Maternity Leave has officially come to an end....

Me in the morning with my son and two girls :)

I can't believe three months have gone by so fast, tomorrow I head back to work. I guess when you're this busy time just flies by. I have so many emotions running through me regarding heading back to work. Part of me is excited to see my coworkers, the other part is scared, nervous and sad. Scared and nervous because I haven't been there in so long, and also because I haven't been apart from my son for very long. I am sad because I will miss seeing him grow and reach new milestones. I'm scared he will forget me since I won't be around during the week and I feel guilty for that. On the other hand I know he will be very well taken care of. My husband now has the biggest task of all, taking care of our baby. He is such an amazing father, so hands on and loving. Max just adores him, so that makes this whole transistion a lot easier.
I know a lot of things will change at home, since the nightshift now falls on Steve. I won't be around to help around the house as much, and what little time I do have I will spend with my son and husband.
We both have very important jobs and I know it won't be easy on either one of us. But as with everything else, I know we will do just fine since we have each other.

I just hope my son knows how much I adore and love him. He is growing up so fast, it amazes me how much he has changed since he was born. Since we got back from Miami we have put him in his crib, which he is finally getting used to. Sometimes we have to let him fall asleep on his tummy since he prefers that, but then we turn him around once he is asleep. He has been eating more now, he went from 4 ounces to six while we were in Miami, and slowly we are stretching out the nighttime feeds. Steve and I both agree we won't force him to skip meals until he is four months old. That is when we will get much tougher on him. Now when I smile at him he smiles back which melts my heart. He has gotten very strong, and loves to push himself up with his legs. He is slowly learning to roll over, but he still doesn't do it on a regular basis. He fits into 3-6 month clothing now which amazes me. We have had to put away all his newborn and 0-3 month clothing for the next baby. I must say, I love motherhood. It's the best thing I have ever done. xoxo

Our awesome photo shoot!

Luckily we have an amazing photographer in the family who was nice enough to take some photos of us as a family...thanks Tanya. Here are some of them:

And off it comes...Max's first head shave!

Many have asked us why we would shave our sons head, our answer is simple: In many cultures it is customary to shave the head of a young baby and my husband is from Argentina where they do it. I have seen his cousins get it done, and they all have a beautiful set of hair. It grows in all at once and looks very strong and healthy. As strange as I find it looking at my son with a shaved head right now (nothing a hat can't fix), I'm really excited to see it grow.
We found someone to do it for us in Miami and she did a fantastic job. We taped the entire thing, and he didn't cry or mind the process at all. Here are some pictures of him getting it done:

Before his shave:




The actual Shave which seemed to bore him since he yawned the entire time:











Our little boy with no hair:

Max's first trip to the beach

Before we left for Miami we bought Max a ton of summer clothes since we figured we would be at the beach. Little did we know that we would only be going to the beach once due to all the cold weather. So we decked him out in his cute little swimsuit and had a blast:





He seemed to enjoy sleeping next to or on top of daddy while mom tried to get in a tan:





Then he would wake up and hang out when Abuela, his Aunt and Uncle and cousins showed up:






I can't wait for summer to get here so we can go out and have some more fun!

Miami- if only it had been warmer!

We were finally looking forward to getting out of the cold and getting outside. Sadly it was too cold to lay outside, which we were only able to do once while we were there. Despite the cold, we managed to take our little man out in his stroller which he LOVED. His first trip pictured here was a lot of fun since he got to see his cousins and spend it at the playground:



Our second trip out was to Lincoln Road, and he enjoyed that immensely since he got to see a lot of action (see him staring):



Max was very lucky and got to be spend lots of time with his aunt and uncles who got to know him better:

Auntie Olivia:



Uncle Mike:



Auntie Maricel:



Uncle Lou (with cousin Natalia):



There was more family in Miami than you could imagine. Here are some more photos of family members who Max got to know:

The two Grandfathers:





The Abuela's (grandmothers):



Cousins, Uncles, Aunts and extended family:





















Steve and I even managed to go out one night with my brother to celebrate his 18th birthday...it goes without saying that the following day was very painful :)







And to end this post....here are some of my favorite shots of Max from the trip:











It was an amazing trip, especially since it was filled with family and lots of love. We already miss everyone in Miami and hope to be back real soon xoxo