Well Ames is 3 weeks and 1 day old already! Crazy to believe and kind of sad. I don't want my baby boy to grow up because he is so cute and little and I know one day I won't be able to hold him up on my shoulder or hug him without him pulling away as boys do when they grow up.
As hard as this has been and don't get me wrong I have Many moments still, I am starting to really enjoy watching him make faces all the time and just admiring his every day changes. Each morning I wake up thinking maybe today he will recognize me and smile, I truly cannot wait for that moment but I don't want to wish time away so patience it is.
Ames is continuing to eat like a champ and only cries when wanting to eat or needing a clean diaper. He definitely is like his daddy, goes with the flow, which is a blessing for me! We have his one month check up next week and I cannot believe that date is already approaching.
I have to start looking at daycare options which I am Not looking forward to doing. Agg if only my mom lived here, she would take up the position of watching him in a heartbeat. I am hoping she can't stand being away from him and will talk my dad into moving to KC eventually!
Other than Ames being our lives lately, things are slowly going back to normal. I started my second semester of grad school yesterday with a good ole Statistics class! Yay me... it really isn't that bad but it was day one. I have class Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the first 8 weeks of the semester and then Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays the second 8 weeks. I don't go back to work until the end of February / beginning of March depending on how things go. Easing back to the craziness of last year but not being pregnant helps a lot! Where did all this energy come from! And having normal feet again is the most amazing feeling ever, not gonna lie!
Matt is seriously super Dad and husband between Ames's needs and my crazy mood changes I don't know how he is staying sane but he is and thank goodness! Work is pretty stressful right now with inventory which is a huge deal at Ferguson. Lots of extra hours in addition to his normal work load. But Matt seems to be coping well. We try to have the guys over on the weekends so he can relax a bit from the crazy week. Other than that, we are taking life day by day and sleep whenever we can get a few minutes.
Anyways here are some pictures of Ames lately. My mom has a ton of him from family and friends visiting us and holding him that I need to get ahold of and post so I'm hoping next week I can get those. But in the meantime, enjoy :)
