One Month Old!

Boo is one month old today! Amazing how time flies. I took this picture at lunch today. Bob and Linda came over and brought us lunch. It was really good to see them. Unfortunately, they won't be able to come to the party Sunday. I wish they'd be there. I like them and they're good people.
It's amazing. It's only been a month, yet it seems like it's always been this way. I'm having a very hard time remembering what it was like to not be a momma of such a wonderful little boy. I really wouldn't trade this for anything.
I know I had a lot to say, but I was interrupted by an awake baby who wanted some food and snuggle time.
I think I was going to finish recapping the weekend that I started to on Saturday.
Ok. I'll start there then.
I think I described Saturday as an odd day and just left it at that. I think that's where I'll leave it. It wasn't a bad day, but it wasn't one of the best either.
Sunday was a good day over all. We did this and that and I tried to get a little more organized for Sunday. (I'm still not as organized as I'd like, but Kat and I are pretty good at winging these things anyhow...) We did go over to the QMart again and I ordered hot dogs, hamburgers and sausage for next week. I just have to remember to pick it up on our way over. (Not like it's out of the way or anything... I just have to remember to go that way instead of the "usual" way I take to get over to Kat's.) I found out that both Michelle and Abi will be in town. I'm so excited. I haven't seen either of them since the baby shower. I'm glad they're willing to come all this way to see us. (I've also come to the conclusion that I doubt Gak or I will get to hold Boo much on Sunday... I guess that's one advantage of breast feeding... I'll have to take him from time to time. Especially if I only pack one or two bottles...)
Yesterday Nana, Boo and I went down to Gramma Sue's. It was a good day. Actually, the day started out really, really well. Boo had gone to sleep around 9 on Sunday and didn't wake again until about 4 on Monday morning. Hopefully we'll see a few more nights like that now and again and with more regularity soon.
We went out for lunch and visited Trader Joe's. I so wish there was one closer to where I live than the one near Mom's. They've got very good, and good quality stuff for much better prices than you could get at the "regular" store. That and it's all preservative/funky chemical free. I'd gladly pay more for something of that quality. We also went over to Valley Forge for a little while. We took Nana over to the Visitor Center and poked around there for a bit and watched the video. By that time, Boo was hungry again and I didn't have a good way to warm up the bottle I had with me. Therefore, we went back to the house. Nana and I had dinner there with Gramma Sue and Pop Pop Mike. (Or maybe it's just Pop Pop... I guess we'll have to wait until Boo starts talking to see what he ends up being called...)
Of course, our dinner and Boo's dinner decided to coincide. There was a little interesting juggling on my part, but everyone got fed with a minimum of crying on any one's part.
Of course, because Boo slept a good bit during the day in the car and the like, he didn't have such a good night. I guess that's partially my fault because I really didn't try and keep him up during the day. But that doesn't always work anyhow.
Today is going well though, now that we've gotten over the morning crankies. Like I said, Bob and Linda brought us lunch and it was good. They haven't had a chance to see him since he was mere hours old when they came by the hospital. I was glad to see them then, and it was good to see them again today. We've really got to get together more often. I mean, they live all of what, a mile or so from Kat? Part of the problem is the fact that I was traveling so much the last few years for work and they were traveling a lot with their trailer. Now that gas prices are so high, they'll probably be staying home a bit more often. Which means we might actually get to have dinner together on occasion or the like. I hope so.
I had my regularly scheduled doctor's appointment for my asthma/allergies. Basically we're going to just keep an eye on things for now while I'm breast feeding, but if I need to, take my meds. My doctor was very happy to see Boo and was happy to see how well I'm doing. I've lost about 20 of the 35 lb I put on while pregnant with Boo. (Of course, I lost quite a bit of that quite quickly when I delivered an 8lb, healthy baby boy!) Hopefully I'll be able to put a big dent in the last 15 or so over the next several weeks. I may even be able to wear my "normal" pants back to work. (I'm not holding my breath, but I can hope... the pants I was wearing during the last several months are getting a little silly looking...)
Anyhow, I guess I'd better wrap this up. I think I'm going to take Boo on a little walk to the bank and around the block a bit... then I really should check the work email, I'm sure I've got close to 100 messages piled up there over the past week.
Peace to all and may the good days outnumber the bad.

Weekend Odds and Ends

Here's a picture from Thursday when Gak was feeding Boo for the first time. Yes, it looks like Boo isn't having much to do with it, but that was just this instant... He really did a very good job with it.

