Movers and Shakers

The title of this post comes from two of Isaac's favorite things to do: move himself, and shake things. Hitting should have been in there too, but alas, no clever titles that I could think of involved all three. Because of these three favorite passtimes, Isaac now sports a very lovely red bump on the side of his eye, and I think he'll have a rather large one on the back of his head soon. Marble will do that to you.

All in all, I knew that the day would come when my child would always look a little worse for wear. I never expected it to come before his eight month mark.

On the other hand, there's nothing quite as beautiful as watching him sleep. Because he's never still any more, I treasure these times. Yes, I admit that I crawl into his room just to watch him sleep. Pretty soon you'll find me singing "I love you forever..."

Being a mom

Sometimes, I wonder about this whole mom thing. Only as a mom...

1. I find pear puree in my hair and consider it normal.

2. I hear the words "No, we don't chew on power cords" coming out of my own mouth and I consider it normal.

3. I participate in a variation of red-light, green-light while going to bed. Isaac's the stop light.

But then again, only as a mom do I get baby hugs and smiles and the joy and worry of a first tooth. Life is good.

An Eventful 3 months

Since my last post, we've moved into Alpine, gone on a month-long cross-country road trip, moved out of Alpine, and moved into a single bedroom in Fountain Valley. Hey, real estate is a bit more expensive here. I'd say that qualifies as eventful. Isaac went from swinging his arms and legs wildly to being a fully active crawling dervish who can pull himself to a standing position in his crib and cry AT us. Andrew went from being a stay-at-home dad with no responsibilities beyond himself and Isaac to being a full-time medical student, and I went from being a full-time working woman to a stay-at-home mom. I wondered for a minute if I could fit any more hyphens in this paragraph, but I think I'm done.

With all these changes, life is still great. I love being a mommy, and it's especially fun right now because I'm living with my sister-in-law who has a baby about three months younnger than Isaac and near another sister-in-law with a baby about five months younger. Another sister-in-law is expecting in the beginning of October. It's so fun to be with family who are in the same place. We trade screaming baby stories.

This is a fairly boring post, but I felt like something was required to bring us up to date. Currently, we're waiting for our apartment to open up, and then we'll once again have our own home. Right now that sounds like paradise. I was going to post a picture, but since the cable is missing, I will consider this a sign: time to stop.