE have a swing at home but we rarely use it and put it on the barely swinging mode. This was a huge swing going full blast..It kinda freaked me out but she was passed out in the chair and had been for 3 hours... My daughter never sleeps that long. So I panicked again and couldn't wake her up at first because she was in such a deep sleep and the darn swing wouldn't stop...I am sure at this point with me trying to get her out of the swing while it was going and frantically doing it the ladies at the daycare thought I was a nutcase.... Everything was fine but she was freezing.... I guess I didn't think to dress her warm since we keep our house relatively warm (lesson learned). Needless to say I stayed and fed her and got to know the women that would be taking care of her and felt much better after I left. Needless to say Tuesday was a much easier day (and I dressed her in pants and socks to keep her warm. I didn't notice until I got to daycare that the pants looked like leggings...they were a tad too tight oh well they kept her warm that day).... And Sam stayed awake a little more at daycare... The school was closed Thursday and Friday so my mom watcher her Thursday and Dan's folks watched her Friday..... So that made the end of the week a lot easier..

Here are a few other pics we have taken over the past few weeks of the little one...









Sam gearing up for the football season....Doesn't she look cute??? Red is definitely her color!! Now I wonder which school logo she will be wearing for the big OU/TCU game?????hmmmm


Chewy giving Sam kisses.....


Sam can keep her head up now so I started putting her in this Bumbo (is that these are called) chair... She still slouches to one side but I am sure she will improve with some practice.

Well the next week will be a busy one with being back at work for the full week then the holiday weekend....I can not wait for the 3 day weekend.....



Sam in a bikini!!!!!!!!!!



Well we attended our first pool party a few weeks ago with Sam and I had to share a few pics. First let me tell you how excited I was to finally be able to put her bathing suit on her (even though our pediatrician asked us not to take her swimming I still had to put the suit on her) so I went to download a bunch of pictures off our camera as it was getting super full and I somehow never put the camera back in my bag. So thank goodness for Jenny M who takes fabulous pictures (she did Sam's newborns) was there with her camera and she caught a few classics for us.




Thanks again to Kristin for hosting everyone...We had a blast and Sam loved every second!!!
Also on the weight front I am down to 12 pounds left. These last 15 have been tough...I am running a lot and literally eating as healthy and lightly as possible... Not sure how much longer it will take but my patience is running a little thin (or as Dan says I have no patience)..... I was being too cheap to buy new pants for going back to work so I am wearing my first round of maternity pants.... Oh well no one but me can tell the difference....
I can't believe my maternity leave (12 weeks) is already over....