Well, tomorrow is the big day. I think I am mentally ready for it. Excited to see all my friends at work, catch up on the AE gossip, and of course do my job. I love what I do!

I am getting the diaper bag ready, all the bottles (I hope I froze enough milk!), and then what baby items I’ll need at work. A million pictures of my baby, kleenex, and the stylish pump -complete with ice packs for storing the milk.

I realized today how selfish I am. I have been thinking about tomorrow and how it was going to affect me. Poor Dale. He called and said, so how much should I feed Lindy tomorrow? I didn’t realize that it was a big Day for daddy too. He gets to stay home with Lindy until 10:30 a few days a week and tomorrow he will be home with her.

Last night, Lindy and I got home about 10:45 and she was asleep in her carseat, so I left her in there thinking she’d wake up at 11:30 to eat. I put her carseat next to our bed and then went to bed. 6:30 this morning she was still snuggled in her carseat asleep!! Dale and I cannot decide what combination made her sleep for so long: our room, sleeping upright, buckled in tightly. She might just be growing up (tear). Oddly enough she is taking her 3rd nap for the day. Makes me nervous but I guess I can’t complain about a sleeping baby!

Warm weather makes my soul joyful. Is that possible? I’m trying to think of a Biblical character that spoke of weather making them joyful. hmmmmm

70 degrees up here. We were able to rake leaves today in our backyard. It is fun to explore the yard since we really didn’t get to with the snow on the ground. We already have some flowers sprouting. I couldn’t tell you what they are. Lindy and I went on a walk around the block -that’s as far as she could make it. We made it halfway and then she cried the rest of the way home.

Can’t WAIT for Dale to be around. He has been working non-stop since December 1st. Literally.

I get up to feed Lindy at 7:30, pack Dale’s lunch and kiss him goodbye. He walks in the door at 11:00pm and heads straight for bed. Today, we got up and went to work with him, which was nice. He put new brakes on the work truck today, created a diagram of the stage lighting at a church, then had “tech” night for the high school musical. He is still there. It is almost midnight. Did I mention that I can’t wait for him to be done with this show?!

I’m like a little puppy when he comes home. I don’t let him get a word in edge-wise. I love that man.

I received a call from the woman (Jan) who will be taking care of Lindy 3 days a week in her home; 3 of 4 of her children all came down with the chicken pox last week…The good news is that she has a friend (Karen) of 15 years that is interested in doing the 2 other days a week and would be willing to do the next 2 weeks while the children are getting better! Ha! We didn’t even have to pray for somebody to come along! We meet Karen this afternoon.

Every child that is admitted into the NICU gets free development and screening assessments until they are 3 years old. It is an amazing program and we are taking advantage of it. The specialist makes house calls, so that is what we did this morning. Lindy weighs 10 lbs 8.5 ounces! She is right on schedule with motor skills and all that other stuff. I tend to not get too caught up in what other people think she should be doing. If you care about percentiles, she is in the 25 percentile for both height and weight.

Well, The countdown has begun. I head back to work next Friday. I have so many mixed emotions about it. The common themes that keeps running through my head are “I don’t want some other woman raising our Lindy” “I’ll miss out on something important” “Lindy will not feel close to me” “I’ll have to ‘forget’ about her while I’m at work” etc. etc. Of course, reason sets in and I know that we will all be just fine. It is hard to listen to reason.