How are you doing?

That was the question I was asked all day today at my first day back at work. And how was I? Fine. Totally and completely fine.

I woke up and left before M woke up which made it easy to leave. As I got on to the ferry I was greeted by the ticket taker who said "Hey! You're back!" which made for a cheery welcome to my commute. I spent most of the day at work just catching up with people, but did get some work done at the end of the day.

I didn't cry at all - didn't even tear up. I didn't call home until I got on the ferry at the end of the day. It really wasn't hard for me. Which is not what I expected, but will take it.

I'm sure in a month when M is not staying with her dad it will be harder for me, but this is a nice transition.

A swing...

...and a miss. We had an offer in for a house this weekend and just learned that we lost. We are OK with the loss however as the winners waived inspection to win. On a nearly 100 year old house. More power to them.

The house hunt continues. Meanwhile with our place, the inspection is tomorrow (Tuesday). Hoping it goes well.
Tuesday is also the first day that Kate is back at work. Lots of nervous energy around the day, but I'm really looking forward to it.

In other baby news, she is doing great - she likes cauliflower. And was pretty happy with butternut squash. Top teeth haven't popped yet, but there are bumps in her gums and drool. Crazy amounts of drool.

Homeless (sorta)

Two days after re-listing our townhouse from a holiday pause we are in contract pending inspection. Which is nice.

We do not have a house lined up to move to so we've got our work cut out for us. Fortunately I will have time to help deal with things as I am just starting my month of paternity leave.

We're excited and hopeful that the inspection will go smoothly and that we can find somewhere nice to move to for a long, long time.

6 month shots

Mabel got her 6 month shots yesterday. A bit fussy last night, but she also has a bit of a cold and might be working on another tooth. Who knows.

What we do know is she now weighs 17 lb 13 oz and is 26 inches long. That places her in the 88th and 75th percentiles, which we consider just fine.

On the food front, squash was never Mabel's favorite and we've now moved on to peas. Not sure they're her favorite either.

Spa Day

Mabel had her first spa day today. She and I went to an infant massage class where M got a very nice massage. The point of infant massage is to help babies become more familiar with their own bodies, to help babies and parents bond and to help babies learn about appropriate touching. I think Mabel's favorite part was that she got to be naked for an hour and a half. True to form she peed 3 times and pooped twice while naked. That's our girl!

While enjoying her naked time M rolled over from back to front for the first time! We had been looking for the thing that would hold her interest enough to make her want to roll over. All it took was a professional infant masseuse. She is her mother's daughter. Now if only I could teach her to give me a massage.

The mom side of the story

You all know that M had her first food today - see the last post if you missed it. Brett and I have both been looking forward to this day for about 2 months. Over the last couple of weeks I had been getting more and more excited trying to imagine M's reactions to the new goo we put in her mouth. So what happened today after we did it? I cried. And then cried some more.

While it is so fabulous that M is growing and doing well, all these quick milestones are making me realized how fast it is all going by. She just mastered sitting and now eating is starting a mere 2 weeks later. I think if we just fed her I would have been ok, but immediately after we did that I headed up to her room to pack up all of her baby clothes that are too small. That's when the waterworks started.

Don't worry though! I've regrouped and am ready for a new day of firsts with Miss M.

First food! Ever!

Mabel has been watching us eat and mirroring us for a couple months but we'd been waiting for her to be 6 months old before caving in. Well, we cheated by a week.

First we picked out an organic acorn squash about the size of her head.


Then we baked it.


And then this happened:




She might not have asked for seconds or even finished what we offered, but she didn't spit it out (much) and didn't freak out afterward. All told, appears she'll eat food.