A "new normal"

Our "new normal" started this week with the start of the new school year. We were so blessed to have gotten our little man when we did as I was able to have 5-6 weeks with him before the chaos of summer hit. We have been home a little over 4 months. In that time, there has been LOTS of Mommy and baby time. I've been dreading school starting for this reason. When Kobe came home at 7 months old, he wasn't very good at supporting himself. He didn't roll over or sit up, etc.. He was developmentally delayed, but caught up less than a month of being home. While we missed the first 7 months of his life, we still got to see many firsts. What a blessing. However...this has also made time seem to fly even faster. Part of this is why it is hard for me to be away from him all day every day. I miss him so much. The first day he went to daycare all day (for a trial run) Lexi said, "Kobe not being here is killing me." If his 10 year old sister thinks this, imagine how his mommy feels. :) It certainly was a long, hard week of transitioning back into the swing of full time work, full time daycare, and Daddy coaching and being gone a lot. We did survive the first week! :) Hopefully it gets easier from here on out. Kobe loves daycare which makes it easier on me. I know I'm having a harder time with it than he is. The first day he acted kind of strange around all of us when we got home. I can't put it into words, but he acted different. That was the only day we really saw any difference....until today. After 5 days of daycare now we are home. He is really out of sorts. I'm sure it is confusing to him.

He continues to army crawl, but is crawling more and more. (still not all of the time though) He does pull himself up all of the time and is getting pretty good at walking along things. It is crazy how much more stable he is getting on his feet. He can even bend down and pick up a toy and not fall down. Watch out!!!!

I'm posting a picture of the first day of school.