9-5 (ish)

First day of school!

We are officially completing week 3 of my return to work and guess what? we've survived! And this is life, isn't it? Just when you think you can't manage it, time floats by and you've come out on the other side. That doesn't mean this has been easy, not by any stretch of the imagination. Tears have been shed, hearts have been broken, but we're making it through. Sydney seems to be flourishing in fact. Her teachers have raved about her happy disposition and that she's only really fussy when she's hungry (surprise, surprise). Admittedly, this makes it easier for me to handle. If she's happy, that's the most important thing. It also helps that Evan has been able to hop over on his lunch breaks and spend some QT with the little miss. After 5 months of straight mama, it's good to have a little 1:1 daddy time.

every. single. night.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this working mom business is no joke. That's not to diminish what stay at home moms do. That job is just as hard, but they pose different challenges. My biggest hurdles include: missing Sydney like crazy- like real crazy, taking 2.5 hours in the morning to get to work, only having about 1.5 hr with my baby at the end of the day and a crazy, frantic feeling riding my shoulders all day. But along with the challenges come some surprising rewards: adult time and conversation, reengaging in my career and feeling like I have something of my own, Sydney's socialization and exposure to a broader world than I could provide her on a daily basis, and unlimited coffee. Wait...one more challenge...at the end of the day, I'm done. Flat out done. Hence the lack of wit in this post. Mama ain't got nothing left in the tank.

downside of daycare? wearing someone else's pants! why am I in someone else's pants? mama- pack more back up clothes for me!

picked her up from daycare with her top button undone. they explained that she "just finished eating." 

And these are just too cute not to share:

she's found her thumb. 

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