Five Months
(December 20th - January 20th)
It's a new year already (still struggling to remember to write 2011 on everything..). I think about the last 5 years and it's amazing how much has happened within that time and how FAST time has flown by. Thinking back I remember differen
t times and thinking, "Geeze time is going so slow!" ... well since our little man was born...I haven't thought that once...if anything it's "slow down!!". Every day these days it seems like I wake up in the morning and I blink and I'm back in bed again at night. I know it's just the season I'm in right now with all of the things I'm juggling...being a mom to an awesome little boy, working full time, spending time with family & friends, working-out, staying involved with church, and hopefully spending down time with Dave and Ethan, etc., etc., etc., and now on top of it musical theatre season as started again lol... AHH! Don't get me wrong... I love my life, I'm so so so blessed... it's just that this season is taking some getting used to. This past week has been an ever-changing emotional week for me. It started by finding out that my dear friend's mom passed away suddenly. That sturred some things within me that I've never had to deal with before. I've gone from last week being completely happy with my life and all of my committments feeling accomplished, empowered and something like a super-woman i guess... to my current feelings : meloncoly, too busy, guilt-striken, missing out on things and wanting to spend more time at home with Ethan and Dave. I know! For those that know me well... this is NOT the usual Lindsey. I realize what a big change of heart that is for me. So amidst this confusion my prayer is to make sure I'm living my life according to what the Lord wants for me...for Him to open doors and make it clear what I should and shouldn't be doing in my life. I'm excited to see what the Lord unveils for me... who knows maybe I'm just going through a weird week and everything should be how it is... but maybe this is the beginning of a huge transition in my life... we'll see! I trust in the Lord and know he'll help me through this.
t times and thinking, "Geeze time is going so slow!" ... well since our little man was born...I haven't thought that once...if anything it's "slow down!!". Every day these days it seems like I wake up in the morning and I blink and I'm back in bed again at night. I know it's just the season I'm in right now with all of the things I'm juggling...being a mom to an awesome little boy, working full time, spending time with family & friends, working-out, staying involved with church, and hopefully spending down time with Dave and Ethan, etc., etc., etc., and now on top of it musical theatre season as started again lol... AHH! Don't get me wrong... I love my life, I'm so so so blessed... it's just that this season is taking some getting used to. This past week has been an ever-changing emotional week for me. It started by finding out that my dear friend's mom passed away suddenly. That sturred some things within me that I've never had to deal with before. I've gone from last week being completely happy with my life and all of my committments feeling accomplished, empowered and something like a super-woman i guess... to my current feelings : meloncoly, too busy, guilt-striken, missing out on things and wanting to spend more time at home with Ethan and Dave. I know! For those that know me well... this is NOT the usual Lindsey. I realize what a big change of heart that is for me. So amidst this confusion my prayer is to make sure I'm living my life according to what the Lord wants for me...for Him to open doors and make it clear what I should and shouldn't be doing in my life. I'm excited to see what the Lord unveils for me... who knows maybe I'm just going through a weird week and everything should be how it is... but maybe this is the beginning of a huge transition in my life... we'll see! I trust in the Lord and know he'll help me through this.
Okay... AAANNNYWAY...now that my vent/self reflection is over... back to the star of this blog... Ethan!
He's 5 months old... wow. It's crazy how much babies change in the first year...
Ethan's first Christmas was so much fun! It just makes me so much more excited for next year when he's toddling around! yay! We had Dave's family over Christmas Eve and then went to my Aunt Karen's house Christmas Day. So much fun :)
Unfortunately, Ethan started showing signs of getting a cold Christmas Day which we didn't really think a whole lot of because he has had a cold before from being in daycare... but this time it developed into bronchitis which we had to treat with a nebulizer treatment. :( It broke my heart to hear is little cough and not be able to do anything for him... He's much better now and no longer has to get the nebulizer treatments :) Ethan was even so nice to share his cold with us ... sharing is caring ;)
Ethan's little personality shows through more and more as he gets older. I love it. He's becoming more playful now. He laughes (still waiting for that big belly laugh) and coos and talks and his new favorite thing is spitting... haha he loves "giving raspberries" to everyone or even to himself when he's amusing himself in his crib. So funny! He now grabs for everything! Toys, hair, earrings (ouch!) and keeps a death grip on them... so strong! He still LOVES his jumperoo! He definately recognizes us now... I get a huge smile when I get him up in the morning, pick him up from daycare or come home from work and the same for Dave... we love it! I have a feeling he's going to be a little stinker... watch out ! haha
He's such a joy...I can't really put words to it...
We've started giving him rice cereal once a day now at "dinner" time. He's getting better at it but at first he wasn't into it... he face was so funny... you would have though I just gave him a lemon or something lol.
Grandpa Graham & Lady Jack was in town this past week and we took him swimming again at their hotel. Wow our child LOVES water! He actually was swimming... pumping his arms and kicking his little legs... so cute! He was even trying to put his face in the water constantly (though we didn't let him). Our little water baby! We're going to make sure to nurture that ... maybe he'll be a little swimmer like his Daddy :)
I took him to his (late) 4 month check up this past Monday. He's 17.4 pounds and 27.2 inches long (90th percentile for weight and 95 percentile for height). Our cute little brute :) He's still eating 4oz every three hours or so. We've just added the cereal once in the evening.
We love our little man so much...here are just some pictures to enjoy :)
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happy baby!
"I want the camera"
