Friday, June 15, 2007

Two Long, Crazy Weeks

The timing of Allie's birth was nearly perfect. I was able to take a full 12 weeks off, but I had to go back to work for the last week of school. I guess it really was the best timing we could possibly come up with as I would probably have had to go back in to clean up and finalize grades and stuff, so I might as well get paid for it.

Everyone and their mother, literally, offered to watch Allie. It was such a blessing!!! I was mostly nervous about the logistics of getting her to and from the current day's sitter and making sure she had everything she needed. Thankfully, Auntie Kim (and daddy) started off the race. They made the transition to work so much easier as Auntie Kim came to the house and watched Allie while Andy worked from home.

Tuesday and Wednesday were spent with the Wolfes, Thursday with Grandma Tucker, and Friday Auntie Kim came back. I'd have to say that she was in very good, loving hands. :)

During this week I got a taste of being a working mom, which included the oh-so-fun pumping!! I believe I may have mentioned this before, but just in case I didn't...pumping is not fun. I had to sit in a tiny room attached to a machine... I did get better at it as the days went on, so I feel a little better about the fall.


The next week I had one of the classes in the program that I had been a part of (working towards 30 more hours of classes to get the next raise.) That week Allie went back to PR and spend the day with Beth Nagel, as well as spend another day with Grandma Tucker. The majority of the week, though, was spent with her best friend Ella. Ella is 3 weeks older...so quite a bit more mature. :) Ella's mom, Kelle, and I have had a lot of fun watching the two of them grow. I love hearing what Ella is doing as I know that Allie will soon follow suit. Kelle was so great...she took tons of pics of the little girls as they played together. They even spent some time "talking," but she wasn't able to get it on video. :(

Look! Ella has a hand!! And a wrist!! And an elbow!!

Time for a photoshoot!! A is for Allie the Alligator. E is for Ella the Elephant.


1 comment:

Katie Fries said...

Allie and Ella look so much like their daddies in these pictures!