Dec

Barely in time for Chanukah, but will arrive in plenty of time for those of you who celebrate XMas! %-)

Two versions … the collage went inside the handmade cards I made …

And this was the all-in-one that I sent to everyone else. No offense if you got this version … most people did! I only hand-make cards for family members … there are only so many hours in the day! I actually really like this one, and may do away with hand-made cards altogether next year.

Whatever you celebrate this time of year … Merry Everything!

  

Mar

Today is the first day of the rest of my life…well, that’s a *little* extreme, I guess! %-) Yesterday I went to the doctor for my post-op/post-partum checkup, and received a clean bill of health. I can now safely resume all of my regular activities – Craig is *very* pleased!!!

I am still supposed to take it easy in terms of driving, and also I am still not supposed to do high-impact exercise; but both of these are really just a matter of comfort, not a medical reason. I continue to be surprised at how much tenderness and soreness there is around the incision. I really expected it to be all healed by now. The doctor said it could take 3 months for the pain to go away completely. Kathi (Craig’s sister, for those of you who don’t know her) had a c-section with one of her kids, and she agrees that the pain lasts a long time. She says you finally just get used to being in pain all the time, and then finally after months pass, you wake up one day and realize it’s gone. Sigh…

It is true that driving causes more discomfort than other things, especially since I have a stick shift in my car. I am going to have to drive, though, since the next academic quarter starts on Friday, and so it’s back to work for me…

I have really mixed feelings about leaving Sami. She will be staying home with Craig for the time being – we have decided to trade off days until she’s about 5 months old, and then put her in daycare before stranger anxiety sets in. This works for us since we each only have to go into our offices 2 or 3 days per week, and can work at home the rest of the time. Anyway, I have been starting to go a little stir crazy being at home virtually 24/7 for five weeks, so it will be good to go back to my “normal” life (as if such a thing is *really* possible post-baby! %-). But I worry that she will start liking the bottle better than nursing, that she will achieve all her milestones while I’m gone, etc. I guess this is a good example of MBD!

Okay, time to go feed my baby…