The Bell Family

Hi Everyone!

Laura had her first little adventure to daycare yesterday and she loved it!

Jason and I took her along in the morning and spent about an hour settling her in and getting to know the routine at the centre. About mid morning, I headed home and Jason headed off to work (he was really late, but he figured her first day at daycare was something he just couldn’t miss).

When I got home, I just balled my eyes out (the house was empty and I was so lonely)! I hadn’t been away from Laura on more than a handful of occasions since she was born and never any more than 2 or 3 hours at a time, so I took it pretty hard! So I decided to make myself busy – I was super efficient and cleaned the house from top to bottom, stained and varnished a pair of old kids rocking chairs I’ve been meaning to do for the last 6 months, washed and even did a bit of reading for work (the first half had taken me 4 days during Laura nap times, but the second half took me about an hour and was much less painful)!!!

After all that, I finally couldn’t bear it any longer, so Jason and I headed back to the centre and picked her up mid afternoon! She’d had a fabulous day – hadn’t slept a wink (well maybe 20 here or there, but no real nap), but had drank two bottles of formula and eaten the whole can of custard that I had sent with her (yes, she gets the sweet tooth from me)!!! Laura loved all the bright colours, fancy toys and of course, new little people to play with! She’d also had some time in the swing and played in the sandpit and garden for a while – all in all, she appeared to have been a fairly happy camper! Although the grin on her face when she saw Jason and I arrive to pick her up was absolutely priceless and I just couldn’t wait to get her back home again!!!

Only a couple more weeks until I head back to work, so we’re just easing Laura in at daycare and she’ll go a day a week until I start back.

We’re all having a great time together though and life is great!

Cheers to all,
Chrissy