Great News!!!!

I am able to work 2.5 days per week! I am thrilled. Today, is my first day back and I just know that it would be difficult to work full time. I am so excited. I can start this schedule in 2 weeks so there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Chase will go to the babysitter 2 days per week and my mother in law will watch him the half day per week. The best thing is that I will have Thursdays and Fridays off! Yipee!

Chase went to the babysitters for the first time today. I left the house before he woke up. Dawson will be the one to take him to the sitters in the morning. He tells me thta everything went smoothly and he had no problems. I am glad he took him because I know it would have been very difficult for me. Can't wait til 3 when I can leave this place to pick up my little one.

Love, ali

Almost 4 Months!!! ...and almost time to return to work! BOOOOOO! I have one more week to be a SAHM. I am talking with work to allow me to work just 2.5 days per week. Hopefully, this will be able to happen. Otherwise, I will be working 4 days per week.

So much has happened since I last posted. I had the joy of having my UF girls (Steph, Peyton, Nicole and Tracey) come for a girls weekend in Orlando. We all crammed into my place and had a great time catching up. Chase loved playing with his new friend Bowen, Peyton's five month old son. Dawson was wonderful by babysitting Chase the whole weekend so that I could focus on my friends. Nicole got Chase to laugh out loud for the first time during that trip. What a beautiful sound. Next year, we will all meet in Cabo san Lucas at a vacation place Peyton and her husband own. ****Hey guys...plan a guys weekend sometime this year. Dawson sure deserves one!!!

Jen Massey came to town for a couple days for a scrapbooking marathon. We got several pages done in our baby books. Jen brought little Marley to meet Chase. They are only 17 hours apart.

For the 4th of July weekend, we went on first family beach vacation to one of the Fairfield resorts in Ft. Lauderdale. Chase loved swimming in the kiddie pool. We also managed to spend a few hours at the beach before it rained.

Laura White came to O Town for my birthday. I had two wonderful nights with her. We got to gether with Michelle and JP McLaughlin for my birthday as well. We all sure do miss that mid -west girl.

Finally, Dawson and I went to Vegas! Chase stayed with his Nanna for 4 nights. I was so happy to hear that he slept through the night for her every night. He even got to go to a family reunion while he was with her. do you know how hard it is to leave that much breastmilk???? Well, I did it and it was all fresh (130 oz.). He still has not gotten any formula. I am a pumping machine. Vegas was incredible. We went to several shows, yummy dinners and a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon/Hoover Dam. I was sad to leave Chase, but so happy we went. We needed to have a break and spend some time alone.

Well...I am going to spend the rest of my maternity leave hugging and snuggling my little boy. Pray for me that I will get to work just 2.5 days per week. I will keep you posted!