Every day gets easier and easier to care for this sweet little babe. We are learning more about his personality and patterns every single day. He is a happy happy baby and it's so fun to be his Mommy!
This month,
I’m throwing in some “quirks” (things we’re not fond of) and “perks” (things
that make the quirks a little better) we’ve experienced as of late.
Michael:
-the teething
process has begun
·
Quirk:
random sessions of scream cries
·
Perk:
Michael still isn’t sleeping through the night, so we might as well battle both
of these issues at once—teething discomfort, and incomplete nights of
sleep. Overall, Michael is still a super
sweet baby, and that is the ultimate perk.
-Photo Book
·
Perk! No quirks here! I received a coupon for a free photo book
from Shutterfly. This sight is totally
cool, and the discounts you can get are great!
Three years ago, I made a free book documenting our wedding day and it
turned out fabulously! So, I was super
excited to receive another coupon so I could make Michael a book. What made it even easier? The fact that our baby is so photogenic! I used about 50 pictures to document
Michael’s life (to include 2 ultrasound pictures, and 2 pictures of me carrying
our little boy during pregnancy). I
added in special Bible verses and captions.
There is even a “Grandparent page” where I compiled a photo of each of
Michael’s grandparents holding him. This
book will be a great momento for Michael to treasure as he grows.
Me:
-Super tired
·
Quirk,
obviously. The 1:00 hour rolls around in
the afternoon and I catch myself nodding off.
At work, being drowsy is not ideal.
So, what’s the perk?
·
Perk: S’mores coffee creamer! My husband is the bomb.com for finding this
gem in the grocery store. With the
addition of this chocolate-y marshmallow-y goodness, I have begun to have a cup
of coffee in the mornings. Just a tad
(and by tad, I mean a few several generous swirls around the cup) of
this creamer in the morning cup-o-joe fuels me up! Now I feel like the perky (no pun intended)
Mommy I’m supposed to be!
Aaron:
-Working late
·
Quirk: It’s never fun to be apart from Aaron. He is such an amazing hard worker with a work
ethic that puts the Energizer bunny to shame—he keeps going and going, and
giving it 100% throughout it all. His
job has caused there to be some late nights, and Aaron gives it his all every
day.
·
Perk: Overtime pay!
Although having a husband who is an outstanding employee to his company
is satisfaction to me in and of itself, I must admit that it’s nice for him to
see a little financial reward for his efforts.
Another perk? The long days are
currently behind us and we get to ride to work together again!
Family
Activities:
·
The
Christmas Tree is Up and Decorated!!! Aaron and I picked some of our favorite
ornaments from our collection (if we were to put every ornament on, our poor
little tree would tumble over) and adorned our tree. Michael seems to like to look at the lights
if you hold him and walk over to the tree.
However, one day he was sitting in his swing, looking at the tree and
the lights were unplugged. We went over
to plug in the lights, and he burst into tears!
He takes after his mommy and doesn’t do change well.
·
Instead
of purchasing a vehicle, Aaron and I decided that our Christmas gift to each
other would be a new mattress. Getting
another vehicle was not a necessity, but a new mattress quickly became a need. Our
old mattress was really doing a number on Aaron’s back, so we invested in a new
mattress guaranteed to relieve back pain.
We are able to each adjust our own sides of the bed to our liking, so he
chose a setting that was a little firmer than he had been used to. Last night was our first night to try it out,
and he woke up without back pain! I
chose a setting that was softer than the mattress we had before. It took me a while to get used to the feeling
of a different kind of mattress. I kinda felt like I was sleeping in a weird
hammock/water bed. It’ll take me a
little while to get used to it. Of
course, I know I can change the setting, but I’m waiting a couple nights (as
the representative suggested) to get used to the current setting.
I keep
promising a post full of Christmas creativeness, and it’s still coming, I
promise! Aaron and I get home around
3:30 on most days, and Michael’s bedtime is at 6:00pm. So, we roughly get two and a half hours with
our little guy before it’s off to Baby Dreamland for him. Therefore, our afternoons are very precious
and protected in order to spend time with our little man. That means that our weekends become our
running around days. So, any shopping
trips to pick up some crafty supplies must wait until Saturday. Hopefully, this Saturday, Michael and I will
make it out to Hobby Lobby to get our supplies.
My next post
will include a picture of our Christmas tree, and hopefully some Christmas
pictures of Michael and Akuna. I plan to
do an array of photos of Michael in Christmas outfits or in a Christmas-like
setting for our photo Christmas card this year.
The Christmas
season thus far has been so much fun!
After Michael is all snuggled in bed, Aaron and I cozy up on our couch
and watch Christmas movies while we eat our dinner. It’s such a blessing to be able to spend
quality time with my spouse in the evenings.
In the next
post, expect to see:
·
A
photo of our Christmas tree
·
Some
more pictures of Michael (of course)
·
Christmas
crafts (fingers crossed!)
Until next
time, enjoy these pictures of Michael that I took on the day he turned 3 Months
Old:
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Much love, Reba
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