I was talking to a friend yesterday who just had a baby a month ago. She's at the stage where she's barely leaving her home, spending most of her days in her pjs and getting used to sore nipples. It seems just yesterday I was just doing this with ESK.
While it's generally a joy to see ESK developing and growing up, it sometimes makes me sad to see her becoming increasingly independent. Perhaps, because I know someday in the not-so-distant future, I know she'll become a teenager and want to have nothing to do with me and scream like a banshee at the slightest provocation?
At the same time, I can't remember what life was like without ESK in our lives. I feel like she's been around forever! It's this weird feeling of having time fly, but going slow at the same time. I don't know if any of this makes sense.
Buried in Work
The weather today is gray and wet, our second consecutive day of overcast weather. It hasn't been too bad. Besides, I find myself suddenly buried in work. I mentioned that I didn't work many hours last month, and I guess my bosses thought it was time to really put me to work.
Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to put a dent in my new assignments. My mom and dad were here visiting, which made me busier than I thought I would be. I imagined kicking back, sleeping in a bit, while my mom played with ESK in the a.m. and made dinner every night. Somehow it didn't turn out that way. It was fun nonetheless. But I do think ESK is seriously spoiled now.
We're having a string of visitors (who are always welcome!) this month and I feel like I'm constantly tidying up the apartment. On Saturday, we have friends from the Bay Area coming into town. And then on Tuesday, my in-laws are here for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Whew!
Besides visitors, ESK is keeping me on my toes. She's continuously improving at crawling and using her "walkers" -- basically any object tall enough to lean on and slide around the apartment. I try to feed her as many calories as I can pack into a meal -- cheese, carbs, avocado, proteins. Basically, everything that I should be avoiding! But she moves around so much, I think it all just burns off. As squirmy as she is, when it comes to story time, she sits absolutely still while I read to her. I hope she learns to love reading!
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3 comments:
i'm sure she'll love reading. just like her mama. :) i hope the same thing for our N too. :)
it sounds like a busy time for you. hope you'll have a great time with friends and family. take good care of yourself in the midst of all the busy-ness! :)
you had to cook?!
it looks like E already loves reading. G was never that still for books!
visitors leave one exhausted, don't they? well, at least you have visitors!! i just went to see a friend in the hospital, and it seems, i think, she would be really sad with out them. i never really realized how wonderful a happy visiting friend could be! anyways, i digress.. it'll be good to do a little work, but you better get to it mama! ..though procrastination is delicious..
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