A Beautiful Day with Annie

Yesterday was the start of a big transition for Annie, Mason and I. We have officially started waking Annie up at her new time. We actually did a dry run of the daycare drop off yesterday too and left Annie with her daycare provider Janine and the daycare kids for 2 hours. It was a looong two hours trying to fill time without her. Mason and I could not believe how much we were able to get done, but the whole time all I wanted was to be doing things with her.

We had breakfast and several refills trying to waste time; went to Shoppers and got some new make-up for when I go back to work; bought some seeds to grow a vegetable garden and drove around Milton a bit to kill time . I had a lot of fun at Shoppers Drug Mart, even though I felt guilty spending money on myself. I guess it's time to hide those bags under my eyes and put a bit more effort into my make-up routine. Chapstick and mascara were good for every day while on Mat Leave, but it wont cut it at work. I had a nice woman help me pick out some make-up and she even did a mini-make over on me with the Bare Minerals foundation, concealer and powder. For those of you who have yet to try it, it's awesome! My skin looks great and the make-up feels weightless.

Two hours after dropping Annie off it was time to pick her up, I could not wait. When we went to pick Annie up she cried when she saw me (I was hoping she would squeal like she does with Mason) and was reaching out for us. I think she was a bit overwhelmed. Janine said Annie had a lot of fun, but was cuddly and did not go down for her nap. So at that point 10:30 Annie had been up for 5 hours. Needless to say the early wake up definitely threw her off. So much so that she did not fall asleep until 9pm.

Thankfully today was a better day and I think we have figured the new routine out. Wish us luck as the 5am wake ups are killing us.

xo,
Amber, Mason & Annie