
Today was the first time that I came to the office without my baby! Yes, I did it! I was able to drive to the office with no tears and I was very productive. I’ll admit, I do leave my baby on Thursday afternoons and every other Sundays, but never during the week mornings! For the past 5 months, Monday thru Friday mornings, my baby has been like my heart, blood, spleen, pancreas, you name it! I did feel sad, but with all honesty, I was wrong. For the longest time I thought I would love to be a stay at home mom, but I was wrong. Without a doubt, I know I was destined to work. Don’t get me wrong, the most beautiful things, and times have all been next to my baby. Discovering new things with her, and being there for all her firsts have all been a blessing. I guess she’s almost 6 months and I can say we are both ready for a little separation. Baby steps of course. I leave home at 10 before 9 am, and I’m back at 12 and the rest of the day is ours! I think I like this new schedule and it will benefit both of us. My princess will be able to take longer naps, interact with her grandma more, watch TV (as bad as that is), and play more. I will get to keep her Mondays and Thursday mornings so, it’s not entirely a big separation but enough for me to get some work done. Today she did wonderful. She did not cry and that makes mommy proud. We’ll continue all of this week with that schedule at our house and we are planning on moving my lil’ pumpkin to her grandma’s house next week. I predict chaos for next week, but if it’s too hard for her, I guess I’ll ask my mother in law to babysit at home. I will tell you that this office feels empty without her. She is so small but her presence counts so much already!