Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Funny How Things Change
Its so funny (weird funny, not haha funny) how I get excited over the most non-exciting things nowadays. For example, I'd been a little worried that Andrew wasn't getting enough naps during the day. He'd sleep for two hours in my arms (sometimes in his car seat if we're away from home) but only 30 minutes if laying in his crib or sitting in his swing/bouncy seat/basically anywhere but in my arms). Today, however, I decided to lay him in his pack-n-play for his nap to see if that little change might help him sleep longer. Lo and behold, he's now been asleep for an hour and a half alone in his room...and not a peep! Not a single tear! Wow. I was able to scrub the bathrooms, sweep the den floor, and get after a couple of stains on our entryway carpet. I even emailed a local school principal to see if anything had come up as far as part-time teaching position. I am so excited to feel productive again!!Chris' mom and stepdad left yesterday after a long weekend visit. My mom and stepdad are coming on on Thursday evening. We were never so popular before Andrew. We love that they come to us now, though, since all of our family lives so far away. (My family is 5 hrs away and Chris' mom lives about 4 hrs away...his dad lives only an hour away but never comes to see us.) We got a huge inflatable pool and put it on our deck and I can't wait for my mom to come and see Andrew play in it. :)
Before Andrew, things like this could NOT have been cause for such joy!
This weekend Andrew started to use consonants in his babbling. Before, it was AHHHHHH or OOOOOOOH or MMMMMM all the time. Now, its BAAAA and MMMMAAAAA and DAAAAH. I love it. And he is so adorable when he grabs his toes (or his paci or my finger...whatever he has in his hand) and tried so hard to get them into his mouth. If you try to help him, forget about it. He fusses at you as if to say, "Look, woman! I can do it myself! Let me be!" He's just as stubborn as me. And I adore him for it.
| posted by Anna at 2:24 PM
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laura had this to say:
you sound happy - how lovely. :) love your new id photo, by the way!
