Colin Back to Work

After having a great week and a half settling in as a family of 3 it was time for me to head back to work.  I know that I would have been a little nervous if the roles had been reversed and Sara had been the one going back to work, leaving me at home alone with the baby for 8 hours, so it definitely was a reluctant heading out the door on Monday morning.  I have no doubts that Sara is already a great mother, and I have no fears that everything at the house is going to run smoothly, but I also know that during the first week it was great to have someone around who could run in to change sheets, or grab more diapers, or answer the front door while the other was busy with Connor.  All in all, I think the first week of this new routine went remarkably well.  Connor, Sara and Huck developed a good schedule for the mornings, and I was able to get home from work by 3ish most days so we could spend the afternoon and evenings together.  Sara's day typically included a little minor house cleaning, a walk with Huck and Connor, and a nap, all sandwiched around the seemingly never ending process of keeping our little guy fed.  Connor seems to enjoy having his fussy time of day in the evenings, right when dad gets home from work, but from everything we've read that makes him nothing if not normal.  Each day ended with reading one of our many books to the little guy, putting him down to sleep, and Sara and I enjoying an hour or two of time with just the two of us.  Connor continues to sleep pretty well at night, and for that we are very grateful.  A few hours of fussing during the day is much better than a few hours in the middle of the night.

On Tuesday Colin's cousin Branden and his wife Genevieve came up to see Connor.  They are expecting twins in the fall.  Connor was not on his best behavior Tuesday night, so we hope we didn't terrify them too much with Connor's crying.

To reward ourselves for the mostly successful week we headed out to a resort in Palos Verdes on Saturday called Terranea.  They have hiking trails, some paved paths that are a little more stroller accessible, and a great little restaurant out on the bluff that has picnic tables outside right on the cliff.  We enjoyed some lunch and the view while Connor was sacked out in the stroller and Huck said hello to everyone who walked by.

This morning Nana and Papa Means brought Gammer, Scott's mom, up to meet Connor for the first time.  She loved holding him and we got a good "4 Generations" photo for all scrapbooks.  He was a little angel the entire time they were here and didn't mind getting passed from one set of arms to the next.  I'm sure they all are convinced that Connor never cries and we exaggerate any story of him not being perfect.  We'll have to get a video the next time that Connor decides to really test out his lung power.

This upcoming week we have another doctor's appointment, and Sunday is Father's Day.  It still seems a little foreign to me that I will now be part of this celebration, but I am looking forward to introducing Connor to a great tradition of sitting on our butts and watching the US Open.

We continue to enjoy Connor so much and know that he won't remain this small forever.  We try to take and appreciate each moment and catch as many as we can on film.  Below are a few photos from the past week.