Now that the first full week of work has past and our first overnight trip away from Eli,I figured some updates are in order for the blog!
Week 1 at work was no walk in the park for me. There was absolutely no middle of the night schedule and trying to get Eli to nurse when I wanted him to in the morning was tough. Also, considering all the "prep work" I do in the evening when I get home, I was still running around like a chicken with my head cut off. There was one good day though which was Wednesday and that was because Adam's mom comes over to watch Eli at our house. Life seemed so much more simpler that day.
One other cramp was that I had NO time to get a workout in. I hate when I start to feel depressed about not feeling my best so it was really hard to deal with on my end. I was trying my hardest to get up in the AM and run on the treadmill in the basement but without Eli getting up at any predictable hour I could not get decent sleep, I was just such a mess & exhausted.
A few other kinks to our first week back included - Adam locking his keys in his car on Thursday morning & Adam waking up on Friday with a completely stiff back. He was in so much discomfort that I had to get out of bed early to help him out the door, down to tying his shoes. Thank god he is ok, he ended up showing up to work and being sent to the doctors. The doctor told Adam he needs to religiously stretch his back in the morning and night and he gave Adam muscle relaxers which helped a ton. I am so happy he seems to be moving around much better now.
I am glad to report that this week seems to be starting more smoothly. I got a workout in yesterday morning at 5:30am which felt GREAT. It was not the kind of workout where I was "chipper and ready to go" (I think I am coming down with a cold) but after the workout I felt better that I had done something.
Also, when dropping Eli off at day care this morning, Anna told me that Eli is a very easy baby to take care of. She said he seems to love the other kiddies there and is acclimating well. Just hearing that made me feel so much better about leaving him there. Starting next week I am going to be working from home 1 day a week and I can't wait because I feel like I don't see Eli enough these days. Our schedule will be down to 3 days of day care, the other 2 days will be one day with me at home and the other with Meme' & Poppi.
This past weekend was my best friend Sarah's 30th birthday celebration. Sarah lives in Burlington,VT which is a 4 hour drive for us so this was our first overnight away from Eli. Eli did great at Meme' & Poppi's house and it was really nice for me and Adam to get out. We missed him allot but it was such a good time to be with Sarah and friends. "Pumping & dumping" was not such a great highlight from the weekened mainly because it is so much work to pump then to have to dump it. I definitely felt the mommy guilt coming on strong & a bit irresponsible. But then one friend told me to look at it this way - I was doing the responsible thing so that made me feel SO much better. This was the first time I had been drinking in a VERY long time where I had more than 1 glass of wine, I have to admit it was a fun time!
Here are some pictures of Eli at Meme' & Poppi's house from the weekend.
On Sunday when we returned, we crashed on the couch with Eli and relaxed the afternoon away. It was very nice being one big lazy family on the couch for the day!