Yesterday was a good day over all. Although, I'm sure both Nana and Boo would have liked it better if the evening was different. Nana had been having a bit of a rough day in spots. Boo had a mostly good day, just a few fusses now and again when I didn't understand what he was after, or when he got too tired to know what he was after. The most trying part for them was for about 3 hours that evening.

Gak and I went to the movies.
Without Boo.
With our friends.
We enjoyed it... but it was still a little strange not to have him there with us.


Overall Boo did fairly well with both of us gone and just Nana. He took a bottle from her and actually ate about 3 oz, which is about what he should be getting each feed, give or take a bit. (That's one thing I wish was easier to figure out when breast feeding... exactly how much he's getting a feed so I don't skimp on the bottle or end up wasting a lot by filling it too full... oh well.)


Gak and I went and saw Wall-E with Kat, Zoe, Scott, Chris and Dianne. If you haven't seen it yet, go see it! As usual, the short before the movie was worth the price of admission all by itself! I think this was the funniest one yet. Although "Bird on a Wire" had me laughing out loud the first time I saw it....


The first half of the movie really feels like you're watching an old silent movie in many ways. But the lack of "dialogue" doesn't hurt things at all. There is so much said without a word. You really do feel for poor Wall-E. He tries, he really does. (Although, there were a couple of points where I could really relate to poor Eve... I've used that same tone with Gak a few times... I think most wives/girlfriends have at one point or another...) I'm not going to give any of the plot away, but it was really good and said so many things on so many levels... but then again... it's a Disney/Pixar movie and there's always a couple of levels to them.


Today was a semi-long but interesting day none the less. I did get the laundry done and some other things accomplished. I don't really have a lot to say about today. We ran some errands and had an early dinner at Red Robbin. Like I said, it was a good day overall. Tomorrow I'm not sure what all we're doing other than going over to the QMart to order the hot dogs and hamburgers for next Sunday.

Oh, more info about next week. (I don't think I mentioned some of this yet...) Like I said before, we're having a party on the 6th. It'll be from 2pm until whenever at Kat's house. If you want to bring something, let me know so we don't end up with 6 people bringing potato salad and no hot dog buns or something like that. (Oh, we already have someone bringing potato salad....)

Anyway... I think that's about all of what I have to say today.

Peace to all and may you have good days.

Back to Mellow

Well, my mellow little boy is back. He was just taking a day off I guess. Andy, my friend who's breast feeding her now 1-year-old (*gasp*) asked some questions about yesterday. I answered her in a comment, but here goes:
Well, my little man is back to his normal mellow self today after a nice, long 8-hour sleep last night. (Unfortunately, from 8-3...)His poops were "normal" for him. I just started pumping the night before and had only pumped once before the "meltdown". I pumped twice yesterday, but couldn't today because every time I went to, he'd wake up hungry. (That and I've been feeding off one, pumping the other... he only feeds off one usually and plays with the other if anything...)

I'll further explain the day here where I have lots of room to ramble and everyone will see it.
Last night Boo collapsed at about 8. He slept quite soundly until just after 3am when he woke hungry. (Luckily I heard him right when he was beginning to fuss, so avoided further meltdown.) He slept until about 6:15 or so and was an angel all day. Sure, there were about two or three 10 minute fussy times and he didn't want to be put down at all except when he was asleep. That's fine by this Momma.
The highlight of today was a trip to BabysRUs. I mostly just needed to get out of the house and figured Boo could stand a road trip as well. He was being so very good, staying awake for an hour or two at a shot with barely a complaint. That, and as much as I love the sling Andy sent us, I just can't seem to get it right with enough head support for Boo. I'm sure we'll learn in time. That and it just won't fit Gak, him being 6'7" and all. So, my main hunt was for a baby carrier that would hopefully fit Gak. Well, I found a really nice one that wasn't all that expensive. It's the Jeep one. Amazingly enough it fits Gak.
We took it for a "test walk" this evening with our friends Chris and Diane. We probably walked a good couple of miles this evening and Gak's only complaint was that he was really, really warm by the end of it. (I felt really weird though, going somewhere and not being "in control" of my son... even when Gak pushes the stroller I know I can also push...) Boo was a little too warm too by the end of it. (Right now, he's hanging in his bouncy chair in just a diaper trying to cool off.)
The second really good thing that happened today is Boo took a bottle! Yep, that's right. After our walk, Gak was able to feed Boo about 2 oz of milk from my pumping yesterday from a Playtex Drop-in Nurser. I really like the nipples on these things... they really are the most like Momma. There was a little fussing at first, because I hadn't left the bottle in the warm watter long enough and it was still a little cold. But once we got the temperature closer to "Momma warm" and Gak got the nipple all the way in his mouth, he took it like a champ! I'm so proud of my little guy. (Yes, I have a picture of this event, but it's still on the camera as I started typing this as Gak was feeding.) I'm also very proud of Gak. This was the first time he'd ever tried to feed a baby and he did just fine. See, everything will be A-OK.
So, yes, today was a much, much better day than yesterday. Everyone around here was much more mellow and laid back. I like days like this. I have no idea what's on the schedule for tomorrow. Maybe, since Boo will take the bottle, we'll take Kat up on the offer to see Wall E and leave Boo with Nana for a few hours. (We'll see how brave both Momma and Nana are feeling and which theater they want to go to...)
Well, I'm going to go snuggle my little man and see if he'll go to sleep again in a bit. (It may be a bit of a challenge since he slept quite a bit on the walk...)
Peace to all and may there be good days to offset the bad.

