It's Sunday morning now. Kyle is sleepiong in Popops arms and Cloe is creating a masterpeice at her art desk. Mom is playing with her new digital camera, from which I am sure we will be uploading some new pictures later today. I was able to sneak away to put some thoughts on-line.
Kyle is eating every 2-3 hours now, and he eats about 3oz each time. This Kid eats alot, but let's face it, he is my son. What's almost more troubling than how much he eats is how much this kid poops. My oh my, every single time we change him, he has pooped. He was even nice enough to poop right on me while I was changing him. Then he smailed at me. It was like he knew he had a free pass. He knows he can puke or pee or poop on anybody and pretty much get away with it. Like the baby from that old Dinasour show, "I'm the baby, gotta love me!"
Cloe just brought me her drawing. It's awesome. She colored the whole peice of paper this time and there are even different shapes and things. I see circles, lines, and i am pretty sure if i look at it long anough I can see a map of Madagascar.
People without kids always ask what it's like to give up everything that is fun to have kids. From the outside looking in, it appears people who have kids tend to have no lives. This is totally not true. For instance last night, after dinner, I got to draw in the tub with Cloe's new bathtub freindly crayons, quickly followed by hours of laying on the couch very still like serving as a bed for Kyle. OK so that doesn't exactly sound like high adventure but it is totally awesome from the inside looking out.
The other thing people forget, is that once you get a routine down, and once things start to normalize a little, shich they do after a few weeks, you can get back to doing some of those things that you were doing pre-kids. Yep, I can't wait to get back to playing Nintendo, watching TV, and doing house work. That is the life!
Well I am pretty sure my 20 minutes a day on the computer is totally up! More to come during the next session.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
...and we're done.
As I sit here after a long day, I realize that we are now done with one part of our family...creating it. We brought Kyle Michael McCann home from the hospital today. There wasn't much left to do here at the house other than set up the pack-n-play/basinet/changing table so we have a place to change other than his room.
It wasn't until Cloe came home from daycare and I saw the two of them together, at home, that it hit me. We are done with one whole part of our lives, the creation of family. Now all that is left is to define it. To take our for persons and mesh them together into some form of what we all imagined our family would be like.
It is a wierd feeling for sure. Part of me is sad that any part of the process could be over. On the other hand, I'm totally relieved we are done with this specific part. heh.
OK enough reflecting and stuff. Kyle is doing great. The little guy knows how to eat, pee on mom, puke on mom, poop (not on mom yet, but givie it time) and he even knows how to make all sorts of funny faces. Cloe has been offering to feed him, change him, give him his "winky", and hold him. I told her she can do most of that stuff, but first she needed to do her chores because the law wasn't going to mow iteself. I mean she is the "Big" sister now. With great power come great responsibility right?
Cloe is handling everything great thus far. I know all parents claim their kid is smart, but it turns out Cloe really is....no seriously, I'm not sure how she can be my daughter. She found my old algebra book and was explaining to me things I never knew. I think it is the fact that she is so smart for age that makes it a little easier for her. I think she gets it. I'll keep you posted.
I'm going to try to keep up with posting on my blog from now on, and i'll do the same with posting pictures as well. I suppose I should go get some rest as I am sure I am in for a long night.
It wasn't until Cloe came home from daycare and I saw the two of them together, at home, that it hit me. We are done with one whole part of our lives, the creation of family. Now all that is left is to define it. To take our for persons and mesh them together into some form of what we all imagined our family would be like.
It is a wierd feeling for sure. Part of me is sad that any part of the process could be over. On the other hand, I'm totally relieved we are done with this specific part. heh.
OK enough reflecting and stuff. Kyle is doing great. The little guy knows how to eat, pee on mom, puke on mom, poop (not on mom yet, but givie it time) and he even knows how to make all sorts of funny faces. Cloe has been offering to feed him, change him, give him his "winky", and hold him. I told her she can do most of that stuff, but first she needed to do her chores because the law wasn't going to mow iteself. I mean she is the "Big" sister now. With great power come great responsibility right?
Cloe is handling everything great thus far. I know all parents claim their kid is smart, but it turns out Cloe really is....no seriously, I'm not sure how she can be my daughter. She found my old algebra book and was explaining to me things I never knew. I think it is the fact that she is so smart for age that makes it a little easier for her. I think she gets it. I'll keep you posted.
I'm going to try to keep up with posting on my blog from now on, and i'll do the same with posting pictures as well. I suppose I should go get some rest as I am sure I am in for a long night.
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