Back to Work

This week is mommy's second week back at work.  She is only back part time in the mornings until noon.  Nicholas stays home with Daddy during this time.  Mommy is happy to be getting out of the house, and she only spends 3-4 hours away from Nicholas for the time being.  Starting March 1st, Mommy is planning to get back to work full time and focus on finishing her Ph.D.  She is really sad about the prospect of being away from Nicholas for extended periods of time, but really wants to finally graduate!!!  Luckily, Nicholas will be spending his days with grandma (Mommy's mom), so she knows that Nicholas will be in good hands.

Anyway, for now Daddy gets the easy shift because Nicholas is all smiles in the morning and usually sleeps well between 10am and noon.  As the day goes on Nicholas gets a bit fussier and more demanding.  He even used to have "fussy time" 6pm-8pm until we figured out what he wanted.  Turns out that Nicholas just wanted to dance during that time (too bad infants can't move around much on their own and can really explain what they want with words, so it took us some time to figure this out).  So now every evening before Nicholas bedtime of 8pm we have a party where we bounce Nicholas around to the beat of the latest hits.  It's actually a lot of fun and a good workout, and much more pleasant than "fussy time" where he is screaming in his crib.

Hanging out with Daddy

Enjoying my jungle gym

Nice camera, Daddy!