It was time for Monkey to take his morning nap. With a bottle in my hand & Monkey in my other arm, we went into his nursery to close the blinds, turned on his music, & turned on the fan. It was quiet except for the soft music playing & quite peaceful in there too.
We cuddled as I began to rock him and feed him his bottle. I guess the pears he had earlier filled his tummy because he wasn’t interested in eating his bottle. He rested his head in the side of my [click to continue…]
Today while Monkey & I were grocery shopping I saw a dad with a completely full cart of groceries & a car seat. He smiled at me because clearly I’d been there (with the car seat inside the cart).
When you have a baby in tow, it’s like you are part of a group, I think. Like “been there, done that, & I completely understand the look in your eyes”.
Anyways, after I smiled back with a [click to continue…]
Sometimes I wish I could just run away from everyone & everything & start over. Well, with the exception of my husband & son, that is. Not that anything is terribly wrong right now, but life just gets more difficult as we get older & sometimes I wish I could run away from it all.
I’ve never been one to be afraid of getting older. In fact, I always look forward to my birthdays with such joy. Now I know that I’m only in my twenties, but I don’t see myself ever getting crazed over a number. I’ll be turning 30 years old this year & I am excited about it. It doesn’t make me feel old at all.
But as I get older, my [click to continue…]
Today Monkey & I went out to lunch with my brother. My brother is a really good uncle & has really surprised me with how much he wants to spend time with Monkey.
While we were waiting on our food to come my brother said, “No offense, but I had no idea that I would [click to continue…]
In those first few months Monkey slept like a champ when in his swing, like 3-4 hours. It was glorious! I knew that he wouldn’t be able to fit in his swing for too much longer, so I started the transition to his crib about a month ago.
At first it was a complete nightmare, which is shocking considering he’s slept through the night in his crib for about [click to continue…]
Yep, Monkey broke the control key on my Mac.
I admit (& I really hated to admit to Tarzan that he was right) that it wasn’t my brightest moment, but when it brings a smile to my kid’s face, well, let’s just say that I’m clearly a sucker.
Monkey really likes the knee bouncers website, so that’s where we were when the control key came off. Of course I have learned my lesson & don’t let him touch my Mac anymore.
What a way to learn my lesson, eh?!
I like to feel that my life is balanced. A good mix of craziness with calm to balance me out.
Before having Monkey my life was exciting when I wanted it to be, but very mellow the rest of the time. I dictated my own schedule, did what I wanted to do, & had all of the free time I could handle. All in all, my life was pretty balanced.
Now that I’m a mom, I’m constantly in a rush.
A rush when I [click to continue…]
Today Monkey & I lunched with one of my best girl friends. Monkey is & always has been really good for the past (almost) 6 months, so I guess the time had come for him to surprise me. & by surprise, I mean fluster the hell out of me.
We had just sat down & I strapped Monkey in the highchair & was ready to start talking it up with my friend. Before I could get one freakin’ word out of my mouth, I heard screaming.
Piercing screaming, I tell you. It was like something was seriously wrong with the kid, hence the bloody murder scream.
Naturally I [click to continue…]
Remember way back when I found out I was pregnant & I swore that I would never became “that” mom who talked about strollers, didn’t want to leave her kid with anyone else, etc? Well, I’m going back on my word.
It’s amazing what a baby does to your life, isn’t it? The one thing that changed my life so drastically, a change that I wasn’t even sure I wanted, but now he’s the one thing that makes my life complete.
So one of my friends is getting married in the Caribbean in a couple of months & her bachelorette party is coming up [click to continue…]
Ladies & Gentlemen, we have a sitter! A real unassisted-for-a-very-long-time sitter.
Monkey has been, uh, balancing himself I guess you would say, while sitting assisted for a few seconds for a couple of weeks now.
I’ve felt like he was thisclose to the real thing, but [click to continue…]