We Survived Our First Week!!

We survived our first week of me going back to work and Nolan going to Ashlee's, his babysitter.  I was a little nervous about getting a schedule established, but everything went great!!  I take the night feeding and then Bill gets up in the morning and feeds Nolan before he leaves for work.  Nolan goes back to sleep after eating until I wake him up to dress him and load him in the car.  I take him to Ashlee's, which he loves, and then head to work.  I even made it to work 10 minutes early each day!!  I'm not going to allow myself to sleep an extra 10 minutes because the one time I do there is going to be a last minute poop explosion or a meltdown over something, which I will need those extra 10 minutes.  Bill picks up Nolan and I get home shortly after the boys.  We snuggle as a family, feed Nollie, and then Nolan goes to bed. Yes, this means he sleeps 6-7 hours at one time!!

It feels so great to be back to work! I get to visit with  my patients and hang out with my other family all day.  I call and check in on Nolan a couple of times a day, but I know he is doing great!!  Ashlee is such a sweetheart and her little boy loves Nolan.  Ashlee said Landon talks and plays with Nolan and he laughs and talks back to Landon.  When Nolan gets a little older he'll be following Landon around all over the place.

Snuggling with my love after my first day back to work

 Big boy on Daddy's side of the bed!

Nolan is growing up so much!! He loves to smile, laugh, and coo.  He will have conversations with Bill for about 10 minutes.   He also enjoys playing on his play mat by swatting at the rattles, kicking like a crazy man, and listening to music.  I was in the kitchen while he was on his play mat and I heard him going to town talking and kicking! I'm still trying to figure out how to upload the video onto the blog, so everyone will just have to take my word for it.

Here are a few pictures I took of Nolan this morning.  He's developing such a little personality!!