April 30, 2005
Things are not going to well here at Ladyblog. It all started back a few years ago when I stopped gardening. "Tales of nursing, gardening, and slumber" it says. I haven't gardened in quite a while...except for some weeding. I guess I have planted a few things in our yard, but not anything I would consider gardening.
The template I have has been begging to be spruced up for about two years. I have talked to Shane about it several times and he has wanted to make me a new one, but hasn't gotten around to it. Two years.
And now, my comments are gone. I have no idea where they went. I am pretty computer illiterate, so I have no clue how to do anything. It's all Shane. We talked the other day and he wants me to put something together on paper and then he will make a template for me. I just need to find some time to get it together. I am so ready for a change. So, stay tuned. Hope to have it all fixed up soon.
April 27, 2005
I was singing the alphabet song the other day and I started thinking. I learned the alphabet in Spanish at a pretty early age, having grown up about an hour from Mexico. To this day, instead of "equis, ygriega, zeta" (which is X Y Z), I want to say "dos equis, ygriega, zeta." I think it every time. I don't know why. Maybe it has to do with all the Friday nights spent in TJ ot the millions of Dos Equis billboards that are plastered everywhere in Baja. It is probably the latter, seeing as I never spent a Friday in TJ or any night in TJ for that matter.
Ethan rolled over for the first time today. We were so very excited. What a big boy!
April 15, 2005
I realized how much of a mother I have become last Monday night between three and four in the morning. Ethan had just started fussing and I was laying there, wondering if he would fuss himself back to sleep when things started rumbling. I was up out of bed as fast as possible. My motherly instinct kicked in and all I could think about was that I had to get my baby! The rumbling was an earthquake and it was pretty much over before I really even got to Ethan, but I was kind of surprised with my reaction. I usually sleep through them or will just lay there until it is over, thinking I should probably get up and get in a doorway or something but am too lazy to really do it. Shane happened to be up when it all happened and we came to the conclusion at 4 in the morning that our baby can detect earthquakes. Why else would he have been up? Right before it happened. He could sense it.
April 8, 2005
We just got home from Ethan's four month check-up. According to the growth chart, he is the size of most 7 month olds. We knew he was big. He weighed in at 18 pounds, 5 ounces and was 27 inches long. He is our little football player. The doctor said we can start trying rice cereal anytime now. He also said he thought Ethan was teething. Shane had two teeth by this time and I didn't get my first tooth until I was 9 or 10 months old, so who knows. He had to get his immunizations...four shots in his little chubby legs. He was really good and didn't cry much at all. We'll see how he is later today.
My little boy is growing up!
April 5, 2005
A year ago today, I found out that I was pregnant. It's hard to believe that it was only a year ago, but it also seems like a lot longer than that. It seems like Ethan has been here a lifetime. I can remember that I woke up that morning. Shane had already left for work and I decided to take my 20th pregnancy test. I sat there for a few minutes and waited. I wanted to be pregnant so very much. After a few minutes, there was a dark pink line and then a very faint pink line. I wasn't sure what to think. I mean, there were two lines but the one was so faint. I called Shane and told him there were two lines and that I thought I might be pregnant. I think I did a few more pregnancy tests after that and as the second line showed up a few more times, I was convinced.
A year later and I have the sweetest little boy. I love my little Ethan. He is the best and I am so thankful that he is a healthy, happy little baby.
