Yes, it is back to work I go (actually went).  I went back to work on Tuesday, they were much happier to see me, than I was to see them.  I know that my boss gets these updates (Hi Bonnie) but she understands.  I actually started crying a week before I went back and then basically all night Monday night and then dropping Luke off at Joan's and then I decided to sweeten my return to work with donuts for everyone who covered for me.  So I pulled myself together enough to go in the bakery (yes, I was the crazy lady buying donuts in her sunglasses) and then I was kind of okay.  I didn't cry at all the rest of the week so I was pretty proud of myself.  Did you know in Russia maternity leave is 3 YEARS!!  That is the only good thing I know about Russia or I would move there  🙂 

Luke's daycare is awesome and the other kids totally love him.  It is only a block and a half away from our house and Joan is a friend of Ryan's Parents so it wasn't as if I was leaving him with a total stranger, imagine the wreck I would have been ….   Anyway, the first night we picked him up and took him home and got his diaper changed and all settled in and he had lots of smiles for us and then the cooing and jabbering started and he was "talking" for about an hour, it was hysterical.  I don't know what he was telling me, but it was good.  I interpreted it as, "I missed you and this is what all the kids were doing…"  Then the 2nd night he came home ate and crashed, barely saw him with his eyes open.  Day three, had to wake him up to eat and go, basically put him in his car seat asleep, Ryan got a few smiles that morning, but it is really hard to go to work without hardly seeing any smiles!  

With all the kids and fun chaos at daycare he wasn't really napping, so finally Friday he figured it out a little and napped and he was a very happy baby last night.

Aside from daycare Luke started batting at the toys on his bouncy seat this week, this is really funny to watch and a God send for getting a few things done, I parked him in his chair in the kitchen and made my dessert for tonight, it was awesome!

All in all, I think daycare will be good for us.  I went 9 hours without being puked on and he learned it is okay to sit in his chair and amuse himself a little, he is also getting better at putting himself to sleep.  If only we could lose the 2 am feeding we would be good.  He did skip it last night, it was great I got 8 hours of sleep in two 4 hour chunks, I am a new woman!

 Okay, that is this weeks novel.  Happy Easter Everyone, I am sure we will have Easter pictures to post sometime next week.

Kathy