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8.11.10

Well, we've made it through half the week, and I am exhausted!  I forgot how much I hate getting up in the morning; if would be helpful if my baby alarm would go off when I want it to, instead of an hour before I need to, or just as I'm exiting the shower.  I had a slight meltdown Sunday night thinking of taking her to daycare and going back to work...I kept trying to think of ways to save money so I could stay home.  Erich has narrowed it down to winning the lottery, le sigh.

Daycare is going good; they're really nice and have a good teacher to infant ratio.  It helps that she's been in a good mood when I drop her off so far.  Yeah, I drop her off, I got the raw end of this deal!  It makes more sense for me to drop her off since it's on my way to work--kind of--and Erich gets off earlier than me so he picks her up.  I feel out of the loop getting the details of her day secondhand.  Today was my halfday, so I picked her up early and it was good seeing her there, totally content playing on the floor.  Apparently they just love her, she's got a great disposition, and is very advanced for her age.  Well, we knew she was perfect, now it's not just us advertising that.  :)

Work has been weird; I'm trying to get back into the swing of things, and trying to remember what the heck I was doing two months ago.  Plus I have people asking how it's going, do I miss Harper, etc...I'm getting busy already, so that should help keep my mind off not being with her during the day.  The first day was a long one!  I also can't believe how fast time goes by once we get home; I get home, snuggle and feed her, eat dinner, snuggle and feed her, maybe watch part of a tv show, go to bed, wake up to snuggle and feed...rinse and repeat.  Erich was nice enough to handle the middle of the night feedings Sunday and Monday, and then  I took on last night...it wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't a light sleeper--everything wakes me up, every noise, every movement  I hear from the monitor.  So, once she moves,  I'm up...it sucks, especially when I have to get up and be an active member of society.

So, since I had my short term disability extended with my surgery, I now have a plethora of vacation days, and not sure when I'll use them.  I can carry over 5 days into 2011, but that still leaves me with 12...I don't want to waste them on a lazy day at home, but we aren't planning any trips outside of the Dave Matthews concert next month--good music, good food, some gambling and drinking, good way to celebrate turning 30!

Here are some pics from her baptism a few weeks ago...





love this shot of the fam...

my niece Hailey and Harper...our "H" Girls!

Close up on her baptismal bracelet from Auntie Heather

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