Little Swimmer

Tonight Mr. Mister went swimming for the first time! We recently joined the YMCA (where they offer free childcare, which I am very excited about). They have a warm water kids pool, so we put on the little blue swimmy diaper and brought him in. He didn't seem to love it or hate it...he was mostly non-expressive but did smile a couple times. We stayed in the water for about 10 minutes, which was about a third of the time we spent getting ready and getting dressed again afterwards.

A funny side note: When we went to the Y on Sunday to register for our membership, the women at the front desk LOVED Mr. Mister. Of course they delighted in his chubby cheeks and he put on a show for them, flashing his smile more than once. So tonight the same women were working and when they saw us walk through the door, they got so excited and said, "Mr. Mister is back! We were just talking about him yesterday." Then one said to her friend, "You have to see this baby. He's the happiest baby and he has the biggest cheeks you've ever seen!" The kicker is that they turned to me and said, "And what was your name again?" I laughed and gladly accepted my new identity as Mr. Mister's mom.

Soothing

Mr. Mister loves this rainforest soother he has on his crib. I don't blame him...the noises it plays are so peaceful that I often think about getting one for our room. Anyway, to make it play, you just push that cute little parrot on the bottom right. So the other day I was in the bathroom adjacent to Mr. Mister's room while he was waking up from his nap. All of a sudden I heard a click and heard the music start playing. He had reached up and turned it on! I'm sure he was just playing with it and happened to push hard enough to turn it on, but needless to say, I was shocked!

What a Life

A list of upcoming events on my calendar is on my homepage and I laughed as I saw it today. Here are some of the highlights: a massage Saturday, the musical Wicked on Sunday, spinning class on Tuesday night, and a trip to the aquarium next week (all gifts from different people!). With that schedule it looks like I'm living the high life! But before I could feel guilty for so many fun activities, I remembered what isn't listed on my calendar: the dozens of diapers I'll change, the hours I'll spend feeding, the sore muscles I'll have from carrying a twenty pound baby.....the smiles, the laughs, the coos, and the cute little hugs and kisses he's starting to give me. And I'll take all of these things over the longest list of activities I could do.

Another Milestone

Mr. Mister officially sat up by himself yesterday! Well more like he stayed sitting on his own after we sat him up. It was very exciting. Today I spent a lot of time with him sitting up and playing with his toys. I still put pillows around him because when he gets distracted and turns to hear a sound or see something, he usually topples over. But as long as he is focused, he can sit up for a while. I'll post pictures soon.

mmmmmm......

I got this recipe from someone else's blog...oatmeal that cooks overnight in the crockpot so it's hot and ready in the morning. I made it last night for breakfast this morning and it was delicious. I thought I'd pass it on. I doubled it to feed 4 and we had just a little bit extra.

Reality

Mr. Mister makes it very easy to be a mom and to enjoy being a mom. He smiles and laughs all day and he's very content most of the time. But I had a reality check on Friday when he screamed the entire hour we were in Kroger. He got tired of being in his car seat and he let me know. I took him out and held him, pushing the cart with one hand. But since he's 20 pounds and shopping carts don't have the best steering, that didn't last long. So I resigned to listening to him scream for the next hour. Thankfully, it was 11:00am on a Friday so it wasn't crowded, but I did feel like that mom who gets the not-so-subtle looks when her child won't stop crying. Unfortunately, there's no rationalizing with a baby and when the cart is half full already and you have company coming that day so you need groceries, there's no turning back.

The other reality check this weekend was Saturday and Sunday morning. We had stayed up until 1:30am both Friday and Saturday nights, talking with our friends who were in town visiting for the weekend. In the past when I would stay up that late, I would just sleep in a little later the next morning. But babies don't care how late you stayed up the night before. Mr. Mister still wanted to eat at 4am and since he went to sleep at 7:30 the night before, he was wide eyed and ready to go in the morning. And that's life with a baby.

Lady?

I was out running today and I passed these little kids playing in their front yard. One of them yelled, "Run, lady, run!" While I appreciated the encouragement and it was cute, I couldn't help but think, "Lady?! Am I old enough to be called lady??"

By the way, if you run (or walk or ride your bike) and ever try to track your mileage, you have to check out this website. You can map your exact route to find out how far it is. It is a lot less time consuming than driving your route to find your mileage and it is a lot more accurate.