Back to reality

Okay, I admit it.  I thought I was going to be bored.  Antsy.  Stir crazy.  Cabin fever.  You name it.   If you know me, this probably is not much of a shock.  While I was thrilled to have a baby, I was worried that staying home full time would be really hard. I was wrong. I have loved it.

I have been lucky enough to stay home full time with Trey for five and a half months.  In two days I go back to work and am able to work part-time for the rest of this school year.  I'm lucky.  It will be fine.  Everything will be okay.  I need to relax.  (Can you hear Randy's voice in there?  He hasn't told me to relax - that would be mean - but I'm sure it's crossed his mind.)  While I am sort of looking forward to going back to my job and having something else to think about besides napping and pooping (his, not mine), I am absolutely dreading leaving Trey.

Here are some of the things I have loved about being home with him:
- Seeing him all the time
- Having him smile at me when he sees my face
- Being able to meet every one of his needs (that I can figure out)
whenever he needs it
- Being able to feed him all day long whenever he needs or wants it
- Watching him grow, change, learn new things, develop new skills
- Watching how he reacts to certain things with either delight or discomfort.  For example, he LOVES his farm animal book with the fold out pictures.  He smiles every time I read it.  He LOVES the Eentsy-Weentsy Spider song and calms down whenever I sing it.  He LOVES to be bounced on my lap when I sing one of the songs from Music Together.
- Our relaxing mornings which include coffee, the Today Show if he is napping, reading books (both his and mine), staying in our comfy clothes all morning long, and cuddling on the couch or the bed.
- Taking him to music class and Book Babies at the library and watching him react to the songs and watch the other babies.
- Going on walks, meeting for coffee, or just hanging out with girlfriends and often their babies.
- Seeing him all the time

Randy, Trey, and I decided to spend Thanksgiving with good friends this year.  Our friends, Steve and Jen, are moving back to Wisconsin next week after ten years in Portland, so we wanted to spend some time with them.  Sarah and Neil Kopplin were kind enough to host dinner at their house and it was awesome!  The only downside of not having Thanksgiving at your house (or wherever you are sleeping since we are usually at my dad and Sandy's)??  No leftovers!!!

Randy and Trey hanging out at the Kopplins before dinner

Zander and Zoe, friends forever

Trey did a great job on Thanksgiving but started to fuss
right when we sat down to eat.
I put him in the Ergo and ate standing next to Sarah's new beautiful buffet.

On Saturday my family came over to our house for a second dinner.
Randy grilled the steelhead he caught (see previous post) and we also had some steaks from our cow.

Julie was sick so she hunkered down in the corner and stayed away from Trey.

Tango finds himself very interested in Trey.  When Trey is on the floor, Tango wants to be right next to him.  He also tries to lick him all over.  I let him lick his feet and the back of his head, but not his face or hands because Tango eats cat shit from the yard all of the time.  Call me a worried mom, but that is just gross.  

Some closely supervised dog and baby time.  Lately Tango has been eating Trey's toys.  He only chews on the parts that Trey has sucked on.  This infuriates me and causes me to have to do a sweep of the house looking for stray items before we go anywhere.  Yesterday everything seemed to be picked up, so Tango decided to eat one of Trey's burp rags.  SO ANNOYING.

Picking out our Christmas tree at the local ghetto neighborhood tree lot

Trey in his warm fleece suit 

Our visit with Santa last week.

The professional picture that they took is even cuter because he is smiling in it. 

It kind of trips me out a little bit that I have a son sitting on Santa's lap. 

 In this picture, I think Trey looks like he has more hair than he actually does.

This picture is from the going away party Sarah and I hosted on Saturday night for Steve and Jen.  We have been friends for a long time and they have been a big part of my post-college life.  I can't believe they are going.  Girls night out won't be the same without Jen.  

Maybe the blog will get more interesting with better stories as I transition from stay-at-home mom to working mom and Randy and I try to adjust to this new chapter.  Stay tuned...should be fun.