Wow, time seems to be flying by for us right now. I have to admit I am quite excited for January and February with the stillness they bring. Hopefully we'll have a few Saturdays or Sundays free to start fixing up Cole's room in preparation for the baby. I have two pieces of furniture that I would like to paint and they are semi large....
speaking of baby, as most of you know, we weren't able to find out what we are having. The two times we've been it just didn't work out, so I take it as a sign that we are just not meant to know! I secretly was happy, (i wanted the surprise all along) but I know Jer was a wee bit sad.
Christmas was ugh. It was not the best one we've had. There was a bunch of family issues on Jer's side that really put a damper on the holidays, but the lead up to it was as wonderful as ever. I was never more ready to de-christmasafy as i was this year!
Cole is doing well. He is really a sweet boy, when he isn't having his terrible two moments. And even those are getting less and less. Unbelievably we have been able to get through every single day for the last three months without the tv on at all! It's amazing how your pregnancy can change so fast. Those first three months I was a horrible mother (being so ridiculously sick) the tv was my babysitter and it is the only thing that got us through. But even though I have been tired these next three months have been really great. Being so nervous of how Cole will be a wee bit shafted when the baby comes, I have really been taking this oppurtunity to spend as much time with his as possible. So we do a lot of playing, we go on a lot of nature walks, park dates, play dates, and one thing I have discoverd he loves to do with me is bake! So we have been baking up a storm since long before Christmas. I treasure these times and hope we will be able to still have them occasionally when baby comes.
Trying to figure out how it will all work out seems a bit pointless as I just don't know what kinda baby I'll be hit with!
Right now I am amazed at the amount of reading Cole wants. He is long done with the board books and wants mostly 5-7year old books read to him. I am shocked at his attention span. I love it but man does it take forever to do storytime before nap and bedtime. I often leave his room, take a glance at the clock and realize we've been reading for 45 minutes! But it's all good for him right!
I've been feeling better. Tired, and have had some very odd pains, but good. I have another pre-natal appointment tommorow, and look forward to that. I also have a good friend from Choir, who I actually babysat her girls, who is training to be a doula and has asked if she could be there with me. So I am interstingly enough am really starting to look forward to the birth. I loved Cole's birth, it was such a beautiful day. And I felt so empowered, and it's nice to finally look forward to it with this one!
I see signs of spring everywhere, and I don't know if that's just me or my clock ticking away towards what's to come. Today I noticed my first Daf peeking through in my window box garden! It's so amazing to me, the seasons. After this summer and feeling so darn sick, and with all that heat, I was begging for fall, then after fall I soooo looked forward to the hibernation that winter brings, now I have my sights set on spring and the next season for our family. I truly don't know what I would do if i lived in a place without all four of our beautiful seasons. We are so blest to be living in such a gorgeous city!
Well Cole's down for a nap, and I must too, Tuesdays are crazy around here, prenatal appt, work, then choir in the evening, I need all the rest I can get to get through it! Hope to be updating a bit more frequently!
Happy New Year
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