I haven't blogged in a while . . . returning to work full-time has made life pretty crazy. When I get home, I just want to spend as much time with my sweet baby and a lot of things take the back burner to her (as they should.) Work has been really hard, but only because I hate missing out on time with Caroline.
Although I hope one day I have the ability to stay home with her more, I am thankful I have such wonderful people and inspiring kids to work with. I work as an occupational therapist in 3 special needs preschools and one elementary school where I see students who have fine motor, sensory or visual perceptual difficulties (I used to see private clients too, but that's on hold for now.) It has been so fun seeing the kids I missed from last school year, and meet all the adorable new faces I am lucky enough to work with. All my peers at work have been so supportive giving helpful advice and shoulders to cry on when needed, and I know not many working moms can say that.
Most importantly, I am so thankful for my amazing baby girl and my wonderful husband. When I think about how lucky I am to have them in my life, it really brings tears to my eyes. I am so proud of Chris for deciding he wanted to go back to school 3 years ago, after a several year break. He basically had to start over from scratch, but he went after it to do what he loves and was meant to do- be an engineer. He graduates this December, and Caroline and I couldn't be more proud. Caroline is doing so many new things- cooing, smiling, kicking and squealing like crazy. I even thought I got a giggle out of her today. Hopefully I will get one of these sessions on video, but Caroline seems to have stage fright as she always stops when I pull out the video camera (really, I think she gets distracted watching the red light.)
This weekend my whole family is in town- my parents, my sister Becky, her husband Mark and their kids Ella (2 1/2) and Charlie (4 1/2 months) and my younger brother Tom. We also have Caroline's Baptism Sunday. Lot's of fun and celebrating for us the next few days . . .
So many things to be thankful for!!!
I promise I will post a lot more pics/videos after this weekend!!!
