* Easter with family was lovely. It would have been even more so had I remembered my camera. All is not lost. I will be receiving my girl's Easter pics at the end of the week and my niece was kind enough to take some photos that I hope to find in my email.
* I'm not ready to hash it out here yet but I have some concerns on my mind. Likely just the concerns of a mama who has read WAY too much and seen a bit too much but they are there all the same. I will be biting my nails in these first months as my girl and I settle into the routine of work and daycare.
* I am trying not to have any preconceived notions about how tomorrow will go for both of us. It is hard not to, however, and it is definitely making me not the person I want to be. In truth, I think my girl will do just fine...or seem to anyway. That's what worries me. I, on the other hand, who always seem to be fine am probably going to be a hot mess. Geesh, NOTHING is like it used to be so I need to give up predicting ;0) I'm not quite in the groove of no longer flying by the seat of my pants yet.
* Throw some good karma my way, please. It is much appreciated.
Monday, April 13, 2009
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You will do fine girly..
Love the photos on the side bar.. amazing how she has changed in a short time..
you do have to tell where you got the cute little skull shirt and hat..
LOVE IT>.
Will be thinking of you.. but you will be back saying "piece of cake"....
Sprinkling good karma dust on ya! Hang in there you two will get through this!
Sending you both mucho good vibes!
Keep smilin!
Sending all kinds of good karma your way. I don't know how to send good karma, but if I did I would definitely be sending it! :)
Sending the good karma vibes your way! I know it's hard, but you'll both do fine. Hugs!
I'll say one of my prayers for you tomorrow morning!!!!
Awwwwww, good karma vibes coming your way! Y'all are going to be just fine. Can't wait to see some new Wing cuteness.
Oh my, she is just a sweetie pie.
Hang in there momma, life is always up in the air, but so wonderful as you've discovered.
I love that you are super aware of the Wing and realize that she might SEEM fine and that is not always a good thing...
Good vibes a comin' your way.
Good luck! It is not easy and I do not envy you ... but you'll get through it. Hang in there.
Here's some good Karma and few prayers coming your way today. Everyone will do fine. You especially because it sounds like they have your day jam packed full. It will fly by and before you know it, you'll be home with the wing again. :0)
You will make your way through it. It won't be wine and roses, but she will settle in.
Do you have any specific issues you want to throw out?
I can imagine that throughout motherhood there will be times when the full weight of the awesome responsibility of caring for another human being, totally, will feel very real and very heavy. Is this what you're feeling?
I'll throw a prayer your way!
Have a good day C and C.
Nothing will beat picking up that sweetie pie after a long day!
Heads up - Good Karma being chucked your way! I hope today goes smoothly at work and daycare. You've taken so much care in finding the right place for her, that even if it's not today, it will work out fine in the long run. Two weeks is the time it took each of my kiddlets to settle in to new routines.
Praying for both of you sweetie. ((hugs))
It seems that in the first 2 yrs as soon as you get a routine or schedule going that works, it changes...as they change so much developmentally. But I have to say that it has finally evened out for us and though I am sure many more changes are up ahead it's not like the constant adjusting it was at the beginning. I do remember how it felt in those days leading up to daycare and returning to work. Give yourself grace for months. Have some frozen food on hand. And I really hope you've hired someone to do the heavy housekeeping. That was a hard lifestyle change for me, but I sure didn't want to be spending my Saturday morning doing floors and bathrooms as I had for years...you will want every minute you can have for fun with Claire. I know you all will get into a groove eventually and do great, even if there are some bumpy periods of turbulence along the way.
I remember so well the first day back to work - sending you all sorts of good thoughts - love all the new pics :)
Sending you good karma right now. Hope everything goes well today.
Boy - those first months home were scary. As magical as they were I don't know that I'd want to relive them either. Maybe. It is such an uncertain time. Plus after waiting for years and years you had a lot of time to "read up" on attachment, etc... So now I imagine you look at every little behavior and try and analyze. I know I did. I am still on the lookout. This is hard on you - but good for her I imagine. Little things are bound to crop up. And it is so hard to know what is "normal" and what is attachment based. Taking in the situation - some attachment issues are going to happen - for all post institutionalized kids. It is only normal. You are prepared to recognize these things before they turn into major problems and work on them. You made it through, you went to the other side of the world and brought your daughter home. Obviously you made of strong stuff. It is a HUGE adjustment. For everyone. But suddenly, after awhile it will just feel normal again. I know you know all of this - I just remember being in your shoes and it was hard. People that have done it don't always understand.
What Christi said - about the cleaning help. Very good point. We had stopped having cleaning help before China. We got home and I was trying to run a business, and be a perfect Mom and make sure S. didn't grow up in a dog hair coated home and realized I needed to go back to the cleaning help. It makes a world of difference.
Good luck my little cyber friend! I am sure everyone will do wonderfully.
Lots and lots of calm, serene, and incident-free thoughts being sent your way.
Throwing some karma, love & prayers your way. Things will work themselves out & you'll both be fine in the end. Easy for me to say all the way down here in Florida eh?
Finally catching up.
You definitely have good karma heading your way. You reap what you sow, y'know.
It sounds like everything is going about the way it should be going. The transition to day care is going to be so much harder for you than it will be for Claire. I was a basketcase at first, and then just very distracted for even longer.
I second the suggestions to have easy meals prepped and get as much outside help as possible for cleaning, etc...
The mommy brain, the phantom cries are all part of it, but it does get easier.
throwing buckets of good juju your way. here's my assvice: don't overthink it (if at all possible), just go with it.
Good luck tomorrow -- sending good thoughts!!
Sending good karma your way too! Hope it all went really well. Your little one is such a cutie!
Janet
You bet!!! I am saying a prayer for the both of you right now. All things will balance out and Life will be good.
Love, Kristy
Good luck... and good karma.
:)
you will both be in my heart and on my mind.
Sending best wishes to both of you. Don't be too hard on yourself. I didn't have a choice of working or staying home either. At the end of the day we were SOOOOO ready for each other and that is what really counts. Home is the safety zone. The place to melt into each other arms and be thankful that you both made it through another day.
Good luck.
Delurking to send good karma your way. And for what it's worth..... the transition to daycare was so much worse on me than my daughter. And those phantom cries? So happened to me many times. Actually, I must've had your post in my head because it happened this morning before my alarm went off. Woke up from a deep sleep and could've SWORN I heard her crying. All this to say, I think you're totally normal and hope you knowing that helps somehow. Good luck tomorrow!
Sending good karma, positive energy and vibes and all good things your way!
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