Week 15:. STOP....don't go so fast!

Time, where did you go?

This was the last week I was home from Maternity Leave. This entire week I was so sad and cried often as I thought about leaving my little love for an entire day when heading back to work.  I told myself not to think about it but when the thought consumed me, my eyes would fill with tears. Whenever I would talk to people about the "w" word (aka returning to work) I would get all choked up.  It is not that I don't enjoy my work. I  know I am very blessed to get to work for such an incredible company like General Mills for the past 8 years.   However, if you think about it, I have not been apart from little Hazel  for well over a year.  From the time she began growing in my belly, to feeling her first little kicks, to her birth, to her three month birthday until today, I have not left her for more than 4 hours and tomorrow May 3, 2010 I will have to leave Hazel for 8+ hours while I go to work.

  The song Time by artist Chantal Kreviazuk might have just captured my exact feelings this week and the weeks to come.

Time, where did you go?

why did you leave me here alone?
Wait, don't go so fast
I'm missing the moments as they pass

 

This is a beautiful song.........take a listen when you get a chance cause time does just got way to fast!

Favorite New things this week:

• We moved Hazel from the pram next to our bed to her room. This was hard for me to do but she was definitely out growing her pram.  During the night she would move her way down and be crammed at the bottom of the pram so we decided she needed a bigger bed.
• First time Hazel got to feel the grass between her toes & smell the flowers
•  The little ducks in our pond hatched 
• Hazel began really pulling off the toys on her play mat- mostly with her left hand.  She likes the giraffe and parrot but isn't fond of the monkey. 

Well, I better wrap this up and get to bed.  As I head off to work tomorrow I will  just try to keep reminding myself that many, many women have already paved this path ahead of me.  They have been strong and survived this transition and so shall I. As this transitions is a drop in the bucket to many others we could be facing.  I know Mike will have a blast with Hazel and he deserved Daddy/Daughter bonding time too!