P.S. No picture from today with this post... they're still on the camera....

Cranky Day

Ok. Who stole my mellow child and gave me the cranky one? I'm not sure Boo's ever been as cranky for as long as he has been today. It started this morning around 6:30 and he's settled down for the moment now. Like I've said, normally Boo's a very mellow little guy, getting a little fussy, but not bad in a all out howling mad kind of way, in the early evenings. Today, well... today I think I have someone elses child. If you could get him to sleep, he was fine and content. (He even slept for about 3 hours this afternoon!) When he was awake, which was most of the time today it seems, he was one very unhappy camper.

He wasn't hungry. I'd go to nurse him and he'd take a few gulps, or feed for a bit, and then howl, arch his back and fuss until I held him up and bounced him on my lap quite a bit. Then he'd take a little more and repeat.

He wasn't wet, or not wet much. (Yes, he did have an almost normal number of wet/dirty diapers... so I'm not worried there...)

Swaddling didn't help one bit. Even with then bouncing him or other soothing things like he normally likes it wasn't helping. And yes, I did get it tight enough. (I picked up one of those really neat swaddle blanket things that have Velcro to help it stay tight. Yes... it looks like a baby straight jacket, but he really does seem to sleep better swaddled... so I do it...)

Nana and I walked over to the pizza place (about a block and a half) for lunch. He was fine on the stroller ride over. He was fine at lunch if I held him on my lap and bounced him up and down a bit. He was not very happy to be still.

I don't think it was gas or constipation. Like I said, he'd had some dirty diapers and one was spectacularly so. He'd burp well after feeding, so I'm pretty sure there weren't any "stuck" burps. I also don't think it is anything I've eaten because I haven't had anything weird the last several days or anything I haven't had before.

I really have no clue. I am just about frazzled with this one.

Like I said, who stole my mellow little guy and gave me Mr. Crankypants? I want my mellow baby back. Oh well, at least he's sleeping at the moment. Maybe he'll sleep for a good bit longer. I've started pumping and was going to have Gak try and introduce the bottle tonight, but I'm not even going to think about trying that with Boo's current mood. (That and Gak's day at work was just about as trying as my day here...) And no, I don't have any cranky pictures from today. I was too busy using both my arms to try and soothe the poor little guy to get out the camera. (That and my brain hurt too much to even think about it...)

Well, I'm going to go do something else for a bit and then crash.

Peace to you all and my your friends and family not be kidnapped and replaced by Mr. Crankypants.

