“I hope that my child,
Looking back on today
Will remember a mother
Who had time to play;
Because children grow up
While you’re not looking,
There are years ahead
For cleaning and cooking.
So, quiet now cobwebs,
Dust go to sleep.
I’m rocking my baby,
And babies don’t keep.” – Unknown
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Happy Holidays!
11 Months!
Looking Back to Thanksgiving
Weeks later, I’m finally getting around to blogging about Thanksgiving. We hosted for our extended families for the 5th year in a row, however this was the first year as a family of three. Unfortunately, I didn’t go as smoothly as I imagined.
Proud Daddy
I’ve heard other women say how much their husband impressed them when they had their first child and how they love him so much more watching him turn from husband to loving parent. Honestly, it wasn’t the same with us…
The thing is, I knew Jason was a wonderful father long before we had children. I knew he’d be a natural and I knew he’d love our son more than anything in the world. There was really no surprise there! He has two nephews who he cares so much about. When one of Jason’s best friends had her little girl, he naturally loved playing with her. He was born to be a father.
However, every once and awhile he still catches me off guard with something he says or does.
You see, Jason is a fairly practical parent, where I tend to be more doting. However, he’s also a bit competitive, wanting his son to be the best. So when he tells me last night that Brody drew the best picture at daycare that day, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
Really?!? Our 10 month old is artistic? I personally think his art looks like scribbles, or blobs of paint. Somehow though, Jason sees through all that and brags about how his chalk art was much better than the rest of the class. How he used “shading” to make it more artsy.
This morning I checked out the masterpiece. I really think it looks like he smeared chalk all over paper — but I guess that’s just me.
First Haircut
After dragging my feet for at least a month, I finally booked a hair appointment for Brody. Jason has been bugging me for awhile as Brody’s hair got longer and longer. I knew once he no longer had his baby hair then I’d really have to realize that he’s growing up!
Overall – Brody was a trooper. He didn’t get cranky once and he held still very well. Every once and awhile he’s turn his head quickly to see something else going on around him. He loves to watch everyone around him, which worked well until they started vacuuming out a seat behind him and he quickly turned his head around mid-cut. In the end though, he hair looks great and it’s no longer in his eyes.
AFTER:
Steady Feet
Brody is getting so close to walking! Tonight he pulled himself up using the cabinet handle so that he could walk over to the other cabinet — no hands!
So of course we tried for a repeat performance…but this is the best I could get on video.