Slacker!...

Yes, I am an eternal blog-slacker, and I apologize for that... but maybe I should have entitled this post "Slackers" in plural, since Tee Jay has never once posted (not even when Casey was born and I had just had 'major abdominal surgery' - as we like to call it in our house).

Anyhoo, things have been super busy since I've returned to work, and the blog has suffered in response.

All in all, it's going well. Casey is absolutely thriving at day care. She is eating three 4-oz. bottles each day and sometimes wants an extra little snack right around the time I'm due to get her in the evening. That's a huge leap from the half-ounce here and half-ounce there routine for the first few days when she wasn't too sure of her surroundings.

Can't you just see the adorable chubby-ness here?


I'm learning how to not necessarily thrive, but at least survive. Work is super busy, especially since a gal went out on maternity leave as soon as I started back (she's in labor AS I TYPE THIS! - the doctor was just called in, so we know little Michael is arriving soon, soon, soon).

And home life is keeping just as hectic. In the mornings, I get myself dressed and brush my teeth and hair before getting Casey out of her crib and fed. Then she is changed and strapped into the car seat so that I can grab her bottles, my breastpump and all of its supplies, and anything else necessary (new diapers or wipes, spare bibs and clothes, etc.) for the daycare.

In the evenings, we try to spend all of Casey's awake time just playing with and enjoying her to the fullest. Once she's in bed, we run around desperately trying to do laundry, wash dishes, prepare bottles for the next day, and get ourselves showered (since the mornings are too cramped at this point).

It's tiring, but hey... it's PARENTHOOD, right????