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Ugh. Things have been a little nuts on this end for the last few weeks. Our trip to Clear Lake was fun, although I think that we realized that our little guy is now very keen to his surroundings and can't just sleep anywhere anymore. We had a rough couple of days when we got there, with him waking every two hours. He settled into more of a normal routine, only to do the same waking business when we returned home. I think we are now back in a groove with one very short waking per night. I am trying to ween him off of the night feeding gradually by pulling him off the boob after shorter intervals of time. We are down to about 10 minutes, then I put him in his crib with his monkey and he falls back asleep on his own. Actually, he has been great with all sleeping and is able to put himself to sleep for naps as well. He needs to have his monkey (Blah-Blah) and all is good.

As for me, I somewhat returned to work last week. It was informal meetings and setting up the classroom and next week is the real deal--8:00-4:00, meetings all day. It was a nice transitional week, as my schedule was more flexible and I was able to run home for a feeding or to relieve Damon to run an errand. I was very emotional and cranky the first few days and I know all of this is going to take some getting used to. I am so lucky that it's Damon staying at home with Emmett and that we live so close to my work, but I am also incredibly jealous and wish we could all be at home together. I am also very excited to be returning to a job that I really love and this year is going to be even more special as Belinda is working with me in the same classroom. One added bonus of working with Belinda is that the pumping at work thing won't be as complicated as it could be if I shared the room with a stranger. Lucky Belinda, gets to see me in my double-pumping corset bra. Very sexy.