Kieran is just loving daycare. Last night I went to pick him up and he was having a grand time on their playmat area. He's really close to figuring out the crawling thing - I think. He keeps getting up on his hands, but doesn't seem to want to get up on his knees at all. It's possible he'll skip crawling in favor of walking early - he loves to be vertical.
Because he does love the standing-up thing, I'm going to try and get him an exersaucer (second-hand). I've been up on craigslist and there are several available in the area, most for about $10. It's really nice since he probably will only get about 5 months' use out of it before he outgrows it.
Mom-Vibe
Apparently I give off the "MOM" signal. I think it's visible only to children. I got to Kieran's daycare very early this morning and so had some time to sit with him before I went to work. While I was there Kieran was in a seat at the table and I was walking around putting his things away. There was one baby being fed and one baby on the lap of Miss Chrissy (in addition to Kieran). The baby on her lap reached out for me as I was standing next to her (talking to Kieran) and so I picked her up. She held tight to me for about 5-10 minutes while I stood there talking with Chrissy and to Kieran. The little girl is about 18 months old. She was a doll-baby and was having a rough morning. But it was weird to have the kid just reach out like that. I guess I'm really a mom now.
Anybody Want a Cat?
We've been trying to find a new home for Tucker (one of our cats) as he has not reacted very well to Kieran being in the house and we have no time for him. Unfortunately all of the no-kill shelters are full this time of year and none of my ads for adoption have been answered (successfully) I've gotten lots of spam from them, but no real interest. Quite a few people claiming to want him but are from other states - very fishy to me and I'm not about to let him get researched on. It's quite upsetting to see how people will try and snow you to do that.
Anyway - things here at the office are doing well. Finally caught up on most of my projects and have some time to plan for other things next week. We'll have fun going to the fireworks (or I will at least). Kieran goes to bed before they start so Ken will stay home with him while I walk down to the park. Not sure how he'll react to 1/2 hour of loud booming.
OK - that's it. Brain is now empty - will blog again soon.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Growing Pains
He's so even tempered that even 5 minutes of crying when he's not tired or hungry is weird/difficult. I guess I've been completely spoiled by Kieran.
Yesterday he did a whole lot of eating and sleeping. Unfortunately that meant that he was up at 3 am and again at 5 am, even though he didn't go down until after 7. Oh well.
Also just read that I'm supposed to start weaning him off of feeding before going to bed. Yeah, right. I have a hard enough time keeping him awake enough to finish eating let alone move the feeding "up" in his bedtime routine schedule. I think that may wait until he's a little older (like 1 year or something...).
Ken's having a good time at his new job. Already has some work assigned to him as well as some immigration work. He's working hard to get additional clients for the firm. It's somewhat stressful, but also nice to know that he's able to court clients and whatnot.
OK, I am back to work (tired as I am). Going to blog again when I'm more awake.
Yesterday he did a whole lot of eating and sleeping. Unfortunately that meant that he was up at 3 am and again at 5 am, even though he didn't go down until after 7. Oh well.
Also just read that I'm supposed to start weaning him off of feeding before going to bed. Yeah, right. I have a hard enough time keeping him awake enough to finish eating let alone move the feeding "up" in his bedtime routine schedule. I think that may wait until he's a little older (like 1 year or something...).
Ken's having a good time at his new job. Already has some work assigned to him as well as some immigration work. He's working hard to get additional clients for the firm. It's somewhat stressful, but also nice to know that he's able to court clients and whatnot.
OK, I am back to work (tired as I am). Going to blog again when I'm more awake.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Missing Him Already
Not sure why but it hit me today that Kieran is not with me all day. This has been the case now for 3 months. I guess because I went near where he was at daycare today but didn't stop by (during lunch) because he's usually sleeping around that time and I didn't want to wake him up.
Just having a small pang of missing him. I've got tons of errands to run on Saturday and then Ken has to run to the office for awhile. I think he and I will need to get a sitter soon and take a night out for the two of us. It's been whirlwind for the past two weeks or more and I don't see that ending anytime soon. I miss him too though we see each other every day.
Hopefully we'll have a better feel for the schedule of things in another week or two. Just having an understanding of how our days will flow will help greatly. The getting out in the morning has been easy. It's when we get home and what needs to be done then that's hard to get down pat.
