Okay, so it has been like, six months since I posted anything on here. I have no real excuse, other than the fact that Jack went from a sweet little immobile baby to this crazy kid running around all over the place, which makes it much more difficult for me to sit with a laptop for any length of time. I feel like I have so many things to say, so many things I want to document, and yet no words to describe how wonderful each day is.
I am currently doing the stay-at-home mom thing, until I start my internship in the fall. This experience is one of the most challenging and rewarding I have ever been in. I LOVE spending so much time with Jack, and yet it is really difficult to not go off to the respite of the office every once in a while. There is no distinguishing between work and home, so I often feel like I have no down time. At the same time, I know there are so many wonderful moments with Jack that I will miss once August roles around.
It is just amazing how fast he is picking things up now. I can ask him to hand me a specific toy or an object without pointing at it, and he knows which one I am asking for. When I ask him yes or no questions he often gives me a real answer. It just blows my mind that this time last year I was busy with nursing him and listening to him coo - he wasn't even eating solid food - and now he's this little boy that tells me things and shares jokes with me, it's incredible. He definitely loves to laugh and tell stories just like his father. He will babble on and on and then start laughing hysterically.
My favorite thing so far this summer is spending time outside with him. I think he got my love for the outdoors, and we have spent hours walking at the nature center or even just running around the back yard. He points out all the birds and trees, and we explore the world through his eyes. My favorite thing to do is set him down and just follow him around, seeing what he is interested in and what kind of "experiments" he will come up with. One day we spent thirty minutes at the nature center throwing sticks off a pier into the water below. I literally had to drag him away. I'm just hopeful that I can help him to always appreciate simple things like that.
Well my goal is to post more regularly on here. I definitely have some stories I want to tell, things I want to keep up with if only for myself. Now if I can just get Jack to understand the meaning of mommy-time maybe I will have a chance to post!
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