Back in action

Apparently stay-at-home moms only get a two-week maternity leave. This morning, I returned to duty and took Jack to one of his classes. At 9 a.m. Holy hell that was early, considering Emmie slept in until 10 with Daddy.

But Jack was pleased to have Mommy to himself and it was nice to go run around for 45 minutes. My boobs were killing me when I got back, as Emmie had not eaten since 6 a.m., but hey, I sucked it up.

It doesn't seem possible that it was only two weeks ago that I had a baby. It's like she's been here forever. Jack also thinks the shine is off the apple as he whacked her in the head but good again tonight. But then a few hours later, we all read "Goodnight Moon" together before he went to bed and he was all grins and niceness to her. He just smiled and gently touched her foot and generally played the part of good big brother.

Here's my girl at two weeks: