Dear 2010,
I know we've had our differences (i.e. you've given me mountains of debt and a stretched out body) but I'm willing to overlook these things because you also have given me a beautiful and sweet and wonderful baby and I can't imagine loving ANYTHING more than him. Also, I've been able to tack a few new friends on to your credit, so thank you very much for them.
And thank you for giving me to opportunity to stay at home as much as I can so I can watch all of Greyson's growing. We're sooooo much more broke because of it but we can't have our cake and eat it too.... I guess. Weird saying.
Anyway, if this letter sounds like I'm going to be moving on with my life then it's a good letter, because I am. We've had some good times and some bad times, but mostly it comes down to we just can't live in the same decade together. We're so different. I'm looking at tomorrow and you can only focus on the last 12 months of our relationship. As of midnight tonight, I'm going forward.
It's been real.
Fondly,
Christal
Friday, December 31, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Hunny Days
The days of my sweet little immobile hunny are over - we have movement! He can roll around like no body's business. Actually he's inspired my New Year's resolution to keep my house clean... yikes. I have to at least tackle my floors daily since that's his domain and I'd like to keep the fur and dirt in his diaper to a minimum. But it's awesome. I love watching his new developments and remembering how 5 short months ago he was this teeny tiny thing who slept aaallll day.
Speaking of sleep, we went through the 4 Month Sleep Regression thing which SUCKED. I guess it's where babies start sleeping like adults and less like babies so their bodies don't really know how to handle it. Anyway, he was up every hour or so and it just seemed like he couldn't get comfortable. In and out of his crib he went all night. We tried sleeping together, holding his flailing arms, feeding, EVERYTHING and nothing would work. I'm happy (and hesitant) to say that we may have worked through it. For the last few nights he's been sleeping great so I hope that continues.
It's been awhile since I blogged last. We had Thanksgiving at our house and I cooked a great turkey (if I do say so myself) and green bean casserole, of course, and a ham and my family brought the rest. Greyson did so great with all the people around. He's finally accepting a little socializing!
Also my friend Beth and I did a bake sale at one of the holiday bazaars this year and that was fun! And again I can proudly say the Greyson did GREAT. The ladies next to us joked that I had drugged him to get him to behave. Which is SO NOT true. He's just a good boy. It was about 7 hours of bake-sale-ing and he didn't cry or fuss at all and took TWO 2-hour naps through it all. Yes, I'm bragging.
And we've introduced him to solids a little sooner than planned. He's been growing so great with just breast milk that my doctor had advised us to keep up with it until his 6 months appointment but I just couldn't help it! So we started with some mild stuff about 2 weeks ago when he turned 5 months. His favorite so far is smashed bananas, rice cereal, and sweet potatoes. We only do about half of the level 1 jars of food so it's not overwhelming, and we are still breastfeeding so that's his main source of nutrition. But we try to have a little bit of solids 2x a day.
Speaking of sleep, we went through the 4 Month Sleep Regression thing which SUCKED. I guess it's where babies start sleeping like adults and less like babies so their bodies don't really know how to handle it. Anyway, he was up every hour or so and it just seemed like he couldn't get comfortable. In and out of his crib he went all night. We tried sleeping together, holding his flailing arms, feeding, EVERYTHING and nothing would work. I'm happy (and hesitant) to say that we may have worked through it. For the last few nights he's been sleeping great so I hope that continues.
It's been awhile since I blogged last. We had Thanksgiving at our house and I cooked a great turkey (if I do say so myself) and green bean casserole, of course, and a ham and my family brought the rest. Greyson did so great with all the people around. He's finally accepting a little socializing!
Also my friend Beth and I did a bake sale at one of the holiday bazaars this year and that was fun! And again I can proudly say the Greyson did GREAT. The ladies next to us joked that I had drugged him to get him to behave. Which is SO NOT true. He's just a good boy. It was about 7 hours of bake-sale-ing and he didn't cry or fuss at all and took TWO 2-hour naps through it all. Yes, I'm bragging.
And we've introduced him to solids a little sooner than planned. He's been growing so great with just breast milk that my doctor had advised us to keep up with it until his 6 months appointment but I just couldn't help it! So we started with some mild stuff about 2 weeks ago when he turned 5 months. His favorite so far is smashed bananas, rice cereal, and sweet potatoes. We only do about half of the level 1 jars of food so it's not overwhelming, and we are still breastfeeding so that's his main source of nutrition. But we try to have a little bit of solids 2x a day.
Yes we're still wearing our Halloween onesie. Hey, it still fits!
Well, I think that about covers our news.
xoxoxo
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