Day 2

Day 2 at work is almost harder than Day 1. Missing the girls has totally sunk in. We're trying a new commute to get in and out of the city, mainly to try and get me home a little earier in the evening. It's a lot more expensive, but yesterday I got home at 5:35 instead of 6:15. It is more stressful though since I have to drive through Hoboken during rush hour. We'll see.
I had this overwhelming feeling of anxiety last night before I fell asleep. Not that work was hard or stressful yesterday. But thinking about juggling work, taking care of the girls, having so little time with each of them at night..it had me wishing I could just throw the towel in and say, this working thing isn't for me. Of course we don't have that option, and I don't know if I'd be happy staying at home all the time. I am incredibly thankful to have my parents here helping us though. It made the day pass by a little more quickly to have my mom call me with updates on how Mikaela was doing throughout the day. And coming home to a home cooked meal and my mom waiting outside for me and Naomi, with Mikaela on her lap, is definitely the best way to be greeted.
Mikaela did well yesterday by the way. She fought the bottle initially, but by the end of the day she was taking it without a fuss. She definitely wore my mom out though! Hopefully today goes a little smoother for them.

Back to work

I'm back to work today. It's hard. I put the girls to bed last night, tearfully...obviously, and left before either of them were up this morning. The goal of the day is to make it through without crying.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day. I had a great weekend which started off with an early Mother's Day breakfast in bed on Saturday, bbq with family and friends on Saturday afternoon. Sunday morning I was greeted with a bunch of gifts from the girls and Austin, followed by church, a ton of time spent outdoors in amazing weather, and a 3 course meal cooked by Austin to wrap up the weekend. All in all a girl couldn't ask for anything more.

Teething

Mikaela is teething. She's super drooly and a little fussier than normal. And I can see the very very tip of a tooth in her front bottom gums.

Naomi's School Pictures

Here are Naomi's pictures. Not bad considering it was her first day back at daycare after our Florida vacation =)

What Naomi Did At Work

I left Naomi alone with my work computer for a second. This is what I came back to find...








Needless to say, she had fun.

A Week of Milestones

We've had a busy week. Our girls hit so many milestones this week, I'd normally post each one separately, but lets face it, I still haven't posted pics from my girls get away to Paris from back in October. So the likelihood of me making a separate post for each seems unlikely at this point.

So here they are.

First up, is a big one. Potty training. After months of regression and disinterest in the potty, on Sunday morning a little over a week ago, Naomi declared she'd like to wear her undies. We obliged, and we've been accident free ever since. She tells us when she has to go, sometimes goes on her own, and she'll go #1 and #2 (although #2 definitely takes some convincing and a lot of pep talks). With the exception of when we go out and nap/night time, she is in underwear and doing amazingly well.

On Saturday, April 30th, which happens to be Austin and my 6th wedding anniversary, Mikaela rolled over from her back to her stomach. She has been trying to roll over for over a month now, so it was so exciting to finally watch her accomplish this. Naomi was especially happy for her, cheering and jumping up and down for her sister's success.

Also on Saturday for the first time, Mikaela slept for 10.5 hours. Soo-Jin babysat for us again so Austin and I could go out to an anniversary dinner; she must have worn the girls out cause they both slept in the next morning and we ended up missing church completely.

Last night, Mikaela for the first time slept through the night. She went to bed at her usually 7:30/8pm, and didn't wake up until 8:30am this morning. Hopefully this wasn't just a fluke and she'll keep up the good nights of sleep. Just in time for me to go back to work.

A couple of other fun "firsts". Naomi and Mikaela went to their first bar yesterday. We went to Jake's in Montclair's to watch a friend's kid perform in a "School of Rock" concert. It was really loud and we were worried about the girls' ears, but they both did fine, and there were a ton of other kids there...although Mikaela was definitely the youngest.

As I mentioned, our "friend" Soo-Jin babysat for us on Saturday, and put Naomi in her first Yankee's t-shirt. Needless to say, Austin wasn't happy.

Not really a first, but Naomi went to the dentist today and did amazingly well. She was friendly to both the dentist and the receptionist. She didn't cry when they cleaned or examined her teeth. She's grown 4 teeth since her last visit, and has perfect teeth with no issues. Everyone was impressed that Naomi brushes 2x a day and flosses every night =)

Naomi also went to Austin's new office for the first time on Thursday's "bring your kid to work day". She was a little shy, but did really well and wasn't rude or mean to any of the new faces she met. So relieved that we're slowly moving out of her
"mean to new people" phase.