Bashful Smiles

Milo has been giving bashful smiles to people at work. He gives them a wide grin and then when they smile back at him, he buries his face against me to hide himself. He then looks back at the person, smiles again and does the same thing over.

I thought it was cute.

I have many new photos to upload... I just need to do it. (All the other photos I've attached are a few weeks old!) Ahhh, it's late and I should be asleep... but it's soooo nice having a break from constant baby-watching!

A Busy Day (Mommy's Birthday!)

Today is my [me=sarah] birthday! Woohoo! The (not-so) big 2-4.

Milo had a busy day. First we went to Nursing Mom's Chat at the Lakewood Family Room, which is literally a block from home. This was our second time there. Last time we went Milo was 3 mos old and crabby! Every time a baby would cry, he'd wail. He got so angry that I had to leave early. No socializing for Mommy... oh well. But this time was different. Four mos is quite a change because Milo was happy to be there. No fuss. No crabs. Not even a shriek. He was living it up, staring at the other babies, smiling at whoever and just plain ol' enjoying himself. And finally Mommy got to socialize. One Mama said, "Oh I see you're in a much better mood this time!" Now I have more incentive to show up every week... rather than every month.

We went on two long walks around town--one was to Melt for a vegan cheese sandwich. Milo loves being walked around, preferably in the ring sling or our new wrap. He loves being worn and I love getting the exercise from walking with him attached to me. He's a 17 lb weight right there! He also likes his jogging stroller, but not as much as the baby carriers. He can't get a 360 degree view of things from the stroller.

Milo is now laughing... mostly at Daddy's antics. And Allie, the poodle. He likes when she plays with her squeaky toy. He's smiles all the time now. So cute.

Well, I'll try to write more later. I've actually been working on a lot of projects from home (this work-at-home stuff can be tough!!) and I'm trying to escape from the laptop. Now, when Milo is asleep for the night, is a great time to work on projects (and sometimes it's my ONLY time) but now I'm burnt out. Ugh... if only I didn't have to worry about making some sort of an income...

Crabby's Crab Shack

Since Milo hates his usual baths in his baby bath tub, I thought I'd mix it up today and give him a bath with me in the big people tub. I thought it would be relaxing holding him close in the water, nursing him if he so desired, all while smelling like sandalwood and whatever the hell's in his wondrous-smelling baby soap. But... no... I may as well have been stuffing him in a boiling pot on the stove with the bloody mary scream he let out. Maybe the water was too warm...? Maybe he got too cold and wasn't in the water enough? Maybe he just hates baths? Who knows. Babies are weird. I thought a rubby ducky would be all he needed to make bath-time fun... Guess I was way off.

How We Love a Sleeping Baby...

...Oh, let me count the ways.

Right now it's about 7:30 p.m.--prime time for getting Little Man to sleep. That is, if he weren't asleep already. I took him into work today and he passed out an hour earlier than his usual time of 7:30ish. No problem with that except he'll most likely wake up at 6 a.m. We co-sleep with Milo--meaning he sleeps in a crib with one side removed that's attached to our bed. Co-sleeping is great. I know, I know, it's become taboo to get in the discussion of where babies should sleep, BUT I just want to say that co-sleeping has been a god-send for me. Milo nurses at night but he doesn't necessarily wake up to do it. I can feed him before he fusses, he eats and then it's back to sleep.

Milo sleep = Mommy sleep. I dig it.

Watching Seinfeld:
"Is it possible they're just having babies so people will visit them?" and "YOU GOTTA SEE THE BABY!"

Milo + Blog

I created a MySpace page for Milo to showcase his photos but only now did it occur to me that not everyone can view them there (duh) so I made this blog instead. I have a ridiculous number of blogs that I never use but this isn't going to be one of those. Oh, no. But then, maybe more than two people will check this thing. Maybe an increase in traffic will motivate me--that, or the fact that I can easily post cute pics of Milo for random people to see.

Anyways, here's the new blog!