Gone Picture Crazy

"Real Men Wear Diapers"

It's amazing how just a small adjustment in our facial expression can make us look like such a little boy!!

Looking at this picture, I can see Isaac as a 2 year old running around...

Some "sibling" time after mommy left for work.

Yup, I said it. The dreaded 4 letter word. WORK. I started back to work, reluctantly, last Monday. Leaving that first day was incredibly difficult. I had only ever been away from Isaac for a couple of hours, at best. A whole 15 hours of separation weighed heavy on my heart. I fought back tears the whole way there. Ok--- So, I didn't end up winning that fight, but I held it together the best I could. I kept reminding myself of all of the blessings in my life. God has been so amazing, and it would be easy to get frustrated and focus on the fact that I was unhappy about having to leave my baby. BUT I chose to focus on how God has answered my prayers, and how faithful He is. And how good He is. And how much He loves me. In doing this, I realized that God had given me exactly what I had prayed for, for so many years. I just didn't realize it because He answered my prayer not in the way I had asked. Which we all know, He tends to do. :) Family's first. My husband and my son are the most precious things in the world to me. I wanted us to all be able to be together as a family as much as possible. I thought the best way to facilitate that would be me staying at home, and Dan working. Instead of God granting me that, He did me one better. I "get" to go back to work. It's a blessing. The best way for us all to be together as much as possible is me working full time(3 nights a week) and Dan playing drums on the weekends. This way, we see eachother everyday. Which in this day and age is rare. When I'm working, Dan is taking care of our son, and when Dan is working, I am taking care of our son. What a luxury! Dan and I see eachother, and spend more time together with Isaac than a lot of other families are able to. We both recognize what a blessing that is, and we are extremely thankful. So, although I don't get to be a stay at home mom, I am still extremely blessed. AND surprisingly, I enjoy being back at work. I love my job, and I missed my friends. Working makes me appreciate and love Isaac even more, and oddly enough, loving Isaac and being his mom, makes me a better nurse.

Win Win.