Cooper's 1st Day of Daycare

Today was Cooper's first day of daycare. I decided to bring him to daycare a week before I actually go back to work in order to figure out scheduling and such. In the morning, Cooper decided to wake up at 5:00 wanting to eat. After eating he went back to sleep until I woke him up at 6:50. I had wanted to go back to sleep but thought I should stay up and see how long it would take me to eat and then get ready for the day. When I woke Cooper up he was in a good mood, thank goodness. Once dressed, we put him in his car seat. He could tell something was going on. We kept telling him that he was going to daycare, to see Stephanie, and that he was going to meet some new friends. I'm sure he didn't really understand but after a week or so he'll get into the routine. After loading up the car with all of his supplies, Paul and I ended up leaving the house at 7:08. Pretty good timing for me. I hate being late. Paul decided to come with me for his first day. I was a little anxious and knew there would be some tears after I dropped him off. Although he didn't say it, I'm sure Paul was a little anxious as well. So off we go, ahead of schedule. We didn't get very far and I realized I left some papers at home. I'm sure Stephanie wouldn't have minded if I brought them Tuesday, but it had a list of things I wanted to share with her. It's a good thing I realized this before we got too far. Cooper was pretty tolerant of my mishap. Overall, he likes riding in the car. Our second attempt was successful. We got him there and surprisingly he was still awake. I'm kind of glad that he was so I could take him out of his car seat and give him a big hug and kiss goodbye. We were only there about 10 minutes and the instant we got in the car to drive home the tears started flowing. I new he was going to be fine but this was the first time in almost a year that we were apart. I'm so glad that Paul was with me. I'm not sure I would have been able to hold myself together if he wasn't around. When we got home he went to work and I took a two hour nap. Boy, was I tired. I'm glad my mom was still here because it gave me someone else to talk to and keep me busy until it was time to go pick him up. We went out to lunch, did a little shopping and then about 2:30 went to pick up Cooper. From what Stephanie said, it sounded like he had a pretty good first day. Maybe tomorrow won't be as hard to leave. Who am I kidding. It will be hard every day! At least next week I will have work to keep me busy. Here's to a successful first day at daycare!