New normal

Wow - tomorrow will be the end of three weeks that I have been back at work. How time flies. I will say that the anticipation of going back was worse than being there. I work with a good group of people and I have a ton of respect for my manager - and he takes good care of me - so if I have to go to work - this is a good place to be.

Just before I went back there were a couple of nights that Makenna would go to bed around 9 and not get up until 5 or so. Too bad that didn't last! We try to get feeding/bedtime to be 9pm, but the past couple of nights we start at 8:30 - she just can't make it much longer! I am then getting up just after midnight to pump and she gets up around 3:30 (sometimes earlier) to feed again. I then feed her again before I go to work. I sometimes make it home for lunch and if so, I am able to feed her. All in all the pumping/feeding is going well. We'll keep going until it doesn't work.

Enough boring stuff - you just want to see the baby! Here are a couple of new pictures. Of course we had to go to the mall and have her picture taken with the Easter Bunny - she wouldn't smile for anything:

My mom and sister took some in her Easter dress with bunny ears and then a bunny from my Nanny:




I forgot - here is her picture on her 3 month birthday:


Since I am using an alternative vac.cination schedule, she had shots at 3 months. That night she found her thumb! I haven't seen her use it quite as much as she did that night, but it sometimes finds its way back in there!

Pictures from daddy time (when mommy was at work and daddy had the day off):






Getting dressed and Makenna's Easter dress before the mall bunny visit:





Today we took Makenna to get her 3 month pictures made. Tomorrow mom and I will take her to Penn.ys for more! The studio we take her to locally costs way too much to buy from them every time - but they have this option of a hardback book for the first year. Anyway, she had pictures in the Christening outfit both my mom and I wore. I can't wait to see them. Anyway, Robert was putting the diaper bag in the car. (I was at work.) When he left Makenna was on her back and when he came back in she was on her belly. The first time she rolls over and no one was there to see it! I tried all night, but she won't do it again! And I am still waiting to hear the laugh out loud. I can't wait!

I think this is long enough! Have a great weekend!