I'm sure all of my fellow mommies out there will appreciate this, however, if you aren't a mommy you may want to proceed with caution. This post might contain too much information for some of you. :)
In my pre-mommy life my days used to be marked by meetings and work responsibilities. Being a teacher and a therapist, my calendar was full of case note and report card deadlines, appointments with parents and social workers, and of course dates with Tom. Since Aiden's birth, my calendar is quite bare aside from a once a week story time at the library and an occasional play date with Aiden's friend, baby Elyse. Since I stay at home and raise Aiden, gone are the things I once deemed important that used to keep me on a schedule. Believe me, when I was working I would start counting down to the weekend on Monday mornings. No one needed to remind me what day it was. HAHA! Now, my days seem to run together and are marked by Aiden's milestones. As of late, the thing that keeps my mental calendar running is Aiden's pooing schedule. Seriously, since beginning solids, Aiden has kept an every third day pooing regimen. It is Aiden's pooing that I schedule around b/c I would hate to be out and about and have to deal with Aiden's 3 days worth of poo in a public place. More times than not I just toss the kid in the tub. Yesterday morning, I kid you not, Tom woke up, looked at me, and said, "it's poo day!" HAHA! Unfortunately yesterday was also story time. I had a long talk with Aiden about not pooing during story time. He stayed true to his word and waited to do his business during his play time with baby Elyse. Thankfully, Natalie's house is cloth diaper friendly and she has a stash of plastic sacks to contain our yuckies!
So, this is just one more way my life has changed since we welcomed Aiden into our family. And, as with everything else, I wouldn't go back to conferences, or meetings, or paper due dates, or project deadlines for one million dollars. Give me poo anyday...I love my little boy so much!
In my pre-mommy life my days used to be marked by meetings and work responsibilities. Being a teacher and a therapist, my calendar was full of case note and report card deadlines, appointments with parents and social workers, and of course dates with Tom. Since Aiden's birth, my calendar is quite bare aside from a once a week story time at the library and an occasional play date with Aiden's friend, baby Elyse. Since I stay at home and raise Aiden, gone are the things I once deemed important that used to keep me on a schedule. Believe me, when I was working I would start counting down to the weekend on Monday mornings. No one needed to remind me what day it was. HAHA! Now, my days seem to run together and are marked by Aiden's milestones. As of late, the thing that keeps my mental calendar running is Aiden's pooing schedule. Seriously, since beginning solids, Aiden has kept an every third day pooing regimen. It is Aiden's pooing that I schedule around b/c I would hate to be out and about and have to deal with Aiden's 3 days worth of poo in a public place. More times than not I just toss the kid in the tub. Yesterday morning, I kid you not, Tom woke up, looked at me, and said, "it's poo day!" HAHA! Unfortunately yesterday was also story time. I had a long talk with Aiden about not pooing during story time. He stayed true to his word and waited to do his business during his play time with baby Elyse. Thankfully, Natalie's house is cloth diaper friendly and she has a stash of plastic sacks to contain our yuckies!
So, this is just one more way my life has changed since we welcomed Aiden into our family. And, as with everything else, I wouldn't go back to conferences, or meetings, or paper due dates, or project deadlines for one million dollars. Give me poo anyday...I love my little boy so much!
Aiden's favorite toy. No, we don't let him watch T.V.
"Hey, mama! Don't ya think Baby Elyse is so cute?"
"I think I would like to just give her one little kiss!"
(For a video of Aiden trying to kiss Elyse, click here)
(For a video of Aiden trying to kiss Elyse, click here)
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I am making it a 2009 goal to come visit you guys. Aiden is super cute, and I love how he always has a huge, open-mouth grin. Does he ever cry? ;)