Sunshine and Clouds

Shhhh. I have to be quick about this. O is sleeping and it's past her feeding time. I found that it's best to let her get her z's so I am pressing my luck in the hopes that I can have some blog time.
Unfortunately, I was on vacation sans internet so I couldn't remark upon her development and our experience. I am trying to recollect any shining moments, all I can think about now is the 18 hour drive to and fro. 2 month olds are remarkably easy travel companions, so I would recommend it to any woman who is not breastfeeding. I actually pumped in the car during the ride. If there is anything that makes you feel like a cow, it would be staring out a car window while breast pumps are attached to you. It's funny now that I can look back on it, but otherwise, tragic.
Olivia is smiling more and holding up her head when on her tummy...right on schedule. I say schedule like "shedule" because I am married to a Brit, I can get away with such things and it sounds cooler. While this melts my heart to no end, the good comes with the inexplicable crabbiness. My bag of tricks no longer assuages my little angel. Sometimes you just need to let her cry it out until she sleeps...which is usually what she needs. I will never understand the crying because your tired. Skip the middle man, I say. Too bad I can't communicate that to her just yet.
I just picked up our cat today. Apparently she got loads of attention from her caregiver, while we were gone, because she has never been such an attention whore. So much fun to have a cat crying for attention while your baby is. Talk about guilt. Of course I am going to pick the baby over the cat, but it doesn't mean that I don't want to have two of me to spread the love. I just don't know how people have two children. It's one thing to ignore a cat....
T minus two weeks to return to work. Of course, Olivia is growing cuter by the day and it is just so amazing to watch her develop. It makes me sad to know that I will have to share her with others. On the brighter side, she is getting socialization and building up her immunities. And I will keep telling myself that until I believe it.