Our first week

My absence from the blogging world is because this week was my first week back to work. I was very sad to have to go back to work. I was getting very used to staying at home with my baby girl all day! However, life must go on and we actually had a really good week!

On Monday morning, Mark took Charlotte to her babysitter for the first time. The babysitter is the wife of a coworker of mine who keeps her in their home. She will be there with the babysitter's 3 year old and another little girl who is 10 months old.

Thankfully, about a week before we had to make this transition, I found a bottle that Charlotte likes! She really likes the Playtex bottles and will now easily take them. So, my only concern was her napping, but she has been taking good naps. Actually, she has been taking great naps! She naps better for the sitter than she ever has for me.

Letting Daddy know she is tired!

I am the one who gets to pick her up at the end of the day! It is always so wonderful to see her smiling face at the end of my work day. Because she was in a new place with all new people and a whole lot of activity going on, Charlotte was exhausted at the end of every day. On Monday night she was squealing at us in exhaustion! Poor baby! The upside is she has been sleeping better :) We are SO thankful to God for leading us to the right childcare provider. She is in a place where I know she is safe and happy. I couldn't ask for more!

Here is Charlotte hanging out in her bed one morning this week before getting up.

This morning Charlotte got to hang out on Mommy and Daddy's bed for a while. We like lazy Saturday mornings! Check out that drool!

Charlotte and Oreo having a stare down. Several times today when she has been in the same room as him she has watched him and smiled at him. So cute!