Pet Peeves

I made some mention in my last post about "things that people say/do that annoy me". Well, I've got a list. It's really a short list, but it's things that people say or do to me or Boo that really just drive me up the wall.
(I don't have a fussy picture of Boo handy, so you get this one instead...)
First off, please, please please don't talk baby-talk to my son. He may not know what the words mean that you're saying, but he's learning to recognize English and the sounds of the language. Also, he's a living, breathing, thinking human being. Using a sing-song voice with happy sounding tones is one thing, but please, let's try to use real words and "normal" grammar. This has been one of my pet peeves for a very long time. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that my parents always talked to me and my brother like reasonable, understanding people. And, wow, we were! I think this might be the biggest gripe.
Secondly, don't say you support the fact that I am breast feeding my son, and then when he cries because he's hungry say in an almost condescending tone "If he had a bottle, I'd have fed him..." I enjoy breast feeding. I'm very, very lucky in the fact that there have been very few issues with feeding and only very minimal soreness on my part at first. About the only time I wish Boo was a bottle fed baby is on those rare nights when he wakes up every hour wanting a "snack". That and when we're in a crowded place where I can't get enough privacy to get Boo to latch on. (Once he's feeding, there really isn't anything to see or offend anyone...) Yes, I will be pumping once I get back to work. No, I haven't started yet. About 99% of the advice I've heard and read is to wait until he's 4 weeks old or so before introducing a bottle, to ensure that he'll still take the breast (which is apparently better for keeping up supply than just exclusive pumping). Like I said, I enjoy my time feeding my boy. It's quiet alone time for us and I won't get a lot of that once I'm back to work. Don't worry, within the next week or two we'll be introducing bottles. I just hope it isn't an epic struggle since he won't take a pacifier... (But then again, a bottle has food, a pacifier is just stupid rubber or silicone... who wants that?)
I will pick up my son whenever and as often as I want or he fusses. Yes, other people can hold him, I encourage it actually. No, there is no way that holding Boo as often as he's held will spoil him in any way, shape or form. If anything, he can't be held enough from his point of view. I mean, it was only a few very short weeks ago that he was all snug in my belly being held and rocked all the time. There have actually been studies on this with monkeys. I remember reading/seeing information about one in my sociology class in college. They took two baby monkeys and gave one all the attention it wanted and soft surroundings and the other was in a hard empty cage. Both had free access to milk. The one in the soft, cuddly surroundings thrived, the one in the hard cage with no interaction got very sick, very quickly. Yes, I know, that was monkeys and Boo's a human. You can't tell me that snuggling him and showing him he's loved will spoil him at this age. What spoils children is giving into their every whim and not holding them accountable once they have some understanding of right/wrong and what's appropriate or not. At 3 weeks old, he has no concept of any of this, but does feel and understand the love of being held, snuggled and rocked. To me, this means he'll actually be better adjusted as he gets older, he knows his needs will be taken care of and where he's "safe".
And for those who never had to leave their kids to go back to work, please, please don't tell me how hard it's going to be in August. The thought of leaving Boo for 8 or 9 hours a day (including travel time) really hurts like hell. Every time I look at that sweet little face of his it hits me that all too soon, I have to "leave" him. It just kills me. I don't need to be reminded of it by other people, I can't escape it myself. If anyone who knows me, thinks that I'd leave my boy to work full time if I had a choice, doesn't actually know me. If we could survive on just one income, either Gak or I would be home with Boo full time.
And one, last, minor gripe. Yes, he's very young. No, I'm not "brave" to take him out to the store or whatever, I need to get out and see the world and most of the time, he's got to come with me... (Besides, being exposed to the world is probably good for his immune system...)
Ok. I think that's most of my gripes about people and my son.
I'm going to wrap this up.
Peace to all and may people be good to you.

Nana's Here

Well, Saturday I picked up Gak's mom, Nana, from the airport. The trip to the airport went well. Boo slept almost the entire way down, except when I had to stop for gas. ($70 to not even fill up the truck! EEK!) We got there about 3 minutes before Nana made it down to baggage claim, so that was real nice. He fussed a little on the way home, but nothing major. Mind you, he'd been in the car almost non-stop for just over 2 hours at this point. We picked up Poppa at work and then went to Friendly's for an early dinner/late lunch. Well, this pushed the time frame for not eating just a little too far in my little man's opinion. We managed to eat, but not get ice cream. I'd popped out to the car once while waiting for our food to give Boo a quick snack. (If Nana hadn't been there, I just might have feed him in the restaurant since we were in a back corner... but...)
Yesterday we went to the Q-Mart. They apparently don't have anything like this near where Nana lives in OK. (I'm sure they do have Farmer's/Flea Markets in OK...) She's been talking about it non-stop since. It was a good trip, we got some good stuff. After that we dropped me and Boo at home because it was lunch/nap time for him and I could also use the alone time. Gak then took Nana over to Walmart to pick up a few things she forgot.
GrammaSue came up for dinner and it was a good evening overall.
I have no idea what all we're doing today. It's a little chaotic around here now. It'll be an adventure.
Well, I'd better wrap this post up. Maybe sometime soon I'll write the "things people do/say about my baby that drive me nuts" post that's rattling around in my brain.
Peace to all and may the Chaos be contained.

