Ahhh sleep
Aiden just went to bed, and I and about to follow him, just after I do the dishes, pick up the laundry, pack a lunch for work tomorrow, and of course, write an entry in my blog. I have too much busy work in my life. It would be nice if things were just simpler. I remember my life before I got married, things were pretty simple, I just worked to get good grades and juggled a couple part-time jobs, and then before I had a child, my life was still fairly simple, hang out with my husband, get good grades and go to work (only one job then) and now I am married and have a child, but the school is done for the moment, and I no longer have to actively study (for those of you who don’t know I PASSED my nursing boards). Studying for school was much easier than raising a child. I wouldn’t trade my son for the world, but I can’t help longing for my simple life. To those of you who have children you’ll understand, and to those of you who don’t enjoy what you have, children are definitely a blessing, but you never realize what it’s going to be like until you actually do it.
Anyway, I have to work at 7am, so I need to head off to my bed, you all have a good one:)
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Ok, so today I go to the Post office to mail some VERY late Easter cards, and when I get to the counter I notice my son has something black (I am not sure what) on his face, without even thinking I lick my thumb and wipe it off. I pause. I AM HORRIFIED!!!!!!!! I swore I would NEVER do that to my hypothetical children, and now I have done it, what’s next? Using his middle name when he’s being naughty? It’s never going to end, I have open Pandora’s box (of things you swear you’ll NEVER do as a parent). It must be some sort of instinct, apparently I can’t control it.
Aiden had playgroup today, it’s funny because there is on chilcd there that’s basically the same age (she is three weeks older) and she’s as cute as a button, she and Aiden are very different however. She doesn’t crawl (and has no desire to) and she doesn’t do a lot of the other gross motor skills that Aiden has learned, But it’s so cute she waves bye-bye (a concept my son doesn’t even come close to grasping) and she points and claps, it’s so cute. I don’t know how long it’s going to take Aiden to learn the little fine motor skills, but it sure it cute to watch them together, Aiden crawls and climbs all over her.
There’s always this couple that comes to the same park and does Tai Chi (that is if I know what Tai Chi is….) I am not sure what Tai Chi does for a person, and I definitely don’t know why people go to public places like beaches and parks, you don’t see people going to the playgrounds to do thier sit-ups and squats, maybe Tai-Chi’ers think that they are superior and want every to see them doing it and know they are in fact Tai-Chi’ers, well whatever makes them Happy I suppose.
My son does not want to sleep today, let me re-phrase that sleeping in the cart at Target is fine, sleeping in the carseat is even better, but as soon as we get home will he sleep? No. So I decided to vaccuum (not my favorite pastime, but when you have a crawling baby it becomes a staple in your regular routine) and Aiden HATES the vaccuum, so I turn it on and he starts to scream, I am sure a few minutes into it the neighbors are calling CPS. Not to mention Brandon refuses to vaccuum, and I have never been at home by myself, so Aiden will just have to get used to it.
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Ok so I have realized that being an RN pretty much rocks, I get to have 4 entire days to stay home and spend with Aiden, I love it, it’s great. Now that he is getting older he has just mastered crawling, as of Sunday. He had been working on it for nearly 2 months and now he has it down pat, which is great because now he can get to all of our household cords even faster!!!! He thinks that laptop cords are especially great, so now the word “NO” has become a staple in my vocabulary. (before Aiden I said yes to anything….yeah, right) He is also now pulling himself up on the furniture to stand, and he DEFINITELY thinks that he is hot stuff when he does that, every time he pulls himself up he looks around to make sure someone is watching, and then waits for the applause. In fact he has just now pulled himself up on the entertainent center and is watching Mariah Carey in next to nothing dance around (note to self, stop watching MTV). Aiden’s newest discovery? His umm, thing, you know, his “little Aiden” anyway during baths and diaper changes he thinks it’s the best toy ever!!! Which is great for me I no longer have to entertain him as he is now entertaining himself, with himself….. Although he won’t admit it I am sure Brandon had something to do with him finding it, I can just see it,
“Hey little buddy… Look what you’ve got down there, yeah… it’s pretty cool isn’t it?”
So whether it was something like that, or if he just figured it out on his own, it’s still pretty funny, I am not sure how to put it down in his baby book yet. I mean finding your belly button is OK, and discovering your toes it cute, but how to do you put, “today Aiden discovered, his umm, well, you know…” any ideas?
Anyway to get off the subject of Aiden, the weather has been great, I am sorry to those of you who are experiencing snowstorms, Life is good for us, work is going great, I love being a nurse on an OB floor, although with all the Breastfeeding moms in Santa Monica, I think I have grabbed more boobs than Hugh Hefner. I explained some aspects of my job to my husband and the look on his face was priceless, “You do WHAT?!?!?” I just figured everyone knew what nurses do, but I guess you have to be one, or be married to one to know the ins and outs. Our social life has started to take off a bit as we are meeting more people here in Los Angeles, and that’s nice, although we still have not found a church to attend which is kind of getting to me, so hopefully soon we’ll find something. So by now I should get back to Aiden, he thinks that DVD’s make great chew toys…
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Hello everyone, this is our official “family blog” Brandon and I will both be posting on it, although many of Brandon’s friends don’t know me, and many of my friends don’t really know Brandon. You all can still hear all about what’s going on with us, and of course Aiden. I will try to post new pictures regularly…. take care.
~Jessica
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Hi Folks and Welcome All,
This is my first post on the site/blog which I’m hoping will grow into the online home of our little family. I just want to say hello to all the friends and family who will no doubt be dropping by over the next couple weeks and invite you all to either subscribe to the RSS feed (if you know what that is) or just bookmark it and come back for more.
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