It's a rare morning where I'm awake and have baby-free time to myself. Part of me doesn't know what to do with this time. Of course, the list of chores that are piling up is always running through my mind, but most of those are too loud or involve tasks near the bedroom and I don't want to risk waking him. Other things I'd love to do involve updating my CV, but my computer still isn't hooked up.
Ahhh, the labor of moving when there are babies in the family....
Instead, I'm downstairs, staring out the window as the sun is rising over the world, igniting it with a golden glow and breathing.
We've been having some tougher times lately -- and I shouldn't complain at all because Linus is still a really easy kid! Linus started crawling fairly recently, and, since then, has mastered it so that he follows me everywhere, but gets frustrated because he can't keep up. This never used to be a problem when he would just sit happily and play while I did a few things around the house, but now that he's mobile, he wants to be part of the action at all times. He also had some rough sleep patches, especially over the weekend when my father-in-law was visiting. I think it was the whole, "Why is this man constantly in my house?" mentality, but Linus decided it'd be fun not to really nap, then he'd wake up a gazillion times in the middle of the night, and he wouldn't eat normal meals, so he was very cranky. Last Saturday, I looked at the clock nearly every hour during the night because he kept waking me up.
Now that Ron is gone, Linus is getting back into his normal habits -- eating me out of house and home (seriously, this kid can pack it away!), taking about 3 naps a day, and being pretty easy-going.
Night time has been the hardest, especially when I have to do things like make the bed and put stuff away around 6 or 7 pm. That is, apparently, unacceptable and results in loud, horrific crying. This is most unfortunate when my husband is stuck at work late, or goes to play frisbee after work and doesn't come home until really late so I don't have a second parent to help me get things done around the house.
For the most part, though, Linus is a really easy-going kid. He can play by himself for long periods of time, and he's really hilarious. He's easy to take shopping because he smiles and talks to all of the other customers in the check-out line. He's definitely learned how to get attention in a positive way.
Definitely, being a stay-at-home-mom is tough in certain ways. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love playing with Linus and watching him learn new skills every single day, but it's tough not having adult, intellectual interaction.
In an ideal world, I'll stay home through the end of the summer with him. He turns 1 in May, and he'll be cheaper at daycare after that. Then, I'd like to do a few things over the summer -- take a nice long trip to MN to visit family and friends, and hit my friend's wedding in Michigan in June. So, I'm semi-keeping my eyes peeled for a good opportunity for myself that doesn't involve a horrific commute.
On a side note and unrelated, one of my favorite things to do is to put the monitor in Linus's room and just watch him play. He's so adorable and funny and can create quite the whirlwind of mess in just a few minutes!
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