It's a funny thing, rest. Josh keeps reminding me that we never felt like we got enough of it before the baby came along, so we shouldn't feel too deprived now. We've actually reached a pretty good rhythm for the time being, so I can't complain too much. Still, it's non-stop staring at the baby and that'll take a lot outta ya.
I have big plans to start back at the beginning and tell the story of being in the delivery room when our son was born, cutting the cord and stifling a giggle when he peed all over the doctor with the bad attitude. There's the journey home to share, involving a lot of tears and then hysterics as we pulled over in an eastern Colorado field to undo the mess he made all over his "going home" outfit.
I do plan to catch up at some point before he graduates from high school. I promise. I want to do it for Pi (as he'll be known on this site) because it just wouldn't be right for a blog about our growing family to stop when the family actually grows. It'll just take another two arms and a second head. I'll get there. I'm going back to work soon and I remember that smokers get breaks throughout the day. Maybe I'll have blog breaks. But, for those of you still following along every once in a while, something utterly adorable happened today. I'm going to interrupt my silent chronology and skip to today for the time being.
It was a long day out on the town with me hoping that he would get enough sleep in the car or in the ergo carrier to count for his normal nap routine, but it wasn't happening. When we returned home, he was exhausted and fighting so hard to fall asleep. Despite the advice of many, it wasn't going to happen without the common crutches, rocking/bouncing/constant motion and the paci/soothy/binkie/doony, whatever you call it. He did finally fall asleep and I can only imagine that random thing he saw in the plant nursery, on the highway, driving through town that tickled his fancy. He actually laughed in his sleep. Out loud and way beyond the coos we've come to love. He laughed.
We're not at belly laugh yet, but it's amazing to be reminded that this little ball of squish is going to turn into a full-fledged person someday, today even. Each of his new talents surprise me as if I've never seen a baby grow before. Really, it feels like I haven't. This is the first time all of this ever happened for anyone, anywhere as far as I'm concerned. I thought he might stay this way forever, but I'm proven wrong daily.
Wishing you lots of funny rest tonight.
