What my maternity leave has consisted of….
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Well, this lovely little lady, of course. I’m a bit smitten with her.
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Book reading and mimosa drinking
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Date nights and a fish bowl
(Hm. Maybe I should clarify now that I supplement with formula at night and am not feeding my baby alcohol boob.)
- Making exciting summer plans, a couple of which may terrify me in the most amazing way possible.
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Media events consisting of complimentary drinks, eats, hammocks and photo ops in the trunk of a Tesla
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Reuniting with friends over brunch. Hannah and Rachel are two of the big loves of my life. Hannah has been away at school in El Paso for the past few months. When our eyes met this past weekend, we had a cheesy movie moment in which we ran into each other’s arms at our local café. Except both of us are pretty clumsy and simultaneously ended up injuring ourselves on the nearest by chair. So those on the outdoor patio at Kerbey Lane got to witness these two really weird girls squealing with delight, embracing one another, and then wincing in pain as they both managed to injure their feet on the same chair. Friendship at its finest, y’all.
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Family BBQ and pool time
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Did I mention yet….HER:
Weeks old and already Bryn has mastered looking at me like I’m insane. She catches on fast.
I thought I might get a little restless or antsy with more than a month off of a job I love so much, but that hasn’t been the case at all. Maternity leave felt more like a vacation than anything else. Today was my first day back at work, and I am both giddy to get back to the grind and happy to know that our girl is in good hands with my mommy. Still, I will always have such fond memories of such a wonderful, productive and fun maternity leave spent with friends, family and getting to know that sweet baby girl of mine.
THOSE FACES OMG! HAHA I loveee. I am amazed at your body..it bounced back in literally NO time..like..freaking magic!?
Hahaha. Since you’re a fellow runner I have a feeling that if/when you have a little one your body may perform this same magic trick 😉
did you see her “4 weeks to go” photos? She looked 1 month preggers instead of 8!!
My experience was that once they hit six weeks and the baby digestion problems set in, things got a little more hectic. Hope you avoid it all!
Me too! 😉 Haha, I’m not too worried since I feel more confident in the mommy role now; I think those sort of issues would have probably been hardest for me to deal with in the beginning when I didn’t have much of a clue what I was doing yet 😛 Though she’s five weeks now and still an angel baby, so I most definitely wouldn’t complain if she stayed that way lol
I still can’t believe you just had a baby. You look amazing.
Aw, thank-you!! 🙂
You know, motherhood looks good on you! You look so happy, as usual! Bryn is just adorable and I can’t wait to hear about your summer plans 🙂
Thank-you, sweet friend!
LOL at the double-chair crash/fail… you’re meant to be BFFs!
And Bryn’s “you’re insane” looks are fantastic!!
Aww that last shot of her is just perfect! Love her little face! And I love that your mom is able to keep her for you while you are at work! What a wonderful situation! 🙂
LOVE that last picture. Gosh she is so darn cute. Sounds like your life is going fantastically…love to hear it 🙂
Number one: she is gorgeous. Just beautiful. Number two: the alchohol boob comment made me laugh. And three: your body is freaking AMAZING!!
oh gosh, life looks so, so good! glad to see the baby so happy and you smiling so big 🙂 and summer plans that terrify you?? i’m interested!!!