December-laziness...

Christmas has come and gone... and I am, for the moment, enjoying time at home with hubby and little monkey! My first three weeks back at work went well. Aside from a few moments of intense emotion (missing the little one!) and worry, I coped well, and Emma is thriving.
I have been on leave now again for the past week. All Emma's grandparents are on leave so we are a bit lonely in good old Pretoria, but it is really just a time of rest and relaxation and enjoying quality as well as quantity time with little Emma.
She is growing and developing SO quickly! She is rolling over from back to tummy with ease, and this morning passed her rattle from one hand to the other(!), also babbling and laughing and 'making conversation'..., grabbing and examining her feet (she hasn't put them into her mouth quite yet!), and sitting very well with a bit of support... :)
Yesterday we went jogging to the gym and back (to do the good old card-swipe...) a full 13km's with Emma in the baby-jogger that we borrowed. It was FAR but so much fun! I have ordered our own jogger that will be arriving the 5th of January :) looking forward to a lot of good runs...

We had a quiet and very enjoyable Christmas day. Before the families went on holiday we had two huge Christmas celebrations with them (consecutive nights!) with good food and company and lots of presents... so on the 25th we just enjoyed being at home, the three of us. We went to church, then came home and had starters in the garden, had an early braai for lunch, and later the afternoon Emma had her first taste of solid food (butternut!) that wasn't extremely successful ;)

Otherwise doing very well, starting to make plans for the new year, and overall just enjoying the last bit of 2008 basking in the happy glow of motherhood!

Surviving!

It is Monday again and, yes!, I survived the whole of my first back-to-work-week, including my first 26-hour shift on Saturday/Sunday! Little Emma is staying with the family, spending some good quality time with her dad, and enjoying the visits at granny (see photo!) while I am getting used to resuscitating, admitting, intubating, examining and diagnosing, and all the other weird and wonderful things that make up my working day...
Good news - I am officially starting to specialise in January, got my appointment letter on Friday and signed the acceptance letter today. Which means we can start counting sleeps until I am finished studying (although it is at the moment a dizzying total of 1484 days...)

I went for a great 8km run today! Fitting training in between work and family time is going to take a lot of effort but it is so worth it - I felt like a million bucks! There is nothing better under the sun to get rid of all worries...
... and Comrades is only 166 days and 8 hours away... ;)

Also planning to swim the Midmar mile in February (and use it as a good excuse to visit Emma's godparents in Hillcrest!! :) ), so I'll have to maybe fit in a few quick swims between now and then...

And just a last word - I CAN NOT BELIEVE it is the 8th of December, only 17 days till Christmas and only 23 days till 2009. The year 2008 just swept past me like a flash, and bowled me over completely (in a good way!). Wow...

Back to work...

I started working again yesterday.
We are okay.
I am suviving, and Emma, I believe, is enjoying every moment of her dad and granny's special attention and company.
My heart is still very sore but I am sure it will get better - little by little every day.
I hope.