OK back to work. Blog again soon.
Just having a small pang of missing him. I've got tons of errands to run on Saturday and then Ken has to run to the office for awhile. I think he and I will need to get a sitter soon and take a night out for the two of us. It's been whirlwind for the past two weeks or more and I don't see that ending anytime soon. I miss him too though we see each other every day.
Hopefully we'll have a better feel for the schedule of things in another week or two. Just having an understanding of how our days will flow will help greatly. The getting out in the morning has been easy. It's when we get home and what needs to be done then that's hard to get down pat.
OK back to work. Blog again soon.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Our New Life Begins....
Ken started his new job today and is pretty excited. He came back from the AILA conference with a bunch of great ideas for gaining business and potentially creating a Baltimore chapter of the organization.
Kieran went back to his second week of daycare today. He's having such a good time there (at least he did last week) he even made Ken a father's day card. I know, he's so talented for a 5-month-old.
He got his first taste of Oatmeal last night too. He liked it about as much as he liked the rice cereal. We'll probably start him on some of the veggies this week and then we'll move on to fruit. Some days he eats a lot and other days he doesn't seem to like it.
That's all from here. I think I'm coming down with a cold so I may not blog (or if I do it may not make much sense) for a while.
Kieran went back to his second week of daycare today. He's having such a good time there (at least he did last week) he even made Ken a father's day card. I know, he's so talented for a 5-month-old.
He got his first taste of Oatmeal last night too. He liked it about as much as he liked the rice cereal. We'll probably start him on some of the veggies this week and then we'll move on to fruit. Some days he eats a lot and other days he doesn't seem to like it.
That's all from here. I think I'm coming down with a cold so I may not blog (or if I do it may not make much sense) for a while.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Dang It, I'm Tired!
So this single parenting gig sucks ass. Kieran went to sleep last night at 6:30 pm. A little early for him but not bad. I went to bed at 8:30 figuring I'd be out by 9 or 10 and then would get a decent night's sleep since I knew he'd be up early. His normal snoozing lasts from 7pm - 6am (yes, I know exactly how lucky I am right now).
At 3 am I heard him just kinda making noise. He wasn't upset or crying just babbling/grunting. By 4 am he sounded upset so I went in there and fed him. Tried to put him back down at 4:30 am, thinking I might be able to get one more hour of sleep before I had to be up. For 20 minutes he just sat there grunting and he started to sound grumpy again. I went in his room, turned on the mobile, figured I was up for the day so took my shower. At the end of my shower I notice the monitor is awfully quiet. Little bugger fell back asleep!
I went downstairs, cleaned up a bit, got his stuff ready for daycare and watched some TV (I've been averaging maybe an hour a day before I just get too tired and head to bed). I gave him a half hour and went upstairs again at 6am with a bottle in hand. Took me 5 minutes to wake him up (he was pretty well sound asleep) and I had to turn on some additional lights to get him moving.
Yes, I am very much ready for Ken to be home now. He's trying to get an earlier flight out on Sunday (originally not scheduled to be home until after Kieran was in bed) so he can spend at least some of his Father's Day with the munchkin. I can't tell you how happy I am that we have daycare this week. I think if I had to entertain him all day and be this tired, I'd just lose it.
Now a Father's Day shout-out!
Happy Father's Day Dad!
You have taught me that screaming at the top of my lungs is only OK at an Orioles game.
Happy Father's Day Poppop!
I have learned that you trust me, but you just don't trust me :-).
Happy Father's Day Andy!
You helped me understand that a punch in the arm is a sign of love from boys.
Love to all. Blog again soon.
At 3 am I heard him just kinda making noise. He wasn't upset or crying just babbling/grunting. By 4 am he sounded upset so I went in there and fed him. Tried to put him back down at 4:30 am, thinking I might be able to get one more hour of sleep before I had to be up. For 20 minutes he just sat there grunting and he started to sound grumpy again. I went in his room, turned on the mobile, figured I was up for the day so took my shower. At the end of my shower I notice the monitor is awfully quiet. Little bugger fell back asleep!
