Hello LJ My Old Friend

[mandysee_mandydo]

I've come to post on you again.

It certainly has been a while since I posted here. Life has been busy as a new parent, and Livejournal has suffered from neglect as a consequence of busier lives and less internet connectivity.

Things are very difficult for us financially at the moment, but this too shall pass. I really can't feel down at this point in my life because I get so much joy from being a parent. The highlight of my every morning is waking up to see a happy, smiling baby awake and waiting to play and interact. It has been such an amazing source of wonder and happiness for me to watch as he takes in the world around him, learns, and achieves. From day one he was very alert and strong. He has only become more aware and physically capable in ways that seem to us and others around us beyond what is normal for his age, but I also temper that pride with the knowledge that I am biased and want for my child to excel, so I assume it's probably normal stages. It still doesn't make it any less joyful.

For the past couple of days he has been working on sitting up on his own. We absolutely cannot leave him in his car seat/stroller unstrapped at this point because he will start sitting up on his own. He's also taken to latching on to nurse by himself when he is lying in bed with painted_wolf. It's not a very good latch. He basicaly just gets the nipple, but he still seeks her breast and latches on by himself which I find very impressive. This morning I was repeating the phrase "I love you" slowly to him while he was in the mood for interaction and he gave me one of the best surprises yet: he was very obviously and gleefully trying to mimic my mouth motions as I said it. He even let out a little "ooo" sound when I got to "you" a couple of times. He also gave the biggest smile after each iteration, which pretty much melted my heart every time. It astounds me that at only 11 weeks he is so eager to talk and sit up. Reading the parenting books I get the impression that he's advanced for his age, but again I don't want to let myself run with this idea when it could very well just be my parental pride.

Right now, parenting is my life by default. We're still going out and doing a lot of the things we used to do but including Ian. He is a very active baby and likes to be engaged most of the time, which is wonderful for us but certainly tiring at times. Regardless of our hardships, I really couldn't ask for life to get any better. It's pretty awesome as it is and getting better every day.

Comments

[kittnslave.livejournal.com]

YAY

I am so excited to hear about your baby as well -

are we going to get any pictures ?!?

[srturtle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm also glad that your baby is doing well considering her rough start. I have pictures posted to Facebook, but hopefully I'll be able to post them here at some point soon, too. Right now we have no internet at home so our opportunities to post/update are very limited. I tend to stick to Facebook lately because it's easier to update in various ways.