Almost 3 Months

My sweet little boy will be three months this Sunday. Three freaking months. This is crazy to me. We are slowly getting to know each other better and better. Each day I wake up thankful to be able to spend that day bonding with my little boy. Oh, how I enjoy my days with him.

Some new milestones are:

1.     We are starting to roll over from tummy to back!!

2.     We love Mr. Monkey (aka little sock money blanket)

3.     We are starting to laugh and giggle at things. (especially when mommy yawns)

4.     We are starting to be able to be set down for short periods of time in our bouncy seat, where we like to kick our legs as hard as possible to shake the whole bouncy seat.

5.     We are starting to scoot away when having our diaper change, with a huge smile on our face.

He is constantly changing. He has taught me/teaching me to expect the unexpected. My last post I talked about how at least nighttime was  “easy” for us. (Easy as in a parenting sense) Well, we have been struggling now. Dakota was doing bedtime. It was their time to bond. It was my time to do something for me. So, usually, shower. Now, Dakota gives him a bottle, O finishes the said bottle, and then screams. Screams like he is being tortured until I come nurse him for about 10 secs then he falls asleep. Crazy baby. He has been getting up more lately. We really cant be dealing with teething yet, right?! I think, wrong…..he is drooling, the crankiness, the chewing on our entire fist until we gag, the not being able to sleep at night. I think we are there. Already. So fun.

Tonight, after the bedtime fight, I looked at Dakota and said

“I don’t know what to do”

“Me either”

“I never know what to do”

“Me either”

Well, at least we are on the same page.

(big yawn) 

Parenting is this crazy rollercoaster of unexpected events. It's tears and laughter all mixed into one. It's good days and bad days, but as long as the good outweigh the bad you are doing a good job, right? I’m sticking with that for now.

(holding hands with his friend, super cute!)

A quote from one of our favorite movies keeps coming to mind during this stage of life. Its from Just Married. Haven’t seen it?? Go, right now, and buy it. Yes, buy it. You will want to watch it one million times, it's that funny.

Seriously.

Anyways. The quote is “You never see the hard days in a photo album, but those are the ones that get you from one happy snap shot to the next”

Love this. If you don’t think parenting is hard, to be blunt, you are doing it wrong. It should be hard. You should feel those growing pains. Your family is growing and expanding. You are learning and evolving. It’s life. Life is hard, but that’s what makes it great. Every hard day with O is a bonding day. It’s a day that I learn so much about him. That I show him that I will be here every hard day, every good day, every “normal” day. If I’m not there comforting him on the hard days, I don’t deserve the smiles on the good days. I don’t ask for help on the hard days, because it’s my job to be his mom. To be his comforter. To be his companion. To be his friend. Its my favorite.

Dakota and I have such a huge responsibility when it comes to raising O. I feel that constantly. We want him to be a good, kind, loving, strong, Godly man. We want him to be someone who always stands up for good and fights evil.  We want him to be passionate about life, follow his dreams. We want the world for him, what parent doesn’t?! Every night we pray over him. Pray for his future. Pray for his future family. For his future wife. Pray he will be a leader. Pray he will stand firm in Christ. Pray that we can help guide him appropriately through life.

Our love for O is more then I could ever have comprehended before having children. Having come to the conclusion I really didn’t want kids about a year ago, I am pleasantly surprised on how great it really is.

He has changed so much the last 3 months, I cant even imagine how much he will have change in another 3 months… it really is going by to quickly. We really are trying to cherish every moment with him.