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| spring is a time of new beginnings and life. every spring i can remember it's a time to celebrate nick's birthday and how much joy he's brought us. surprisingly, the challenges of motherhood was not an instant key to patience or tolerance but with a little bit of practice i find myself changing everyday to adapt to the little adventures nick volunteers me on... i.e playing with his poopy diapers, pterodactyl screams, waking up to play from midnight to 6am, and trying to snap my laptop in half. i can't believe that in about a month he'll be 1 year old and i'm already looking back and thinking 'i survived.. that wasn't so bad!' and then he'll go and rip all his baby wipes out of the container one by one and cackling while doing so. the surprises never stops coming and i love it. he babbles a lot and somehow still have the time to eat even more. he's going up the stairs like a pro and is slowly learning how to go down them. he walks when he holds someone's hands but keeps on trying to take steps by himself. he's learned how to unlock my phone, turn on the ps3 with the controller and open the screen door if he wiggles it just right. he's such a smart cookie and his persistence and problem solving skills are freakishly prevalent.
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| gut feeling, heeby jeebies, just because... what ever some people call it, the feelings you just can't shake. i remember when i just found out i was pregnant and i was hell bent i was having a boy. i just knew. a lot of people say it's a mom thing but i just can't put my finger on it. kris was adamant he was a girl and we always went back and forth. he was talking about our baby like a little girl and i would always protest and insist he's my baby boy. i always have a feeling about nick. about when he'll be waking up, what his reaction will be... it's as if i've known him my entire life - not just a mere 7 months. but these last 7 months has been the most amazing. sleepless nights, spit up, crying... all the bad.. nothing could cast a shadow over my little ray of sunshine. is it weird that i crave his cuddles? that i find comfort when he reaches for me? i couldn't imagine life as a married woman with a family not too long ago and now i wouldn't trade it for the world. now i'm just sitting around waiting for him to wake up so i can bask in a few more smiles and laughs with him before we're both tucked in for the night.
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| my mom has left and readjusting to just nick and i was a bit rough for a couple days but nothing like long walks and lots and lots of support from kris and good friends to help me through it. nick is eating 2-3 containers of baby food everyday, lots of puffs and maybe just a few bottles here and there. he's adjusting well to a sippy cup but he still needs to learn how to swallow after he sucks it out lol he is not 28inches and 20lbs. my big boy.. this last cycle of clothes barely lasted 2 months. i've been doing loads and loads of laundry to keep up with his every expanding wardrobe.
kris is in the field yet again and nick keeps looking for daddy. usually after work kris would get his cuddles in with nick and kisses right before bed and he's missing it so bad :( kris had duty right before the field so the last couple nights has been pretty rough. nick wakes up every hour or so and cries and cries until he's exhausted. this never happens when kris is home! the house obviously isn't OCD clean and i'm sure kris cringed when he came home to change. oh well... another day for that i guess.
we are going on leave in a couple weeks and i can't wait to get out of 29 for a breather. i want real food that isn't just ramen or sammies. i can't wait for nick to meet the rest of the family and to be able to bond with everyone. i'm just so excited. it'll be his first time cross country and i'm anxious to see how well he does in such a long car ride. i sense a lot of snacks for him and cracker barrel for us :D
so after jade was stolen a while ago, i've been itching for another kitty so now we have another kitty in the house but it's just a trial for now to see how everyone adjusts. her name is jewel and she's 2.5y/o, grey long haired tabby with striking green eyes. she is such a love bug and nick can't keep his hands off of her. and what i love most about her is that she is extremely gentle with nick even when he's ripping at her, cuddling her or squeezing the life out of her. she turns around and just licks his hands and lets him continue. hannah has been great with her as well which has been an extreme relief. for the most part she's been hiding a lot during the day but comes out in the early evenings around dinner time to hang out with me. she more likely than not is looking for nick to play with.
and get this. the PX has 7 jeans on clearance for $9 and they normally retail upwards of $70+ when the other ones get red tagged i'm buying them out! and they're mostly in my size too lol yay me! it's a sign :D
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| i need super appetite suppressants! i want to bake, cook and eat around the clock. fortunately for me my 2 feet has become my 2 best friends with walking and my weight has plateaued. i still don't know how to carve a turkey the right way and hannah always manages to steal my spot each time i get up. life's about as good as it gets right now minus the fact that we're still 3wks away from our vacation! it'll be nick's first time going cross country and i can't wait to see how many times we'll have to pull over just for him. but he's so good in the car now i hope having another little person in the car doesn't delay us too much. this last month my mom's been here has been a blessing and i've resorted back to sleeping in til noon. having nick really puts a perspective on things i wanna give kudos to single moms! idk how anything gets done when you're a single parent especially if you don't have the support to keep you going. even though kris helps out an immense amount and i have a lot of help.. there are days where i still feel overwhelmed. i really don't think i could do it alone. on another note...i swear nick looks more and more like kris with each passing day, cause his attitude gets more and more like mine! so fiery and demanding lol he's been eating solids so well and prefers lots of texture over his bottle and just plain ol baby food. it seems like he's slowing down on his ginormous growth spurts cause he's only gained less than a lb in the last couple months and i haven't had to switch clothes out in awhile. thank goodness... cause gma kristi needs to see nick before he's all grown up! nick loves to pet hannah and thinks its the greatest thing when he throws his puffs at her. he doesn't crawl yet but scoots backwards. sometimes i just want to wake him up when he's sleeping cause he's so darn cute! kris and i are also the proud owners of a new cooler! its amazing how awesome those things are lol.. its got wheels and a pulley thing too. pretty amazed at such a simple thing ;P and that's all the rambling... btw i'm hooked on angry birds! it makes me so angry and frustrated though lol i've spent many a pie pieces to help me through some of the levels.
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| it's been a big week for nick. he's sleeping unswaddled now, eating solids before bath time for dinner like i do hehe... and staying awake all day.. which isn't new but wanted to throw it out there. he's doing the tummy crawl and loves turning over and over and over. all this doesn't seem like a lot but before he would not sleep at all if he wasn't swaddled so this is proof he is maturing in his own right :) i've been walking better now and has been letting hannah spend more time at the dog park and i can't believe how much more she leaves me alone at home after she's all pooped. we walk all over off leash for her and she listens very well and never strays too far. i am now the proud owner of a crock pot and an iron but have yet to take either one out of the box. i can't wait to slowly put away some young baby stuff and bring out the bigger boy toys for nick. he loves it when other kids play with him and he laughs so much and loves to watch everyone! people say that babies are so expensive but i think that they can be if you make it that way. and my life has changed since nick was born but not in ways i thought it would. i still sleep at night, and i still lose my marbles but just in different ways? he's changed me in ways i never knew i could. i'm more patient and i've slowed down a lot more instead of rushing constantly. my little peanut has turned into my rock.
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