Working Mom

Ever since I became pregnant, I've become hyper-sensitive to stories of children getting ill or hurt. Casey used to come home to me bawling my eyes out early on in my pregnancy because I had stumbled upon some blog of a mother having a stillborn or losing her child to some awful disease. Somebody just posted this blog on facebook http://prayingfornina.blogspot.com/ and it's definitely making me well up. I am going to have to squeeze Elle extra tight when she wakes up from her nap. 


What's new on the Thormahlen front? Well, let's see...I started work yesterday. My last day was November 5th. So bizarre being back after 3.5 months. My life has completely changed since then and it felt so normal to be back. Like nothing had ever happened. I'm so grateful that I love my company--it made  the "transition" so much easier. I had been really emotional about it since last week but felt fine once I was there yesterday. Poor Casey had to deal with me over the weekend. Casey took a vacation day and watched Elle while I was at work yesterday. Our roles completely reversed--he was the one texting me at 4:00 PM that there were only 2.5 hours left. Taking care of an infant is SO exhausting. Being back at work yesterday felt like a break for me and I hadn't had that much energy in awhile. Being a mommy is definitely the hardest thing I have ever done in my life and work is cake compared to it. We are still figuring out how my work-from-home days are going to work. It's impossible getting anything done during the day. And I absolutely do not want to plant my sweet angel in her bouncer while I type away at the computer. I wouldn't be able to get anything of quality done and I want to enjoy every second I have with her. 


In case you were wondering, Elle is now sleeping basically full-time in her crib. We sometimes move her to her bassinet when she wakes up at 4 AM for a feeding for her final 3 hours but that's it. She really is getting too big for it. I want to take a picture of her in it to compare it to her first picture in it before we put it away. I'll try to remember to do that soon. I can't believe Elle is already 3 months old.