Lasts and Firsts

Yesterday was my last day of work for awhile. I am officially on maternity leave taking the full 4 weeks allowed before my due date. I have a lot to get situated with Callie before Diego makes his appearance. I may have hinted that Callie will be attending preschool but she is officially starting Monday! Today I went to meet with the director and her teacher to discuss her food allergies, a specific plan as what she needs to be safe at school. I've gone back and forth a lot about what I really want for her at school. I don't think it's realistic to ask other parents to change their kids eating habits for my one child. That's not a very realistic environment anyways and it's literally impossible to have a school free of all Callie's allergens. So there will be things around Callie is allergic too, whether it's eggs or nuts it exists. I debated a lot about making her eat in a highchair to keep her away from all the other kids and prevent sharing or contamination at mealtimes. I felt I needed to do my best to keep her safe and maybe that was the answer? But the more I thought about it I knew I was slightly neurotic and I would be taking away the fun for Callie. So the plan that I have agreed to is that at all mealtimes Callie will sit at the head or end of the table to give her more space and one of the teachers will sit right next to her for the entire mealtime to ensure she doesn't eat anything that is not sent in her lunchbox. I think this is the best case scenario and I can't ask much else of the school. That being said I am still nervous. For Monday she will only go 3 hours for class time and won't eat besides a small snack. We will slowly build up as I feel comfortable... And depending how Callie does. I can say that I am truly thankful to have these 4 weeks to make sure I can work this all out for Callie and dedicate as much time as needed to be at the school as well as be just a mile down the street in the event if an incident. I remind myself to have faith in the staff and not be too overbearing but it's still scary.

In the afternoon we went to have dinner at Grandma and Grandpas with Jeana, Christian and Ford. Callie wanted to take his picture today and so with.help this is what we ended up with. He is always posing! What a cutie!