Back to the Grindstone

Warning- this post is a bit depressing- continue at your own risk.

I have one more day left before school starts and I will leave my sweet baby to return to hundreds of other people's children. Never did I imagine it would be so difficult to leave her... I mean; she's going to be cared for by her father, her auntie, and her grandmas. So logically, I should feel great about the situation right? I go back to work (which I love my job) and I am lucky enough to have family take care of her and know she is in great hands. But, at the end of the day the lump in my throat (blame it on the hormones) reminds me how much I just wish it was me that could stay with her.

There are fears that I will miss something she does for the first time- she just started "talking" to me, laughing, and smiling when I smile at her (as you can see from that cute little grin to the right). I have worries that she might not be as bonded with her mommy anymore. And then there's just the general missing her. I am sure that every working mom feels the same way, but does that make anyone feel better? Wouldn't it be great if we could throw on a sling and take our babies to work with us!?! Like Native Americans and their papoose babies. Ok- so it might be a minor distraction (or on some days a major one), but you can't blame a girl for wishing. At least then we wouldn't have to say goodbye to our little ones until they were older than 6 weeks (though I'm pretty sure it doesn't get easier no matter what age they are and carrying around a 30 year old in a sling might be a little difficult).

Baby's First Photo Shoot

I am constantly amazed by the talents of those around me..... A perfect example would be Eden's first photo shoot. We have a camara, we have ample opportunity, but when I take a picture it's just an ordinary picture and I'm lucky if everyone's eyes are open. Lucky for me, there are those much more talented than I. Brad Peters took some truly beautiful photographs of our sweet baby this week. He is truly blessed with that special "eye" of the photographer and the ability to turn the camara into an artist's instrument. Thanks to his patience (our little one was meant to be sleeping through most of the shoot, but she just didn't want to miss anything) we ended up with more than just photos to capture this stage of her life, we were given Art. He is still processing and editing most of them, but here is the photo for her announcement. I'm sure you will agree that it is one terrific snapshot of Eden. He has posted a few others and has some of his other work on his blog http://www.bradpetersphotography.blogspot.com/ if you want to check it out.