First Morning Away

Today was my first day of research. I decided to take it easy because I wanted to ease in to being away from Georgie. I was gone for about 4.5 hours, but 2 of them were spent on the commute. Sure hope we can get housing closer, if not right there.

The hardest part was not knowing how she'd do with the bottle. She's been in tears because of it before, so it was awful to imagine her like that all morning. But I checked my messages about once an hour, and Aaron said she was doing great. I still missed her, but knowing she wasn't crying or having a hard time made everything ok. Hard, still, but ok. I knew Aaron would be great with her, as always, and she's attached to him, so no worries about that. Just mostly worried about the feedings and about missing her.

But things went great with the feedings! She took more than she ever has before while I've been gone -- over 3 ounces -- and even fell asleep while Aaron had her outside in the carrier. Aaron and my mom even took her to Shelby, and that went well too. Aaron said my mom was a huge help, and that he even got to shower and eat. Thanks, Mom! And thanks, Aaron, for being such a great papa to our baby and partner to me.

So I'm home now, and Aaron's getting his first ride on a combine (with my uncle). More blogging to follow!