02/28/2008
Back to work!
Today is my second day back to work. Yesterday was good, I missed Katherine, of course, but I was okay and it helped that Nathan brought her into the office for a visit :) I have been quite busy as my office was moved while I was gone so I've been moving and re-organizing everything trying to get all set up and familiar with what's going on. We have a big sales event this weekend so I need to get up to speed quickly.
I am happy to say I sold a condo today...yea! I sold it to a super cute young couple expecting their first baby. Should be fun working with them as I just went through everything they are about to do.
Pumping at work has been going well. I am pumping every 3 hours. I don't know if that's what I'm supposed to do, but it's working so far. I pump in our downstairs bathroom as it's a private bath so I can set up all my stuff and stand there in my full glory without worrying someone will come in :)
Nathan has been doing great and so far really likes staying at home. He did say that being a stay at home parent really is a full time job (we knew that already) but he's enjoying it. We have started making our own baby wipes. We're using a recipe my cousin gave us. It's so nice not using wash clothes as it's a pain, epically when we left the house. We'll see how this goes. It'll take some time to get used to for Kate and she was used to warm wash clothes and now she's getting cold wipes again...not so happy about it but hopefully she'll get used to it.
Nathan and I are still working out our routine, up till now this is roughly how it's been going... I get up around 7am and feed or watch Kate while Nathan showers and makes breakfast for us. Then he watches her while I do chores (laundry, dishes, vacuum/dust, sterilize bottles from the day before, etc), make a lunch, and get ready for work. I leave for work about 9:30am. When I get home around 6:30pm I take Kate while Nathan makes dinner. After dinner Nathan takes her while I clean up and then he goes to bed and I usually keep her until about 10 or so when she's finally ready to go to bed. We go to bed and then I feed her and put her back to bed until about 4am when I make Nathan burp and change her after feedings. Sometimes if I haven't slept well he takes her out of the bedroom so I can sleep as I don't sleep if she's cooing and gurgling in her bassinet. They go back to sleep out on the couch until it's time to eat again. So far it's been working well.
I hope everyone has a great week