Oh my little man

Even when he's grumpy or getting up at night, I love him so much!  I take the once or twice he gets up at night as an extra opportunity to hold him a little more.  And grumpy, sometimes I can hold him too...depends on why.  :)  He's just an awesome blessing.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE This man so much.  He gave me such big hugs this morning and it just melts you into pure liquid.

We went to our annual friends' fish/frog fry last night and he did great.  One of the bigger gatherings he's been to since being home.  We brought our little gate (coral) in case he got tired and we could then keep other kids away from him.  We decided, ahead of time, that only the close friends who have been around him a lot in the past months were allowed to hold him so we'd have an easy reason to keep him pretty off limits.  His world is still very small and needs to be so.  So only one of my friends held him for a bit and he flirts with her anyways, so it was fine.   He was in his little gate thing and I went to go get one of the girls something, not too far off, while Brian was frying.  Someone came close enough to the gate to scare him and he made sure he cried loud enough to get everyone's attention immediately.  As soon as I held him, he was fine though.  He's definitely looking for us.  I think he just couldn't see us when she came near and it scared him.

He's truly doing well and I can't imagine our lives, no matter how chaotic, without him.
Lisa

Pullin' and Teeth

Jaemin has become an expert at pulling up.  So, I guess cruising and, inevitably, walking is next.  We're ready though.

Coming to get paci.



Starting the climb.





Almost got it.





And it's mine!



Wait, I just lost it, oh well, I have fingers!



Wait, I want paci.



Jaemin's first teeth.  Yes he got them at the same time.

Getting a routine in order

This is my first week back, so I've been taking leave early to make sure Jaemin knows I'm not leaving him.  Not that he's not fine anyways.  I guess since it's grandma's daycare and we've visited so often AND his brothers and sisters are there he seems very adjusted.  The first day he went to her just fine and was content.  Then when I picked him up she'd woke him up for me and he was very groggy and didn't seem to care if I was there or not.  Today I've been a bit worried am I doing this right or not?  Because today, again, he went to her very easily, but didn't want to come back to me.   :(  I think he was interested in what the big kids were eating and he knew who was going to feed him that and with this boy, food comes first!  I picked him up today and his back was to me because grandma was holding him across the room.  I was talking to Chelsi as I entered and grandma said she knew I was there because as soon as he heard my voice he started kicking.  By the time I walked over there he was getting really excited.  :)  Made me feel SO much better!!

I'm so glad to think he just might be adjusting better than the girls did.  I just didn't expect that, but will still treat him as if he's not and use our bonding tools.  He loves being in the carrier anyways.  He can sleep on me while I make supper or do dishes and he's perfectly content to do that.  So am I!  As long as, in the end, he's attached that's all that matters.

Lisa

Whatcha doin'?

Usually, if the kitchen floor has been swept, I just leave the gate down 'cause little man likes to cruise the floor and just look around.  There's nothing to hurt himself on, so I just let him explore a little.  Today he decided the cabinet under the sink looked interesting and checked it out.  I guess it's time to start latching it before he pulls the trash can out.  Otherwise there's nothing under there to hurt himself, but oy would that be messy.











Well, I'll just read then.  Dad stays out of trouble like that.

Starting our daycare transition

Little man went to grandma's today for 1 1/2 hours.  It was torture for me, but he did great!  I miss him so much.  I miss his smiles when he's away and just watching his cute little self crawl around.  I figured he'd do fine since he's so social and he knows who she is and we've visited, but it's always harder on the mom.  He was excited when I came to pick him up which makes me feel better.  Tomorrow we'll do it again, but a tad longer.  :(

I hope we don't lose any of the bond we have.

Lisa

Baseball 2009

We're finally done with ball and we lost every game.  :)  We were the youngest team out there since at least 75% of the boys were playing up.  My friend took some pictures of Chase at a game since I didn't get to go to very many and my hands were pretty full with a certain little boy.  Funniest thing though last night.  Poor Chase has struck out the majority of the season.  I really don't think he was giving it his all.  So Brian thought it was a sure thing to promise to take him frogging if he got a home run on the last night....thinking he barely gets on base, what's it going to hurt.  Sure enough, his last hit of the night and season was a home run!  I cheered that boy 'til he crossed home plate.  And I just had to laugh when I reminded Brian of his bet!  Chase was telling all the boys he was going frogging when he made it in.  Great night for my boy.



Dad actually watching the game and being a quiet coach for once.  :)

I love this BOY!

My boy.  What can I say....I am firmly ATTACHED to this sweet baby boy!  We've been on this road for 5 weeks now and he's awesome!   He's so much more comfortable now.  When he's tired, he just goes to sleep, on the floor, on me...



He's happy the vast majority of the time now.



He is the so awesome.  He actually slept all the way through the night last night.  Not even up for a little butt pat.  Then he didn't wake until daddy left around 6:30.  He's so punctual about the morning nap too.  He fell asleep on my lap at his usual time.  Don't get me wrong, he has got a temper on him, but he's a little lover boy.  He has my heart and I'm done!

Now, if I could find a way to have enough money to not go back to work or work part time and be with him more. :(