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If you had told me year ago that I would still be posting on this blog, I wouldn’t have believed you. This really just started out of sheer boredom while I was on bedrest with Arlo. But it has slowly grown into something near and dear to me as the only record I am keeping of this time in my life.
Arlo- you are the reason this blog exists! You don’t care now, but I am making this for you and Zach and I hope it still exists somewhere in the future for you to read.
And what a life we have had over the past year! Since I started this blog, we survived 14 weeks of bedrest and have a beautiful new baby, we added 1200 square feet to our house, Joe quit his job and will start a new one in a few weeks, and I am now a partner in my practice. No wonder I feel so tired and overwhelmed at times (though Zach’s 5 am wake-up calls and night feedings with Arlo certainly might contribute!)
I’m not sure what this next year will bring, though I am hoping for a less eventful year. I still feel like I need to stop and catch my breath and figure out just where I’ve been and where I am going next. And if I haven’t bored you too much over the past year, I hope you will keep stopping by my little blog to see how we are doing.
Yet another viewpoint picture- we can still carry both kids up there, but probably not for much longer!
Ok, I know. I just devoted an entire post to Arlo not so long ago. But he has changed so much since then! It is amazing how different a baby can get in one month. For starters, this boy is now a rolling fiend. He spies something across the room of interest (usually one of Zach’s toys) and off he goes in a complicated but efficient series of rolls and squirms to get exactly where he wants to be. And he is fast! I accidentally hit him in the head with the refrigerator door a few days ago after her rolled over to me, probably looking for a snack. I don’t remember Zach being quite this busy or mobile at seven months, so I have a feeling I am going to have my hands pretty full in a couple of months.
He can sit in his highchair now and eat cheerios. Last week he couldn’t figure out how to get them to his mouth, and this week he has figured out how to be very patient and pick them up one at a time to savor that wheaty flavor. (By the way, why is it that kids love Cheerios so much? They really taste like crap.) He definitely prefers solids to nursing right now, which is breaking my heart. I had to cut him off his solids for a day or so last week in Seattle when he went on a little nursing strike. That is the kind of mommy I am. You WILL feed at the breast, dammit or you will starve!
He has started to talk more too- deep belly chuckles and lots of “mama baba dada gago”. It is supercute when Zach lays down on the floor and coos back at him in their own little baby language. You can hear a little of it at the end of this video….
Zach and Arlo’s relationship is changing too. Now that Arlo likes the same toys and same food, Zach can get pretty upset with him. But other times, they are so sweet together. This morning as I drove to work, Zach was making faces at Arlo in their carseats and they were both laughing so hard it was difficult to steer straight.
I wish I could just put a pause button on my life right now. My kids and husband are so great and I feel like I am always running around trying to get things done. I need to take more time and a deep breath and just soak this all in.