I went downstairs, cleaned up a bit, got his stuff ready for daycare and watched some TV (I've been averaging maybe an hour a day before I just get too tired and head to bed). I gave him a half hour and went upstairs again at 6am with a bottle in hand. Took me 5 minutes to wake him up (he was pretty well sound asleep) and I had to turn on some additional lights to get him moving.
Yes, I am very much ready for Ken to be home now. He's trying to get an earlier flight out on Sunday (originally not scheduled to be home until after Kieran was in bed) so he can spend at least some of his Father's Day with the munchkin. I can't tell you how happy I am that we have daycare this week. I think if I had to entertain him all day and be this tired, I'd just lose it.
Now a Father's Day shout-out!
Happy Father's Day Dad!
You have taught me that screaming at the top of my lungs is only OK at an Orioles game.
Happy Father's Day Poppop!
I have learned that you trust me, but you just don't trust me :-).
Happy Father's Day Andy!
You helped me understand that a punch in the arm is a sign of love from boys.
Love to all. Blog again soon.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Ask Me What My Husband Does
It's official - Ken is a lawyer. We went to the swearing in ceremony on Monday. It was quite nice actually - not boring or long (only 40 minutes total). Most interesting was that one of the Court of Appeals justices' last day was Ken's first day as a lawyer.
He's very excited and is now down in Orlando for the AILA conference. He's heartbroken about not seeing us for 5 days, but I'm sure he'll have fun at Universal and whatnot. Mostly he's there to schmooze, learn and pickup some clients.
Kieran is reacting very well to daycare. He smiles when he goes in and he smiles when I pick him up. I don't expect this to last, but it's his third day there and when he saw Miss Christy (one of his caretakers) he gave her a big smile. I was a little grumpy cuz I was right in front of him (Hey! Remember me? The woman who fed you this morning?) but I'm glad that he's enjoying it. It's better than the alternative.
He also ate an entire bowl of cereal last night. I'm going to try and do solid food twice a day. It's more for fun right now than nutrition. Just getting him used to the different textures. He ate only a few teaspoons this morning but enjoyed it anyway. That's all my news. I'm at work until 2pm today. Tomorrow until 3pm and then Friday until 4pm. Just easing Kieran into the daycare thing. OK back to work.
He's very excited and is now down in Orlando for the AILA conference. He's heartbroken about not seeing us for 5 days, but I'm sure he'll have fun at Universal and whatnot. Mostly he's there to schmooze, learn and pickup some clients.
Kieran is reacting very well to daycare. He smiles when he goes in and he smiles when I pick him up. I don't expect this to last, but it's his third day there and when he saw Miss Christy (one of his caretakers) he gave her a big smile. I was a little grumpy cuz I was right in front of him (Hey! Remember me? The woman who fed you this morning?) but I'm glad that he's enjoying it. It's better than the alternative.
He also ate an entire bowl of cereal last night. I'm going to try and do solid food twice a day. It's more for fun right now than nutrition. Just getting him used to the different textures. He ate only a few teaspoons this morning but enjoyed it anyway. That's all my news. I'm at work until 2pm today. Tomorrow until 3pm and then Friday until 4pm. Just easing Kieran into the daycare thing. OK back to work.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Bubbie Needs a Booster Seat
And apparently I'm only 3 inches away from needing one myself. I saw an ad the other night from the National Transportation Safety Board (OK, it was a PSA) that said until kids were 4' 9" they should be in a booster seat. Being that I'm only five feet and my grandmother used to be 4'10" (I'm sure she's shorter these days), we're angling for booster seats I guess.
Not much else is new. Going to start daycare next week as half days to get me and Kieran used to it. Ken leaves on Tuesday for Orlando for the AILA conference. We're going to move Fathers Day this year because Ken will be out of town on everyone else's fathers day. Will be an interesting experience for me, being the only parent for a while. I'm nervous but happy to be spending all that time with the munchkin.
OK, more coffee for me and back to work.
Not much else is new. Going to start daycare next week as half days to get me and Kieran used to it. Ken leaves on Tuesday for Orlando for the AILA conference. We're going to move Fathers Day this year because Ken will be out of town on everyone else's fathers day. Will be an interesting experience for me, being the only parent for a while. I'm nervous but happy to be spending all that time with the munchkin.
OK, more coffee for me and back to work.
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