Glamour Shots

Momma Post: The pictures above show Willa at one of our favorite hangouts...the couch. She was actually chatting it up with me, but our camera's flash kept causing Willa to pause in mid sentence.

Maternity Leave Update - Exciting news for our household...my supervisor just approved a revised leave schedule. Initially I was to return to work full time the week of March 10th. Instead I'll be returning to work February 14th (Valentine's Day) on a part-time basis through the first week of April, followed by my regular full time schedule. This is great on several accounts. First, Willa will be starting at Childroots (Ruby's school) in April, so we'll have her care during March and the transition into childcare covered between the two of us. Second, I'm anxious to return to work, but feel so fortunate for my own transitional time of six weeks of part-time employment. I've said before, if we ever won the lottery, I'd want to work part-time to have some structure in my life, but then focus the rest of my time on my family. So I feel like I've won the lottery for six weeks this winter/spring. This gift is so beneficial for Willa, as far as, our continued breastfeeding and that fact she'll be 5 months when she begins her three-day-a-week daycare schedule. Every month of postponing her entrance into to day care, I view as protecting her from colds and other viruses that can lead to ear infections, which Ruby had quite a few of...so we are indeed lucky.