Maternity leave

Yesterday was my last day of maternity leave.  Sad face.  Happy face.

It ended up being one great day.  We got up and snuggled for a little while and then we went and visited Kate's Grandma, Jacob's mom, at her work.  There is one thing that I have to say about my family.  I have the best family ever.  I am so lucky to have amazing parents myself but I am also blessed with having amazing In-Laws.  Kate and I love going to visit my mother in law at work.  For one I love getting to spend time with her and we have super fun chats about decorating, sign language (I'm sure this topic will soon become it's own post), and all sorts of gossip.  I also love that everyone around the office loves to take time out of their day to come see us.  It is just a fun place to go have a break.  Kate is always so happy to see her grandma :).

After our adventure to visit Misti, we went and visited her other grandma (She she, as we like to call her) for a nice lunch.  Now I know I have gloated before about how awesome my mom is, but here we go again.  She is awesome.  She would do anything in the world for my sister and I, and now she would give up the world for Kate.  What else can you ask for in a person? I have no idea.  Kate loves her and my dad so much already and she doesn't even know her own name yet.  We had a lovely lunch for which Kate slept the entire time.  This is a pretty common instance.  Besides the poop incident (which you can read about here) Kate has always been so easy to take anywhere.  She the majority of the time falls asleep within 30 seconds of being in the car and stays that way until she realizes she is hungry, which these days can be after 4-5 hours of her last meal so it is pretty simple going for her (knock on wood).  My mom had gone shopping earlier in the day which resulted in "santa clause" gearing up for christmas this year haha.  P.S. did you all know pottery barn kids in Penn is going out of business?! Anyways my mom got the cutest things for her but they are all things she won't be able to use until she is a little bit older.  Why not stock up now right?  ANYWAYS so after lunch we took a trip to target.  If you know me you know how I feel about target.  If you don't, I LOVE TARGET!! I will shout it from the roof tops.  I buy everything from target.  After our Target run we went back to my parent's house and played with She She and Pop's.  She always has a good time over there because she is spoiled with love and attention.  Which in my opinion is never a bad thing.

Jacob and I had a little fun too.  Last night we asked his mom to baby sit Kate for us while we went and had a super fun dinner at the melting pot! I love the melting pot.  I know some people don't like it because your paying to cook your own food, but I think it's the atmosphere that does it for us.  I love having long dinners with friends where we can just sit and talk and laugh and enjoy each other, good food, and good wine.

My time off has been so amazing.  I have gotten to watch my little girl grow so fast.  She has reached so many milestones and I know that she is in good hands to continue that growth.  I am so lucky that we have found such a great baby school for Kate to attend while we are at work.

It's been sweet but I am happy to be back at work.  I am really loving my job right now and I can't wait to see where it is going to take me.

-K