Ellis Enquirer: 9 weeks old!

Norah all "ducked" out... haha

Fell sleep on Grandma

Norah is 9 weeks old today. Crazy. I am excited that she is growing and healthy!

Mommy is back at work. I went back after 6 weeks instead of the 8 I could have taken because I had a c-section. Partly because of money, partly because I am pretty sure I am not cut out to be a stay at home mom, and partly because I like some of the stuff I get to do at work. I returned to come very happy co-workers as they were excited for me to take my clients back. My therapy clients were happy to have me back too as they didn't want to continue therapy with another therapist and went 6 weeks without therapy.

I also returned to the opportunity to apply for a new position (I had to wait a year before I could apply and my one year anniversary was 4 days after Norah was born). It would be full-time therapy with clients (adult, children, adolescents) with co-occuring disorders, which for those not in the mental health field basically means they have a mental illness like bipolar or major depression as well as a substance abuse disorder. I interviewed this week and did pretty well from what I could tell, but they really want/need someone with a counseling license (I am still a year away) so I'm not the ideal candidate if there is someone else with a license.

Being gone at work is hard though when I know that Norah is at home doing adorable cute things and growing up. I am convinced that she gets bigger from when I leave her in the morning and when I get home.

We've been getting out of the house a good amount. It is soon to be cold and we probably won't be going out as much then. We went to the zoo a total of three times now, Grant's Farm with some friends, St Charles with my parents, and out to dinner for my dad's birthday. We got a comment from the gentleman at the restaurant saying that he was glad to see we had our baby out to be exposed to germs and such. He also made a comment about her being an alcoholic someday because we were at a brewery, but I think that was because he was a bit intoxicated himself. haha.

Norah loves music, being bounced around, making faces in the mirror. She is getting used to her babysitter, Vivian, and is sleeping pretty well. Actually, she usually sleeps 8-10 hours at once. It is glorious and helps a lot with me going back to work. She is always looking snazzy in all her adorable girly clothes. Even her MSU is girly with fluffy sleeves.

She has her 2 month doctor's appointment on Monday so we'll have an update then I'm sure.

I am writing this pretty quickly so I'm sure there is a lot I'm forgetting that I wanted to write about. I'm going to go spend some more time with gorgeous Norah though as she is awake!