Screaming @ 8 weeks and then big grins now...the payoff is so sweet. I know your heart has to grow when you have two, then three. Because mine is so full right now, it could burst!!
Noah's first plane ride was a cinch. He was a champ the whole time....getting on the plane with all our we'll-just-call-it-"stuff" was a different story all together.
Christmas morning, and Santa came. Loads of toys, and what does the little boy like best? The package of links that cost 2 bucks. Go figure.
Yesterday was Noah's 6 month check-up...and we both got shots! Okay, first of all, 6 months? How did he get to be 6 months old? He's actually 6 1/2 months, if you want to count it. He was 27 inches long (only 2 more inches in the infant carrier, big step) and 17lb, 6 oz. My little baby is growing up into a big boy. He's sitting up, grabbing toys away from you when he wants them, pushing buttons, stealing the remote (I secretly think Adam is teaching him tricks behind my back), eating everything from blueberries and mango to steak and potatoes...and loving it! So where did those 6 months go? And what did we do? We spent so much time in the beginning trying to get him to stop crying, that I think I missed (or don't remember, or blocked out) the first 4 months. So that leaves 2. And in those two months, there was vacation to Florida, starting mother's day out, Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's...so that didn't leave much downtime. I guess, looking back, we were pretty busy. But I can honestly say (apart from a few evenings at 630 when Adam still wasn't home from work & I was really grouchy and Noah was really grouchy) I have LOVED every minute of being at home with Noah. I wouldn't trade in one day. (Well, I do trade in one half-day. I get Wednesdays from 9-3 & he gets to make new friends and learn coping skills without mommy there to hold him. His teachers say he has "Lap-itis" likes to be in your lap all day....and we're working on getting rid of that nasty disease) But how much fun is my job? I get to teach this little man to love everything around him and watch his face when he sees, smells or tastes something new. It is truly priceless. I know there will be days (and probably have already been days) where I'll want to cash out and go back to the "real-world of work" but I can't imagine not doing this.
I remember when he was about 10 weeks old and I drove to Mom & Dad's in Olive Branch for his sip and see...he cried for about 6 1/2 hours in the car. I thought for sure I wouldn't make it...really, really. But I did, and every day, when he smiles and giggles and talks and grabs my neck and hugs so tight, all those hours of screaming were worth it. You can read a hundred books and nothing prepares you for all of this in mommy-dom. How fun!!
