February 17, 2010

Outside my window I see a snow covered backyard and deck. It's been that way for over a week now. 

I am thankful that Nadia took a MUCH longer nap today (almost twice as long as she has been napping lately), that I was able to take a nap (while holding Ian) during part of her nap (also did that on Monday!), and that aside from rehearsing my flute solo with my accompaniest (my choir director) at church tonight, I am staying home all day today. Between the hours of 8:30am and 8:00pm I was home for less than 90 minutes yesterday. I'm glad I'll be away from home less than 60 minutes today. Whew...

I am wearing brown pants and a multi-colored tunic style sweater. I changed into this outfit at about 5:30am because as I was attempting to burp Ian, he threw up all over me - doused the left sleeve and front of my turtleneck, etc. I didn't know his stomach could hold that much at once. I was encouraged by the fact that he had definitely consumed a LOT of milk from me but discouraged that I was now wearing it. I've been playing rough house with Nadia more lately (such as giving her airplane rides) in an effort to burn more calories. I also need to start doing some traditional aerobic exercises. I just don't know when to fit that into my daily routine. It won't be possible until Ian starts spending more time somewhere other than my arms. I really need to lose more weight though as I only have a few clothes that fit right now. I find it depressing to look into the mirror or to see a picture of myself right now. It would do me a world of good to lose more weight, but I want to be sure my weight loss doesn't interfere with my milk supply for Ian.

I am going to be home a lot more the rest of the week than I was Monday or especially Tuesday. Tomorrow we are hopefully going to Sears for Ian's first pictures. We've cancelled several appointments over the past 4 weeks. I might go to ladies Bible study tomorrow night. If I go, I'll bring Ian along. I don't have plans to go anywhere on Friday. 
I am hoping to get a lot more sleep tonight without Ian in my arms as last night I only got about 2 1/2 hours. The only time he was in the Nap Nanny last night was also when Paul was still up. That does me no good. I am also hoping that we get some really good pictures at Sears tomorrow.

I am hearing nothing aside from the fan of my laptop as I nurse Ian while Nadia is napping. If I wasn't so tired, I'd turn on the radio, but right now silence is very appealing.

Around the house there are many toys and books on the floor. I did clean some up this morning, but rarely are they all put away. This morning Nadia and I did 9 puzzles together (while I was holding Ian), and I did put 8 of them back in the puzzle rack where they belong. I try not to let the house get too messy, but it's definitely more of a challenge! There are also dishes that need to be put away in the kitchen. As it was, I didn't get to bed until after 9pm (an hour later than I have been going to bed lately), and I wasn't going to sacrifice sleep for doing the dishes. I need to strap on the baby wrap, put Ian in it, and clean up the kitchen this afternoon.

One of my favorite things is to see Ian's smiles. His first social smiles were on February 7, and then I didn't see any more for several days because the poor guy was rather sick. Thankfully I saw a few smiles again on the 14th (Grandma got to see some of them as well!) and at Bible study yesterday morning (my firiend, Cheri, saw them too!). He smiled some at home yesterday evening (which I thought was impressive given he had all those shots yesterday), but Paul didn't get to see any (even though he was in the same room). I also love to hear Nadia's laughter. I enjoyed tickling her some this morning. :-)

A few plans for the rest of the week... Aside from the trip to Sears tomorrow evening, the only other event on my calendar for the rest of the week is to go to a dessert social for married couples at my church on Saturday night. A neighbor will watch Nadia (she should be sleeping almost the whole time we'll be gone), and I haven't decided whether I'll bring Ian with us or leave him at home with the babysitter.

Here is picture I am sharing of Ian sleeping for a few minutes in his swing today. I hope he'll start spending even more time in here so that I can have more time to play with Nadia, do housework, do schoolwork (I have some papers I need to grade already), and exercise. The sleeper he is wearing in this photo is labeled size 0-3 months. It's the first he's worn of that size, but it's much smaller than the other sleepers labeled that size. It really seems to be the size of "newborn." I bought this sleeper 5 years ago for the child I thought we'd adopt. Both Nadia and Ian have worn it. :-)