Going back to work was not so bad this time. I attribute that to the fact that I have a job I enjoy and I only work three days a week. Despite that, it was definitely sad to say goodbye this morning. I kissed Penelope's warm fuzzy head and took note of how lucky I've been so spend so much time with her these last three months. Some of the things I have come to love about her are her dark grey eyes with one streak of brown in her right eye, that she holds onto the neckline of my shirt while she nurses, the way she tucks her hands under my arms when she's sleeping in the moby wrap, the warmth and softness of the top of her head when I kiss it while she's in the carrier, her still rather formless smiles first thing in the morning after she has eaten, the way she lays on the play mat and bats at the hanging toys until she is able to grab them, and lastly, I love her little thighs, maybe mostly because they are usually hidden beneath her diaper and when I go to do a diaper change I'm always overtaken by how adorable those thighs are!
I would also like to take a moment to mention how wonderful Micah has been. He's definitely demanding of our time and has had his moments of frustration since Penelope was born, but his frustration is never ever directed at Penelope which I find really stunning. Micah has been doing a ton of artwork lately, is constantly making "books" in which he draws a bunch of pictures and requires that I write whatever words I want. His people all have two legs with arms that come out of them, sometimes they have bent elbows, the other day he drew a picture of himself with five fingers on each hand, people also always have ears, sometimes eyebrows, sometimes noses, and boys all have curly hair while girls have straight hair, he believes this is the basic difference between boys and girls.
