Well we took a couple of big plunges in the past week or so.

First Danielle went back to work on the 10th. Unfortunately the day care we really liked didn’t have an opening until the 16th. Luckily Danielle’s mom was able to come down from Ithaca to watch Nathan for last week. It was a transition for Danielle but I think she did really well. I was very impressed and relieved. I’ll let her talk more about her experiences. I know that she missed him like crazy though.

Then yesterday Nathan started day care. Danielle was able to take a half day yesterday and today and is taking off tomorrow to ease the transition (also because Ethan is in town). Dropping him off yesterday was really tough. Standing there getting ready to leave and hear him start fussing and having to let other people comfort him was not at all fun. But he slept through most of the first day and apparently he had a lot of play time today. Also all the teachers from the day care center came and visited him and commented on how cute he was (a testament to the fact that he is starting to look more like Danielle).

Here is Nathan sleeping after his first day. He slept and slept and slept….

This is after his second day. He wanted nothing more than to sleep as soon as we got in the car but mommy kept him up a few extra minutes for some quick camera phone pictures.

So we’re not looking forward to Thursday, that’s when he has his fist FULL DAY of day care.