My maternity leave is over...today, I am back at work!

The past 12 weeks have flown by, and I am happy to have gotten to spend so much time at home with my little ones--I know that not everyone can take that much time off.  When I tip-toed out of the house this morning, all my boys were sleeping:  my husband, John, snoring loudly, the baby Tommy all swaddled up and sweaty a couple feet away in his bassinet, and our two-year old Sammy down the hall in his room, scrunched up on his belly with his butt up in the air, surrounded by two hot wheels, two glow worms, two blankets (sensing a theme yet?), a stuffed chicken, a monkey, and two bunnies.   I was both excited and sad to leave them and venture back into the workplace.

Luckily for me, I truly love my job and the people I work with/for....and I literally live right next to my business, so I can walk home on my lunch break and have no commute whatsoever.  It also helps that my mother-in-law lives with us and is our full-time "nanny" (and cook and housekeeper!).  I know I need to appreciate that I don't have to bundle the boys up and take them out to a sitter, nor do I have to worry about the care that they are getting while I'm gone.  If anything, I have to make sure Grammie doesn't overindulge them, and I have to remind her to put the baby down once in a while!

Already, I can't wait to get home and cover those chubby cheeks (my husband has chubby cheeks, too) with kisses, but for now I'm living in the moment.  When I'm at work, I'll be at work, mind and body, and when I'm at home, I'll truly be at home.