3 Months

Olive was born 3 months ago. What a whirlwind day, and the start of a beautiful new path. I am so happy to be on spring break this week and spend as much time with her as I can. Who can resist this cutie pie?

New Routine

Week 1 of new routine is done. Let's see...well, let me start by saying that the week leading up to, and the actual first day of taking Olive to daycare was so much harder than I ever could have imagined. I cried for about a week before taking her, at the thoughts of "what if they ignore her? how will they know what her cries mean? how will they know how to get her to finish her bottles? how will they know how she likes to be put to bed? how will they possibly.show.her.as.much.love.as.we.do?" and about a million others. The day finally rolled around, and about 2 hours of (spread out) sleep, I took our little girl to daycare. Obviously, I was bawling the whole morning: before, during, and after. I was on pins and needles the whole day, calling the daycare to make sure she was still alive check on her, talking about it with my coworkers, etc. Speaking of coworkers, they were amazing. I've said it before, but I am so, so lucky to work with such a great group of people. They are always super understanding and supportive of one another and without that crutch, I don't know if I could have made it through the first day. The students were super amped to see me and get back to the same old routine, and honestly, it was really good to see them, too. They were so cute, with "Welcome Back, Mrs. Fahey" bulletin boards, cards, letters, hugs, etc. that it made my day fly by. The next 3 days weren't as terrible. It got a little easier each day. Before we started taking her to daycare, I was crying and asking Michael, "They say it 'gets easier,' but how could it possibly get easy to leave.your.child?" And he replied, "It never gets easier to leave your child, but easier to know that they're being cared for." I guess that sums it up. You just have to realize that you cannot do it all, you need others to help you, and accepting help is sometimes tough to do, but necessary for the greatest good of your little one. Turns out, they (daycare) teachers love Olive. I mean, who wouldn't, but it made me proud to see them fawn over her and notice how amazing she is, too. So, that's the new routine. I can't wait till Spring Break (one more week) to be with her every day. I think my anticipation of Spring Break last year involved mid-week drink specials at the local watering holes and where we could get away for some fun....My my, how life changes, but I wouldn't change it for anything.

2 Months, 10 Days

Olive is over 12 pounds now (double her birth weight), 24" long, and smiling at us daily. She is sleeping at night, waking only to feed once or twice. Last night (knocking on wood), she slept for 13 hours. Amazing! She's growing so fast, we can't believe it. She's in size 2 diapers, size 2 nipples, and in 3-6 month clothing.

You know how 'they' say that once you have your first baby, you can't remember your life before kids? It's kinda true. I honestly don't know what I did with myself before Olive was here. I don't know what I worried about, lost sleep over, or Googled as much as baby stuff. It really consumes you, in a good way. Time is flying. Olive's already 2 months (and 10 days) old. Can you believe this? That being said, I have to go back to work one week from today and I know it's going to suck hard. It's a good thing I love my job, coworkers, and students, otherwise I'd take the poor road and totally quit. Being a mommy to Olive is the thing I love most. I'm thankful for our family every.minute.of.every.day, no matter what. What I'm not thankful for is the FLAB and extra 20 el-bees that won't budge. Not that I'm working out, with the delightfully frigid temps and all. I wish changing diapers and doing laundry burned a crap load of calories...But anyway, hopefully I'll be able to start biking again and taking lots of walks with Olive this spring/summer and get some sort of exercise in. I hear a little monster waking up from her nap...more later.