What's your biggest new trick this month? Crawling! You're not very smooth about it yet, and you don't go very fast or far, but you can make it all the way across the living room if there is something you want badly enough...like a remote or an iPhone. Boy, do we need to keep an eye on you now! You are so curious, and love to check out any new object you set your sights on. There truly is nothing better than watching you learn about your world.
Aside from crawling, you are a rolling pro now. There is pretty much no keeping you flat on your back on the changing table any more, which makes diaper changes...well, challenging. I've given up getting you dressed up there. It's much easier to set you down on the floor to attack some toys while we struggle. And there is no telling what position you will end up in when we put you down in your crib. I often see you turned completely perpendicular to the side when I watch you on the monitor.
You seem to have finally figured out that I am your mommy. It's the best feeling in the world when I see you reach your arms up for me to grab you and give you a hug. Melts. My. Heart. You give the best hugs too...you grab my face between your little hands, and sort of do a head but. Sometimes there are kisses too. Big, sloppy, open mouth kisses. There's nothing better.
This month was a month of big changes for our family. You started day care, three days a week, at the local YMCA. You really seem to love it so far. Your face lights up when you see your teachers in the morning, and you barely seem to notice me when I come to get you at the end of the day. I'm told you are very busy there every day, doing the things that babies do!
Unfortunately, after only your second day there, you came down with a nasty cold and ended up missing what was supposed to be your third day there! You were on two kinds of antibiotics. A liquid, and an eye ointment. Basically, you had an eye, ear and nose infection all at once. Poor little guy.
And then, Mommy and Daddy got sick too! Daddy got your pink eye. Except for him, it was red, and really frightening! He ended up missing three days of work. We are all just now on the upswing. I think it will take a little while before we are all feeling normal again.
Anyway, the whole reason you started daycare, is because I went back to work. So far, it's going ok. But I really would rather be hanging with my peanut. In the long run, though, I think it's a healthy decision for all of us. You are clearly getting a lot more than just a cold from your daycare experience. And my income will keep many more opportunities available for our family. It's just going to take me awhile to get used to not being with you for the majority of every day. You are quite simply, the light of my life.
*no big surprise, don't have the photos ready, so here's a few from Mother's Day...and the six month photo is up now too.
