It has been awhile

I can't believe that it has been almost three weeks since I last wrote... such a slacker. I have been trying to enjoy my daughter in the short amount of time we have together these days. But this week she is with daddy, so I am left on my own.

I am finally getting in the groove at work. I am enjoying it more as well, although I still miss Katelyn while I am at work. I really cannot stress enough how much I need prayers for this house to sell. I spend THREE HOURS in the car EVERY day going back and forth to work. It is torture. And if I lived closer to work it would give me an extra 1 1/2 to 2 hours a day with Katelyn playing instead of riding in the car. And I know that she misses me, because her teachers say that she talks about me all day "mommy doctor, go work." It has made me appreciate my time with her even more. And, I find my most meaningful moments are spent with Katelyn going through our bedtime routine -- splashing in the bath, getting on pj's, reading stories and snuggling. It is funny b/c she has started saying "no night night yet" when it is getting close to bedtime, and she says "go snuggle, mommy's bed" when she is getting sleepy. I can't believe that a few months ago she had a vocabulary of about 25 words max. Now she uses 3 - 5 words in a sentence.

She was very excited to go bye-bye on the airplane. She kept saying "mommy go bye-bye" and "Katelyn go bye-bye" and I had to tell her that mommy was staying home b/c I had to work and she was going to go with daddy on the airplane. When I got her all packed she was wanted to pull her own suitcase (as you can see below). She was a little disturbed when the lady at the airport put her suitcase on the conveyor belt at check-in. She kept saying "Katelyn's case." We had to explain that she would get it back at daddy's house. I hated leaving her. Edmond said that when they were walking to security and I walked the opposite direction (she was looking back at me which about broke my heart) she kept saying "Mommy go work." But I know that they both need this week to figure things out and build their relationship. And I am glad that he wants to spend time with her. Apparently today he went shopping and bought her a dress that was more "fall-ish" for Thanksgiving (I had sent a dress that was black and red and he wanted to save it for New Years) as well as some tights, shoes and something for her hair. I hope that he takes a lot of pictures so I can see her all dressed up. I am going to miss her like crazy. Although every day is Thanksgiving for me, b/c I thank God every day for sending Katelyn to me.

Here she is getting ready for her trip to Cincinnati:

And then she decided she wanted to ride it... she kept saying "horse... neigh."

She is just the cutest little munchkin in the whole world (if I do say so myself).