I guess the more stuff there is to blog the less time I have to do it… Bad blogger! So … Being back at work is great. I think maternity leave was the best thing to happen to my career. I have spent the last three years at [...]
First pumping session at work went fairly smooth; I closed the shades and put “do not disturb” on my locked door, and all went fine. I have a fridge in my office and there’s a sink and a microwave (for sterilization) just outside my office, and I can keep myself occupied by surfing the [...]
First challenge with being back to work hits before I even get out the door … I still have about 5-10 lbs of baby weight to get rid of (which I’m not even thinking about yet). I’d planned to wear a pair of looser fitting pants and a relatively baggy button-down blouse. [...]
Well, my maternity leave is over. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. These past 8 weeks of caring for a newborn (plus 2 of waiting) have been tedious, exhausting, relentless, boring, frustrating, and challenging. But it hasn’t been all fun and laughs – one must remember [...]
Mom & Elisabeth came to visit last weekend! We had a great time. It was Auntie (pronounced “ahhntee”) Elisabeth’s first time meeting Lane. Because we decided not to do the Nike Marathon this year, which was going to be our Sunflower Girls trip, this trip was our 2nd Annual Sunflower Girls Outing. [...]
Wow, a posting not about Lane… The Team Teddy Website has been updated, finally! For those of you who are wondering if I’m still going to walk a marathon this month, I’m not; Elisabeth got injured, so I’m off the hook. My assessment, for those who are curious, is [...]
While I was pregnant, Tad started scouring the blogosphere for the musings of other fathers. One site was particularly interesting, Trixie Update. This blog (recently put to rest) was written by a stay-at-home dad named Ben – the milk week entry is an interesting read. Ben wrote software that allowed him to [...]