Age: 10 weeks, 1 day
even though today was a monday, it was the family's sunday, as hr's dad had the day off from work today. we didn't get the same level of adventure in today as yesterday (not everyday can be as thrilling as a mall trip!) but we did do our best to get outside and make the most of the summer day, as hot as it was. holdie got to visit our favorite taqueria today (even though he slept the whole time), we hung out at wells park and watched a bunch of juvenille delinquents throw bread at squirrels and try to trap pigeons, and the boys even joined me on a stroll for my afternoon run through the river park. holdie had a bit of a rough go this evening, experiencing his first tummy ache all week and just being an overall tired fussbucket, but low and behold as soon as we turned on the fleet foxes, smiles were everywhere. such a weird kid. i don't even like the fleet foxes. vin kinda does more than me enough to know the songs more than i do, but i never hear him listening to them - we stumbled upon them accidently and noticed holdie light up when he heard it. ok, fleet foxes it is. it beats annoying crap like pharell or other bullshit top 40 hits, so i can tolerate some beardos if it means my marshmallow man will cease shrieking in my eardrum for 15 minutes. sure.
he's in bed for the night (for now), but we've been having difficulties getting him to go to bed at night. i hope it's a phase, especially since 2 weeks from today will have been my first day back in the office. (gulp).
what i really want to do, though, before i go back, is rent a car for a day and take my son to the zoo. or botanic gardens, or really, anywhere public that we could enjoy together as a family on a nice summer afternoon outdoors. it's hard to believe he's getting so big, so fast. at the same time, sometimes all i want to do is click the fast forward button so we aren't as confined to the apartment as much. catch 22, i spose.
there's not really too much more to report, today, other than the hunt for a new apartment isn't going as well as it had previously seemed. it's looking more like we may just stay put for another year. we can make it work, i just get nervous thinking about holdie crawling in this place - we'll def want more room and will have a crapton of childproofing to do if we do decide to stick it out. one thing at a time, though.
right now that thing is to sit back and just take a deep breath. just finished folding a load of laundry (85% holden's, 15% mom and dad's). dinner's cleaned up. the kiddo's in bed. and i've got maybe an hour before it's mom's bedtime, too. no help from dad tonight for the midnight feedings/diaper changes, so i'll need all the rest i can get.
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