Catchup and Previews

This is going to be a somewhat random post. Here's hoping I get everything out that I want to say before I loose my train of thought or get side tracked onto another topic.
First off, a couple of announcememnts before I get sidetracked into a weekly wrapup. First, I want to say "Thank YOU!" to Aunt Andi and Uncle Marcus (and cousin Claudia too!) for the wonderful book and really cool sling. The book was just what I needed last night (I'll get into that in a bit...maybe...) and the sling will be quite usefull, once I get the hang of putting Boo into it. It's made out of a wonderful, lightweight mesh which will be perfect for summer walks!
Second announcement, if you're going to be in our area for the Fourth of July weekend, we're having a "Welcome Boo" party on the 6th. It'll be at Kat's house, since we just have so much room here (not) and besides, she's got a fire pit and a swingset. It'll be somewhat like an open house. People will be welcome to stop by from about lunch time until whenever. So, if you haven't had a chance to meet Boo and want to say hi and spoil him with kisses, come on over. If you need directions, let me know. I'll post more info as we work out the details.
Ok, now onto the week in review portion of this post.
This week had been a bit more of an adventure than previous weeks. If only because Boo is staying awake longer, which makes him a little fussier when he gets tired. It's almost as if by staying awake more, he gets too tired to realize he's hungry or sleepy. This has led to a couple of fussy afternoon/evenings. Last night was a good example.
We were going to do laundry after Gak got home from work and we had supper because today I'm picking up Nanna from the airport and figured that would be enough of an adventure for one day. Well, my plan was to start cooking around 6:30 so supper would be ready just about the time Gak walked in the door. Well, Boo had other plans. He decided that he didn't want to take an afternoon nap, but would semi-snooze a bit and then be cranky most of the rest of the time. He finally fell asleep about 5 minutes before Gak walked in the door. By then I'd decided that I was not cooking, that we were just going to load Boo up into his car seat, hit a drive through and go right to the laundry mat. So that's what we did.
Laundry went well, he only started to wake and get fussy about 10 minutes before the dryers were done. So, I went into the car and feed the little guy while Gak folded. Then we got home. Boo just couldn't settle. He eventually did around 10:30 or so for a bit. Then around 1 he woke up again hungry. It took almost an hour to get him fed and asleep again. Meanwhile, Gak was up arguing with his computer. (That's a whole other story, which I'm not going to post here... let's just say it involved a total system restore and a lot of internal cursing by Gak...)
Luckilly, he slept until 5, fed and fussed until 6 and then didn't wake up again until after we got back from picking up Gak.
Oops, Boo is awake again. I'll just post this as is (bad spelling and all...). I'm pickin up Nana this afternoon, so you may or may not see anything new for a couple of days.
Peace to all and may the cranky moments be few, and the smiles be many.

This and That

I just had to post this picture I took of Poppa and Boo this morning. Boo was happily hanging out on Poppa's shoulder, but decided that slumping to the side would be much more comfortable. Don't worry, Gak had a good hold on the little guy. Boo slept this way for about 15 or 20 minutes. Then he woke up hungry and tried to nurse off Gak. Quite comic.


Ok... now that I've totally lost my train of thought... I started this post while Gak was having some Poppa snuggle time, but then Nanna called and Boo got fussy.
We spent a good 20 minutes on the floor sitting up either in Momma's lap or on the Boppy. We also had some tummy time on the Boppy. Boo really is trying very hard to pick up his head. Every time I put him over my shoulder to burp him, he's way more interested in looking around to see what's going on. I missed a great shot of Boo when I first put him on the Boppy. He had his chin resting on his hands. It was one of the cutest poses I've ever seen him in.
Boo just went to sleep and it's now 9:40. Here's hoping this means we wore him out well and he'll sleep until 3 or 4. I'm not holding my breath, but it would be nice.
And why, why won't he nurse on the left side today? He seems to go through phases, but today he just doesn't seem to want to be on the left. Not that big of a deal, except (TMI...) I leak. Ok. Just had to get that off my chest... literally!
Saturday Gak's mom (Nanna) will be arriving from OK. It should prove to be an interesting visit. She has a friend up in New York and Gak and I are trying to convince her that it is silly to come all the way out to the East Coast and not go just a few hours further and see her friend who she hasn't seen in ages. It's not like when she was here for the wedding and only out here a couple of days. She'll be here just over two weeks, I'm sure she can spare a few days to go up to visit a friend.
Anyway, I'm off to upload a couple of pictures to the Flickr (see, I'm doing better this week about pictures!) and then try and get a snooze in myself.
Peace to all and may the little miracles in your life keep happening.

