Milestone reached, passed, hugs collected

Well, it seems lil'ReRe is a pretty resilient little guy, because he was unfazed (I spelled that unphased the first time) by my absence. My husband and I agreed that, if he asked where I was, we'd say "At Work", since he was used to Getalife being gone to work for what seemed like days to him, leaving before he got up and coming back after he went to bed. We also opted to not talk on the phone, as the status quo seemed to be working, and we didn't want to upset him. He did ask his dad "mummy finish work soon?" often enough, but seemed satisfied with the answer. I ended up coming home a little early, so I was able to pick him up from school on Friday, and it was all I could do to respect the Montessori principle of parents waiting at the door for their kids to come to them. But it was worth it, cuz ReRe did that little run thing where he doesn't go any faster, but he's moving his legs as quickly as he can, which results in a little twisty dance. We went out for dinner that night, since I was in no shape to cook, and I had to hold myself back from having me some ReRe for the appetizer, main course and dessert. Getalife had to keep reminding me we were in public, but I didn't care, we had a lot of cuddle time to make up for.

And I just wanted to say thanks to Ron&Melvin, Eileen, Cath, Janette and my seestor for your encouraging, supportive words. I read them every time I opened my laptop to again look at pictures of my little guy.