Raising Bears

There will be more stories soon -- again, sorry not to stay current. I am back working, pumping twice a day plus feeding the kid at lunch.  There have been some great moments, like traveling for work and pumping in the courthouse parking lot or spending a quiet hour in the kids corner at the public library, choking down Sarah Palin's literary atrocity and nursing the sweet daughter.  And bad times too, like leaving for work after the first full-on baby vomit, cutting her nail short enough to draw blood and leaving daycare with her in tears after a rough night.  But we are all adjusting.  And if these pictures tell the story, I'd say that adjustment is going quite well.

In one of her wool soakers; I knit a lot of these
in my final months of pregnancy

With our wonderful neighbor, Pat

Pat and the kids -- the furry ones did not want to share her attention with Bear!

Berit works on sitting

She continues to be expressive: more targeted yelling, lots of coos and babbling. 

I just know she is thinking "seriously, mom? stop."

She already hates laundry

Her baby goggles finally fit, she loves them.
And to think, Pete made fun of me when I bought them!