Milieu of Me

So things around here are good. Grant says Da-da and just is babbling all the time. It’s really cute sometimes he whispers to himself and then giggles at himself like he just discovered the cure for cancer. He is starting to throw temper tantrums when he can’t reach things or we take things away from him. He doesn’t understand no obviously, but he does understand that he can’t have everything and it makes him MAD.

It’s hilarious to pick him up, because as you lift him he leans completely over and attempts to grab everything…just one last thing to take up with him. He’s very easy to distract so thank goodness for that. It’s just amazing to watch his little personality develop. He’s already very determined, very strong willed, and very vocal.

I LOVE IT.

This month he has fallen MADLY in love with his Dad too. The boy walks in and Grant just lights up, and jumps around and smiles and giggles like he won the baby lottery or something. He says, “Da, da, da.” and just makes the boys life worth living. It seriously is the best thing in the world for a mother and wife to see. They’re madly in love.

We made it to Florida and back…it was SO much fun. It was cooler (50-60’s) and rainy a lot of the time, but just the time together as a family was priceless. And the boys Dad and stepmom made everything so easy, and we felt right at home. We had a whole wing of the house to ourselves, and it just was heavenly. The warm days were the day after we arrived, and the last day there. The day after we arrived we hung out at the house on the GORGEOUS lanai that opened up into the house. There is a beautiful garden and just felt great to be warm. We put the wee one in shorts and were laughing about how weird it felt to see him in shorts. Anyway we made it to SeaWorld, MGM and Epcot. We also made it to Silver Springs, a hilarious Branson-esque park with Alligators and pretty Springs. Grant had fun with all the animals and all the people cooing at him. At least four people said he was the most beautiful baby they had ever seen. It was fun. And it was just nice to conquer a very active vacation with baby in tow. It’s fun to show the world to your kids, and expose them to new exciting places. Grant handles it very well. He didn’t even peep on the plane ride there, and were complimented on our well behaved baby on the way out. All in all we’re going to make sure we save vacation and money each year to go, it’s just priceless to see Grant get loved up by his “Grams and Gramps” (how cute is that?) and to have to solid time together.

Otherwise things are wonderful here. The boy is going crazy with work, as clients are getting changed up, and he’s trying to figure things out again. I’m very settled, just trying to devote more time to my spiritual pursuits, and self discipline. I’ve felt better than I’ve felt since we moved here. I have a fabulous husband, wonderful, real friends who are supportive and loving, and a gorgeous baby.

And we’re working on a second one. Yeeeesssss. And that my friends was not originally my idea. The big question now is about me and my meds. I need them, and I need to decide what if any I want to take while pregnant, and soon. The stuff I’m on could pose some risks to a baby, we want to be sure we don’t hurt anything. That’s not a fun thing to research and decide.

But the whole thing’s exciting because two of my other friends are trying also and it’s fun to have that to talk about. It’s just good to have friends. It’s awesome in fact.

We found a house to rent here in Eden Prairie with the boy’s momma. (HOW EXCITING IS THAT?) That means rent is cheaper (by almost four hundred bucks), utilities are cheaper, money can be saved…I can do daycare, and we can get our money lined up in such a way Dave Ramsey would be proud. Wouldn’t that be nice. It’s just going to be huge to get into an actual house, and have the mom back around. We’ve missed family SO much, and having a live in Grandma will be awesome for Mr. Grant. And his mom is just amazing. I LOVE HER. Did i mention the house is on a pond? LAKETASTIC. The boy is already working on getting a canoe. I may never seem him again. We are getting a turtle and some fish in our new place, the question is will we get a dog??? I don’t know. We’re back and forth.

The next couple weeks brings much traveling for our little family. The first week of March we’ll be in New York City, the second week we’ll be in Austin. Now that we know how easy it is to travel with the wee one we’re off!!! And want to get as much in before I get pregnant again.

That is if any of us get well. The second we stepped off the plane we all three were sick sick sick. The baby quit eating and had his first ear infection. Then Greg and I were crappy and got better. Then these last couple days we both got sick again. We both have sinusitis and DOUBLE ear infections. ICK. The wee one is back to the doc tomorrow to make sure he’s okay, but I’m guessing we may be in for a fight with his ears. He’s not too miserable so that is good.

And that’s it. We’re happy, contented, and just looking at bigger picture items which is awesome.

And here’s a cute, happy, peanut in the bathtub. I could not possibly love this child anymore. I wake up in the morning excited to go get him, I go to sleep at night thanking God that we have such a little blessing. Everyone should have a Feebus.