Back to work....

This is what happend five minutes after going to bed tonight... I heard Addy singing away! (watch for a couple seconds and I turn the light on!)

Well alas all good things must come to an end. My maternity leave is up and I head back to work tomorrow with mixed feelings. I cannot believe our little guy is already almost 12 weeks old! And boy did the summer go by WAY too fast! I feel like just yesterday we left for Alabama and were heading south to meet an amazing birthmom and baby boy. The timing, although insanely fast, turned out to be a blessing. We got to spend the whole summer together as a family of 4. Jared was off for school, I had maternity leave, and Addy only went to daycare twice a week. It was an amazing time and many memories were made. It is probably the only time we will have 8 solid weeks together as a family without work!

As I go back to work, I am sad to know that I will be missing out on part of Tyler's little life as he is just getting more interactive and starting to play. With Addy, at 12 weeks I couldn't imagine going back to work since she was just getting so interactive and with 8 weeks left of my leave, I wondered how other parents did it. I had 8 more weeks with her as an interactive baby learning new things everyday. And this is what makes me sad with Tyler. I got to spend the incredible first days in the hospital and got to experience having a newborn and for that I am thankful but now grieve the loss of the extra time that I had home with Addy that don't have with him.

I am positive he will do well at daycare (Addy LOVES it there!) and I know his amazing big sister will be a good helper and will watchout for him. I told Addy tonight that Tyler was going to Bridgets with her tomorrow and she was excited! Good thing Tyler has such a good big sister!