Back at Work

So today is my first official day of field from being off on winter break. I have to admit I was getting used to "lunch dates" with friends, visits with family members, and seeing my little Julia all day long. I now know what it is like to be a "stay at home mom".

My daughter is walking now...she got a cute little rocking chair for Christmas and she tries to sit in in and stand on it, and tip it over. I swear one of these days she is going to pull it on top of herself. She now understands words and can repeat them "cat" is "tat", "dog" is "da" and the list goes on. My husband tried to teach her to say "ugh" and instead she likes to say "oh" which isn't such a big deal except that she says it over and over again: "oh, oh, oh, oh". What's even worse is that she tends to wake up in the morning and say this over and over again.

One day while Julia and I were at my parents' house my mom was giving her small carrots from her salad. She continued to give them to her-as Julia put them all in her mouth (she learned that from her daddy as well). When we went to give her her bottle she refused to drink any of it. We thought this was strange as she loves her milk. Well, a few minutes later she spit up all of the carrots we had thought she had eaten. I guess she didn't eat them at all, instead she was keeping them in between her cheeks...oh the joys of motherhood!

While I would share these "mommy-hood" stories with my friends (which none of them have children) they would patiently listen...It will be nice though when I have some grown-up stories to share with them...so I guess that is one good thing about going back to work...