Mellow Day

Today was a good day. There were the occasional rough spots, but nothing earth shattering like earlier in the week. Boo is staying awake more during the day, which is good. Hopefully it'll mean more nights like last night. He went down around 9 and didn't wake up again until about 3:30. This means I got almost 5 uninterrupted hours of sleep! That definitely makes the momma a much happier person.
Several days ago now, Boo discovered that he can "eat" his hands. Actually, I think it's been about a week now. For a while there, he'd sucked on the backs of his hands so much that it made his dry skin even worse. You can't put lotion on his hands because... you guessed it... he'll suck it right off. (And trust me, lotion of any sort is pretty nasty tasting...)
Of course, I'm glad he's found out that he has hands and can suck on them, but it does make feeding a bit of a challenge. There are some days he's more interested in eating his hands than feeding. Or, he's so tired that he just can't figure out that if he moves his hands away, he can nurse. Of course, it's really kinda funny when he tries to nurse and eat his hands at the same time. Boo doesn't really seem to like it when I laugh at him while he does this.
Ok, I think I've rambled on about Boo eating his hands enough. It's been an interesting part of the day recently though.
It continues to amaze me how much Boo is loved. He received two packages today. Boo got two really cute outfits from Bobbie. Of course they have frogs on them. The second package he got was from my cousin Ben, his wife Jenny and their son Daniel, who's 8 months old now. I guess this makes them his cousins as well. They sent us the diaper bag off our registry list and stuffed it full of goodies. All of it will come in quite handy and some of it will be really fun. There were both a set of wrist rattles as well as a pair of "feet rattles", socks with faces that have rattles in them on the toes. They're cute and funny.
Anyhow, I'm going to go curl up with a book for a bit and then catch some sleep. Boo went down to sleep a little bit ago, and maybe I'll have another night like last. (I'll settle for the previous pattern of a midnight, 3am and 7 am feeding though...)
Peace to all and may you constantly find amazement in the little things.

Better Days

Well, today was a much better day than yesterday. This picture is one that Gramma Sue took yesterday. You can see that Boo is just not his normal happy self in this picture. There's something not right in his little world and he doesn't quite know what to do.
In all honesty, neither did I.
Today was good though. Today was the first time I took him anywhere by myself. I had to run to Target for a few things, including a really good sale on diapers. (I think we have enough to last us 3-4 weeks now... which is a nice feeling.)
The trip went well enough, except for the fact that we went right after I dropped Gak off at work, so unfortunately, this was approximately Boo's lunch time. Oh well. Live and learn. Next time, I'll just have to make a special trip, because if we go just before picking Gak up from work, we'll be imposing on "first supper" as I'm sure the Hobbits would call it. Yes, at 16 days old, there are a few times of day when I know he'll be hungry. It's been pretty consistent the last several days that Boo will want to eat at around 1pm and 7:30 or 8pm, with another snack somewhere in the middle. Morning feedings have been around 7 or 8 when he wakes up, and around 10 or 11.
I know it seems like I've just been giving recaps of the day and it's the all Boo show, but that's what this is going to be for a while. Part of it is because Boo really is the center of my universe right now, as he should be. Part of it is so that in 6 months, a year, 6 years from now, I can look back at all of the changes and challenges we've gone through and remember. Right now, these entries are almost more about me than about sharing information with the world. (I'm still not sure how many people actually look at this thing... I feel like I talk to myself most of the time here, which is fine by me. I do like comments though...)
I don't have a picture from today to share though. I was home alone most of the day and as usual, whenever Boo was being even cuter than usual, the camera was no where to be found. Actually, it's sitting right here on my desk, but that doesn't do me any good when we're in the nursery or something like that. I really do want and need to get more pictures of the boy. Boo changes almost hourly it seems some days. It truly is amazing. He actually "tracked" my touch earlier this evening. I think this was one of the first times that his eyes turned towards where I stroked his cheek. I can just hear those synapses growing and making new connections. It is so amazing to watch.
Ok. That last paragraph was such a total random ramble. I guess this means I should probably wrap it up and try and get some rest myself before the midnight/1am feeding.
Oh, if anyone is wondering, I did finally figure out something to actually give to Gak for Father's day. I gave him an IOU for $75 towards a Seamus related tattoo. He had talked about something like that way before we even started trying to get pregnant. I think it's great that he wants to make Boo a permanent part of him and carry him around everywhere. (He already does that with his Zune... I think he carries it more for the fact that it can show baby pictures than to use it as a music player...)
Well, I'm off now.
Peace to all and may your good days outnumber the bad.