O Update:
Baby O is doing so great. Some things we love right now:
1.
Having our diaper change is about the most fun
we have all day. We laugh and giggle… He sure does love his changing pad. Weird
kid!
2.
We like to zurburt (No idea how to spell that,
but you know, the vibrating with the lips thing) back at people now. I’ll make
the CRAZY noise, his eyes will get huge, then he will try and do it back. It’s
pretty great.
3.
We are grasping toys and bringing them to our
mouth. We are not very coordinated yet, and usually end up smacking our self in the
head : ( poor kid. Still working on that hand eye coordination.
4.
We love Mr. Monkey still and hanging out with
daddy!
We are very animated…. Our
face tells a whole story about what we are thinking. I love the many
expressions he makes.....
My favorite thing this week: The other day O woke up, looked
at me and squealed. It was the
sweetest thing. He was so excited to see me. It pretty much melted my heart.
Nursing is still super challenging. Last week I was having a
super rough and discouraging day. I took maybe 10 min breaks of not nursing every
hour. It was rough. I was just crying out to the Lord. “I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE”. Everyone says once you get passed the first couple weeks of nursing it gets soooo
much easier. Not for us. I talked to the THIRD lactation specialist who also
said “Can’t believe you are still trying to do this and have been nursing that
often for three months…” Well… what other option do I have?! I am in this far,
It better work! I have a friend that had a huge desire to nurse and wasn’t able
too. She told me about working all day to pump just the littlest amount to go
along with his formula. That is super inspiring to me. I will keep doing this.
Only a few more weeks until we get the lip tie looked at. I have hopes that
this will really help things, but I’m scared it won’t. It is our last resort to
make this “easier” and if it doesn’t, oh well. This is our story.
After my discouraging day I got out of the house for the
first time in awhile. I don’t go out a lot because it is just really hard with
his nursing schedule right now. It was amazing because he went two hours
between a feeding, which NEVER happens, and as I was nursing him in public a women out of nowhere said words of encouragement to me. It was a blessing.
The Lord was really encouraging. We nurse a lot at home and O always scratches
my back! Lol! I always feel it is his little way to say “Be patient with me mom, I’m not very
good at this” I love the reminder, and I really enjoy this season of life. It
is just a season. I will miss our time so much when he is moving out of the
house and starting his own life. I will never regret the days I spent sitting
with him.
( See, very animated. You can tell he is annoyed...)
He still refuses to nap unless I am holding him or lying
with him. He has like this 6th sense where he KNOWS as SOON as I
leave the room….. Creepy! As soon as I get up to leave he opens his eyes and
stares at me….. If I keep walking he screams bloody murder. So, we “nap”
together.
(muahahhaha my favorite face O has made so far)
I was reading one of my favorite bloggers today who was
talking about her son’s schedule. He is a month older then O. He took FOUR
separate naps during the day, in his room, played for an hour on the floor
ALONE, and was asleep by 7, and only gets up once or twice…… that was a hard
day for him she said… Wowzers……. What I would do with just ONE nap time!!!! It’s
all about perspective, right?!
Job Update:
We officially set the job search/ time to get serious date.
It begins this weekend. Kot is taking O for a little bit so I can work on my
application. Prayers would be appreciated. I’m super emotional about leaving O.
I worry about him not having one
of his parents around to raise him. I know parents do it all the time and do an
amazing job. I just can’t get a good “idea” of what this will look like. I
don’t know how to work and be a mom. It is definitely unknown territory. My mom
always stayed home with us. That’s
the picture of a mom that I have in my mind. I don’t know how to change the way
I think to picture a working mom… (If that makes any sense) I am just super
nervous about it. Prayers PLEASE! Also, somehow I have to find time to run at
least 5 times a weeks. Which, from reading about our schedule above, you can
see is a huge challenge. God is bigger than this circumstance though! Financial
something has to change quickly…… It is a constant worry and stress in our home.
Dakota works sun up to sun down, plus some, and weekends. He doesn’t get to see
Ollie very much. Sometimes just 30 mins a day. He leaves before O gets up and
gets home around bed time. I know it is hard on him. Hopefully something will
change soon….and mathematically we shouldn't be able to pay our bills…. Somehow the
Lord always provides just enough. Which is all we need…..
(Daddy photo bomb)
Things are going great though!!! Yet, change is on the horizon …. I am just like my daddy and HATE change. Praying the Lord will bring peace.
(Go Broncos)
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