Let's face it, being a stay at home mom is NOT easy. It's so wonderful to have so much time with Colten.. it really, really is, but with rainy, dreary weather and sicknesses being passed around like crazy, it's hard to not go insane! We still go for walks if it has rained & often get stuck running home in the rain, lol, but it's worth it to get us out of the house. Going to walmart is actually something I look forward to.. just to see other adults :P Colten is an angel at the grocery store, so it kind of is fun. When we're home, we play on the floor, read books, and he plays in in his walker or jumper while I cook & clean. Then we play on the floor some more.. he takes a 30 minute nap.. and the whole process is started over. We do still babysit & that breaks up the long days nicely, but we're not babysitting as much as we used to.
I remind myself everyday to enjoy being "bored", because in 6 months I won't have time to feel that way. I honestly can't imagine having 2 babies at home alone all day everyday, but I know I will make it work & I will love it (for the most part). We're thinking of moving closer to Andrew's work so he can be home a bit more. As of now, we see him 10 minutes 3 days a week, a few hours 2 days a week, about 5 hours on saturday, and all day sunday. It's crazy how excited we get to have him home! :) If we move to Greenwood, we'd get to see Andrew 4 hours more a week! That's a lot.. so I'm praying we can find a place there.
Colten
really is the
best baby ever! Everywhere we go people comment about how happy he is. He loves restaurants, stores, car rides, and walks. He really only gets grumpy when he's tired, and even then he can go 8 hours without a nap and still be pleasant. It's SO easy to make him laugh & you can tell how much he loves me and Andrew. He's starting to scoot backwards, roll across the room to get a toy, and will hold himself up in the crawling position. His second tooth is cutting through, but they haven't seemed to bother him much at all. He's a spoiled little boy, but I couldn't ask for a better baby. Praying daily we're this lucky with baby #2!!!
Colten's first big boy bath! He LOVED it!
I'm so lucky I get to see this sweet face all day everyday <3
This was me last week at 14 weeks.. can't believe how quickly I'm showing! Also, I can't believe we'll find out the gender in less than a month!!! Aaaahh! We're sure it's a girl, but a boy would be aaamazing too!
