Maternity Leave

Sadly, my vacation is almost over..... I go back to work on Monday :(.

To say I am depressed about it is an understatement. I have had so much fun over these past 8 weeks just being a mom and setting up our new house. I feel like I am a little girl again playing "house" with my dolls. Household chores have actually been fun while my baby sits in his swing and watches me. I have also enjoyed being able to exercise now that my doctor has cleared me to do it and I actually have the energy to do it because I haven't had to work! We go for walks around our new community a lot and Austin thought it was hilarious watching me do yoga yesterday. I kept waiting for him to start crying because I wasn't paying attention to him but something about watching Mom do really weird poses had him intrigued. I feel like this is the life I have always dreamed of.

Spending the morning with my boy before we went to Daddy's work to surprise him and show off to all of his coworkers!

Going back to work will bring new challenges that I haven't wanted to face. The hardest one being that I will have to leave my baby. I am so lucky to have a Mom who is willing to babysit for us while I work and I know that she will be so great with him. However, that doesn't make the situation any easier. I will also be faced with having to function on even less sleep than I am already getting and having to still try and be smart so I don't accidentally kill someone. But then again, some adult interaction wouldn't be such a bad thing.... and now that we have a house and a baby, we could always use the extra money.

Over the past 8 weeks Austin and I have developed a fun little routine which has gone as follows:
1) wake up and feed the baby while watching my favorite morning show (Live with Kelly & Michael)
2) pump whatever he couldn't eat and freeze it for future use
3) get both of us ready for the day
4) possibly eat some breakfast if I get a chance
5) go over the to do list for the day and then go for a walk or do some form of exercise
6) feed the baby again and put him in his swing so I can get some work done, or go out and run errands and then come home and put the baby in his swing
7) baby always falls asleep in his swing (yay!)
8) watch something on Netflix and eat lunch
9) continue working on projects around the house and play with the baby/cuddle when he wakes up
10) Daddy comes home and we make dinner/talk/watch TV together
11) shower and get ready for bed while Dad holds the baby
12) feed the baby, fall asleep, and then it starts all over again!

Now can you see why it is going to be so hard for me to go back to work?!

I've never been big into superheroes, but this little Superman has won my heart!

Somehow he fell asleep like this... must have been comfortable

We were feeling patriotic that day

Austin got his shots and was a very sad boy all night. He had done great and didn't even cry until 8pm when he woke up screaming bloody murder and his right leg was red and swollen. Dad ran to the store to get children's Tylenol and Mom got the fun job of staying up with him until he calmed down enough to sleep. This is where our new rocking chair came in very handy!

This silly boy is so much fun in the mornings because he is so happy and makes the funniest faces!

Austin's latest achievement has been learning how to smile. He is the most smiley in the mornings when he first wakes up and he melts my heart every time he does it.

Austin's first jersey.

Dad came home from work and we had a football party to kick off the start of college football! We had wanted to watch the first Utah game of the season but it wasn't on TV so we cheered on UNC instead. I felt so nostalgic while I was putting Austin's jersey on him because we lived in North Carolina when we found out we were pregnant and giving Josh this little Jersey was the fun way I broke the news to him.

The baby's bassinet sits right next to our bed and we love to watch him sleep. He does the cutest things!

This is our little monkey as of today, Friday September 6th. At 7 weeks he is now big enough to start wearing 0-3month clothes (although they are still a little big on him). I am going to miss spending every second with this adorable baby boy!