Late night musings
My child is absolutely precious. No particular reason for this comment, just thinking about how much I love him. I've been worried about our bonding or lack thereof lately, but it seems to be working itself out. These last few days, Jake seems to light up when I walk into the room. He reaches for me when he sees me and stops crying (sometimes) when he hears my voice. For once I'm feeling very positive about our relationship.
I'm reading the OLTL book, "The Killing Club" right now. I'm a big mystery buff to begin with, especially "cozies", so it wasn't that much of a stretch for me to buy it and read it, but no matter what the genre, I probably would have...especially since it's supposed to spin off a story line on the show. Surprisingly, it's a really good book so far...in it's own right. I would be enjoying it even if it wasn't OL related.
I'm actually feeling very positive in general tonight. After the last few nights of crushing depression, that's a good thing. TJ and I are going out on Tuesday night...can't wait for our "date night". We haven't spent nearly enough time together as a couple. Since his time is so limited, we spend as much time as we can with Jacob. He adores his Daddy and it's so nice to see them together. TJ's latest nickname for him is "Stinky Magoo". Jacob laughs his little butt off every time TJ calls him that. It doesn't seem to amuse him nearly as much when I do it. Here's a classic little boy moment from my son...The other day, Nan (our nickname for Andrea) was holding him on her lap on my bed while I was checking my email...Jacob looks up at me, lifts his little bum off of Nan's lap, farts, sits back down and then laughs his fool head off. What a MALE thing to do!! LOL Of course he has no clue, but still it was too funny. The other morning I woke TJ up at about six in the morning (I was still up as I haven't been sleeping lately) and TJ was on his stomach, sound asleep. When he woke up, he lifted his head and looked at me with these sleepy eyes, half closed still and he was the SPITTING IMAGE of Jacob. It touched my heart in a way I can't even describe.
Today was a "piggy" day for Jacob. I put him in his high chair at dinner time (it was late for him to eat as he had been out with Nan running some errands) so I just grabbed the food jars (we started them yesterday, so they weren't completely full anyway) and a spoon. I usually give him a tablespoon of meat/veggie or meat/fruit mix, two tablespoons of mixed veggies and a tablespoon of fruit or one of the baby desserts. Today, though, since I was just feeding him out of the jar, I thought I'd wing it. He had sweet potatoes and turkey (I just love the Tender Harvest organic foods from Gerber for him) and Banana Yogurt (both with only a tablespoon out of them) and I got him a container of first foods carrots (it's a little smaller, but I figured that there were already veggies in the turkey. Anyway...my little piggy ate every bit in every single one of the those jars and was still opening his mouth for food when it was done. Oink, oink!!!
I'm reading the OLTL book, "The Killing Club" right now. I'm a big mystery buff to begin with, especially "cozies", so it wasn't that much of a stretch for me to buy it and read it, but no matter what the genre, I probably would have...especially since it's supposed to spin off a story line on the show. Surprisingly, it's a really good book so far...in it's own right. I would be enjoying it even if it wasn't OL related.
I'm actually feeling very positive in general tonight. After the last few nights of crushing depression, that's a good thing. TJ and I are going out on Tuesday night...can't wait for our "date night". We haven't spent nearly enough time together as a couple. Since his time is so limited, we spend as much time as we can with Jacob. He adores his Daddy and it's so nice to see them together. TJ's latest nickname for him is "Stinky Magoo". Jacob laughs his little butt off every time TJ calls him that. It doesn't seem to amuse him nearly as much when I do it. Here's a classic little boy moment from my son...The other day, Nan (our nickname for Andrea) was holding him on her lap on my bed while I was checking my email...Jacob looks up at me, lifts his little bum off of Nan's lap, farts, sits back down and then laughs his fool head off. What a MALE thing to do!! LOL Of course he has no clue, but still it was too funny. The other morning I woke TJ up at about six in the morning (I was still up as I haven't been sleeping lately) and TJ was on his stomach, sound asleep. When he woke up, he lifted his head and looked at me with these sleepy eyes, half closed still and he was the SPITTING IMAGE of Jacob. It touched my heart in a way I can't even describe.
Today was a "piggy" day for Jacob. I put him in his high chair at dinner time (it was late for him to eat as he had been out with Nan running some errands) so I just grabbed the food jars (we started them yesterday, so they weren't completely full anyway) and a spoon. I usually give him a tablespoon of meat/veggie or meat/fruit mix, two tablespoons of mixed veggies and a tablespoon of fruit or one of the baby desserts. Today, though, since I was just feeding him out of the jar, I thought I'd wing it. He had sweet potatoes and turkey (I just love the Tender Harvest organic foods from Gerber for him) and Banana Yogurt (both with only a tablespoon out of them) and I got him a container of first foods carrots (it's a little smaller, but I figured that there were already veggies in the turkey. Anyway...my little piggy ate every bit in every single one of the those jars and was still opening his mouth for food when it was done. Oink, oink!!!