Back to work :(

Today was the day... I had to go back to work :(

It was a long, hard day for me. I woke up at 5:30 am to get myself and Owen ready for me to be at work at 8:00 am. Surprisingly, things went smoothly this morning and I even made it to the office a little early (which breaks my heart because I could have spent that time with Owen instead). Owen's drop-off went much better than last time - that is I remembered everything the first time. Unfortunately, while driving to work I looked in my back seat and saw Owen's empty carseat. It made me sad and miss my little man but then... I realized that I was supposed to leave the carseat behind so Scott could bring Owen home! Oops. I would either have to leave work early to get Owen or Scott would have to borrow little Jake's seat to get him home. Fortunately George & Christine were nice enough to lend their extra carseat so Owen made it home safely.

Owen seems to have made it through the day all right. His daily report sheet shows he did a lot of napping but, not so much eating. He only ate about 5 oz all day long! It may have been a combination of missing Mom (a little self-importance on my part) and not being used to using the bottle. Of course, as soon as I came home he was very interested in eating. I tried to give him the bottle for a while so he'd get used to it. After he ate a few ounces by the bottle I gave him what he was really looking for...

The evenings - and time with Owen - are short. I got home around 6:40 and he goes to be around 8:30. Not much time for baby loving. I am sure we will get used to it and settle into a routine that works. I just hope that he does a better job eating tomorrow.

You may wonder how work went for me... back to normal sums it up. It was like I never left. This is partly good and partly bad. I am back working on a number of projects and proposals. I was busy all day yesterday, which kept me from worrying about my baby all day long. I worry, though, about how stressful it is going to be over time. We'll just have to see how this all works out...