1st Day of School and Daycare

I’ve been meaning to blog about my experience of going back to work, but I have honestly been so tired every night.  I’ve been getting up at around 5:30 in order to get ready and have Cole ready to leave by 7.  Luckily, Brian has been getting up with me and helping out with Cole so I can get myself ready and pack our lunches.

So far Cole has been doing very well.  He doesn’t cry when I drop him off and the teachers report that he is laid back and happy all day.  He has made a new friend, Caeden, who is about a year old.  I guess they like to “chase” each other through the tunnel!  There have been a few babies though that are crying when I drop Cole off and then crying when I pick him up.  My heart goes out to those moms, I’m not sure I could get through the day if I knew Cole was upset.  The only negative is that he hasn’t been napping regularly.  He didn’t nap at all the first day, got about an hour the second (I had to wake him up to go home), and got about an hour and a half today.  I’m hoping that he’ll continue to get more comfortable napping there and settle back into 2 naps a day.  It has been very difficult to keep him up any later than 6:30 since he is so tired and crabby.

Aside from being tired, I have been doing well too.  Luckily, I’ve been so busy at school I don’t have time to be sad.  There have been a lot of changes in my duties, many positive ones, and it looks like I’ll get to spend less time in meetings and more time with kids, yay!

Here are some pictures from the last few days.

Cole on his first day at daycare.

Brian got a picture of me cleaning some food off of his face!

This picture is from the open house last week.  As you can see there are some really fun toys for Cole to play with!

This picture we took today on my official first day of school.  My mother has always taken “first day of school” pictures.  Even when I was in college, she would take a picture on the day she and my dad helped me move in.  I’ve tried to continue this tradition.  I took a picture last year when I was 37 weeks pregnant.  I’m sure you could find it in the archives of my blog if you’re interested :)

These have nothing to do with the first day of school, but I had to include them because Cole looks so funny.  Last week Cole and I went for a walk and then out for lunch with our friends Kelly and Owen to celebrate the end of my maternity leave.  The boys did very well eating out and even let the moms enjoy their lunch!