Is it truly home if part of your heart isn't here with you?

Monday, November 10, 2008

Man, for as much as I whine about the kid driving me up the wall, I sure do miss him when he's not here. :(

Happy 5 months to my baby boy! Wow, he's growing fast. Hard to believe it's been 5 months since his fabulous birth, but then again, it's hard to remember a time before he was here. And oh, how I love him. He's such a sweet, happy boy. I just watched him nod off to sleep in his swing and my heart melted. :)

I had a little chat with my doula, Kelly this afternoon. I hadn't heard from her in months, so it was wonderful to catch up with her! She asked if I'd be willing to give her a good reference and of course I said yes, and told her that I was bugging Shawn to write up an article about doulas from a dad's perspective. Apparently the birth climate in Rhode Island is very, very different (in a bad way) from here in Illinois - she said that the one independent CNM in the area is thought to be practicing witchcraft. Scary. Another lesson in "however bad you think you have it, someone else always has it worse". :(

I have so many things I want to get done this week, since I'll have more free time. Perhaps if I make a list here, I'll feel accountable to someone? Worth a shot, anyway.

*Clean/declutter living room
*Catch up on laundry
*Start Etsy shop for holiday cards
*Clean out/vacuum car

That's enough, I think. Don't want to overwhelm myself or I won't get any of it done. LOL

I wonder how long it'll take Ethan to miss us?