Last Sunday I spent my first real time away from Taylor (through an entire feeding) while I went to my friend Bernice’s. I’m going back to work on Monday and it was sort of a trial run to see how she’ll do while I’m gone all day. She and Zach spent the evening together and they had a great time. Hopefully she’ll do just as well when I’m working. I’m lucky enough to be able to go back to work part time (two and a half days per week). I know that it’s still going to be tough to leave her, but I think it will be good for all of us. I feel so thankful that I’ve been able to spend the first 11 weeks with T.J. to bond and get to know her. I can see her little personality developing more and more every day.
We have a chair that has now become Taylor’s throne. It’s a big soft cushy scoop of a chair that she can sit in and watch us while we work in the kitchen or eat dinner. It seems to be her new favorite spot to hang out. She was in the chair yesterday when she made a new discovery – her feet! What a thrilling sight for her…she seemed pretty amazed at those little toes and how they wiggled around. She’s also discovered that her hands are VERY fun to suck on. We’ll be out and about and I’ll hear “slurp, slurp, slurp” and there’s little Taylor trying to fit her fist into her mouth! It can be a bit embarrassing because it is SO loud, but it still makes me laugh every time.