Here’s some of what’s new in our world…<\/p>\n
1. Alex is now officially a daddy’s boy. His position as such was already pretty much assured. But in the last two weeks or so, it has become clear that he wants his daddy<\/em><\/strong>. All the time. For whatever beef is, at that moment, distressing him, only Eric will do. Now mostly, this is just plain adorable. He wants to be snuggled up on, next to, or generally near to Eric. He wakes up unhappy, calling for his daddy. Once Eric comes home from work, that boy is his little shadow for the rest of the day. Yep…definitely cute.<\/p>\n On the other hand, this has begun to present a small problem for me. Because, you see, he only wants his daddy. I’m not really good enough for some things anymore. He wakes up at night (typically, I respond so Eric can sleep), but he’s not calling for me…he wants Eric. And given that Eric is at work from about 7 am to 4 pm, that is a huge chunk of the day where calming a crisis now takes twice as long. Because I’m not daddy. And once Eric gets home, Alex actually gets a little whinier…just because Eric is now there to hear it. So it does get a tad wearing after a while.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Erin officially has a cold. Her nose is running like a faucet today. She’s got a little congestion in her throat. She actually ran out of voice last night before bed. It does not, so far, seem to be impairing her ability to play or function. But she is definitely whinier today. And needier. Which means that Mommy was very happy for naptime!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. I’m almost 36 weeks pregnant. We have less than one month (give or take) until NLS arrives. And I have NOTHING done. Not one thing is ready for her arrival. Call it nesting if you want, but I really am feeling the pressure to get stuff done. And it’s hard for me (Little Miss Independent) that I can’t do most of it myself. But since we’re pretty much not planning to travel for the next few weeks, maybe the weekends will provide lots of opportunities for getting stuff done. At least I hope so!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. Also, at 36 weeks, I’ve hit a plateau. The last 10 weeks seem to take forever (WAY longer than the first 10), and I’m only halfway through them. So even though the GD hasn’t been terribly difficult this time around, I’m tired of eating like my blood sugar hates me. And I love veggies and salads. But I’m getting tired. And even though we have almost no issues this time (carpal tunnel, swollen feet, heartburn, PUPPPS, etc), I’m ready to be on to the having a baby, instead of waiting to have a baby. But I guess that’s normal. And we’ll recover in a day or two and finish out pretty normally. But week 35 has been a little tough on me. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And that’s about all that’s new that I can think of right now. So enjoy your weekend! Happy Friday!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s some of what’s new in our world… 1. Alex is now officially a daddy’s boy. His position as such was already pretty much assured. But in the last two weeks or so, it has become clear that he wants his … Continue reading