Trying to be...
2004-06-17 - 5:14 p.m.
Today my son is one month old.
Its amazing to think about everything that has happened in the past month. I alternate between "wow! it's already been a month" and "wait! how can it only be a month".
I see such changes in my boy. He's gotten bigger. His thighs have meat on them now, and his fingers are fleshy. His head has gotten more round and his cheeks look like he's storing acorns for the winter.
He is so alert these days. Yesterday, he was wide awake for 2 full hours while my mom told him fabulous stories (such as "Aaron's birth story" and "When Aaron visits Nana's house" and other sundry topics).
When I talk to him, he stares intently, trying to figure it all out. I talk to him constantly. Seriously, my day is a running monologue of nothingness, but I want him to hear words, understand language, context and grammar. Even the most mundane of topics I recite for him "Look Aaron, mommy is having cereal. Yes, this is cereal. It is very crunchy. Listen to it crunch. It has milk in it. The milk is cold. Aaron eats milk too. But this milk is from a cow. Aaron eats milk from mommy. Aaron loves mommy's milk, doesn't he? Yes, Aaron is a good eater....." and so on. No, seriously, I do this pretty much all day, every day, unless he is napping.
I gave work my return date. it is painful to even think about, but longer than I expected. I will go back on either Friday Aug 27 or Monday Aug 30. That ends up being 16 weeks. 3 of them will be unpaid, but its worth it to have the extra time with him. I only wish I could stay home forever....
