1st Week of Professional Mom

I haven't announced this on the blog yet, since there are a few friends that I wanted to tell first hand, but I still haven't gotten around to speaking to everyone, so Alissa, Regina and Joanie, forgive me if you read about this on the blog before we actually talk. I resigned from my job after returning from my time off at Christmas. Thursday, Jan 21, was my last day of work. I don't have anything lined up and am planning on giving the stay-at-home mom thing a try. A former colleague of mine calls it being a Professional Mom, I like that!

Our first week at home went really well. I feel so free. It's amazing what it feels like to be off from work, without anything waiting for you back at an office. Brennan naps in the afternoon, so we made the most of our mornings. We stayed home a few days and played at home. We also went to the mall one day and while there, ran into a friend of mine who also stays at home with her daughter, who is Brennan's age. We will hopefully be seeing more of them in the coming weeks. We also went to storytime at the library. I am hoping to get into a workout routine, so on Wednesday, I tried Mommy Bootcamp, which is a pretty serious workout where you can bring your child with you. It took me a few days to recover from that class, but I think I will check it out again next week. The weather was moderate, so we got out and took a few walks and played outside a bit.

Brennan has been working on the jack-in-the-box (really, bear-in-the-box.) He has a tough time winding it through the whole song, but recently disovered how to pop it open without winding it at all.

Brennan naps for 3 hours in the afternoon, so I use that time to do work around the house, catch up on email and prep for dinner. It's been nice to eat around 6 with Brennan and have dinner cleaned up before he goes to bed. Previously, we were eating after he went to sleep, so we were washing dishes around 8:30-9 PM. I think Brian is enjoying having extra down time at night.

I didn't take many pictures this week, but here are a few from this morning... fun time with Daddy!