Hold Tight and Pretend It's a Plan: March 2018

It's Kelsey writing today! Remember me?

I thought I'd start with a list of notes from the past few months followed by random pictures that I think you will love!

Being a working mom is:

Modifying your diet to exclude major allergens (read: all fun food) for the past 3 months because your baby is reacting to something in your diet.
Being incapable of accomplishing anything productive except during weekend nap times or unless you physically leave the house because, when you're with your child, you are 100% absorbed by her.
Counting down the minutes until you get to go home and see her, and every single day wondering if you should just quit your job.
Knowing that your job is absolutely a lifeline for you to meaning, purpose, goals, and being so incredibly grateful for the daycare and breast pump that allow you to go to work while also providing food for your child.
Not being afraid to talk about pumping at work because it's the hardest thing you've ever done and you are proud enough of yourself to not hide it.
Scheduling your life in 3 hour increments because you need to pump every 3 to 4 hours.
Not minding still being woken up at night on nights the couple of nights where you've worked late and missed her bedtime because you're just so excited to see her.
Falling more in love with your co-parent every single day because no one besides them can come close to loving her as much as you do.
Being so grateful for a spouse who shares the same values and priorities, acknowledges your hard work, convinces you to keep your job, and always says yes to covering doctor appointments and bedtimes when you need to work.
Running out of space on your iPhone for pictures because, yes, you needed 50 pictures of her sleeping in different outfits.
Blogging about once every 3 months because see all of the above bullet points.