Almost 6 Months Old

In two days my son will officially be 6 months old. Wow, I can hardly believe it. He's grown so fast. Just yesterday I was pregnant and on bedrest, and now, he's growing bigger every week. Thank goodness for our Baby Bjorn, I couldn't hold him for a long period of time otherwise!

Hubby and I worked so hard for this little guy, and he was so incredibly worth the tough journey that we went through. I truly do believe it was a blessing in disguise that I was laid off from work and I am so thankful that I've been able to spend this time with my son. What a blessing, in so many ways...

Victory Is Mine!!!

I am SO incredibly proud of myself right now... I figured out how to convert my Bugaboo Chameleon stroller from a bassinet to a child seat... ALL BY MYSELF... WHOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!

I asked the hubby to do this last month since RJ is getting bigger and is no longer interested in laying down in his stroller. He's been super busy at work, so that request is low on his to do list at home. Thankfully we have a Maclaren stroller that I've been able to use - but the Bugaboo is a lot more sturdier and I believe will be better for long walks. Anyhoo, I decided to try and figure it out myself - lo and behold - I did it. Victory is mine!

BEABA Babycook

When I was pregnant and on bedrest I remember that I saw this product featured as a "must have" on Oprah, Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray (one of those daytime shows). It is officially on my wish list.

http://www.diapers.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?productId=14266&cm_mmc=mrkt_email-_-agebased-_-baby6-_-prod1image

While I love being at home with my son right now... it sucks that we don't have the disposable income that we used to. One one hand, this thing is only $150... on the other hand, this thing is $150! (Sigh)

Missing the Hubby

Hubby works for a nuclear power plant. Twice a year they have what are called "outages" where one of the two nuclear reactors is shut down for testing, maintenance, etc. I believe this is mandated by the nuclear power commission - or something like that. They have to meet the deadline set by the nuclear power folks, or else the plant will be shut down and there won't be any power - so yeah, failure is not an option. Anyhoo, that means that my hubby's team works 10 hour days, 6 days a week, alternating shifts so that folks are working 24/7 (a deal that their union worked out).


We knew this was part of the job, but it still sucks. On one hand it's awesome - because this is the time my hubby makes A LOT of money considering all of the overtime that he has to work. It's especially great right now considering I'm not employed at the moment. It sucks because hubby only has one day off, he's exhausted, and we don't get to spend much quality time together as a family, much less as a couple.


Right now he's passed out on the small sofa that we have in our bedroom. He was feeding RJ a bottle and they both fell asleep. Tonight is the second night that I made a special dinner for him and he fell asleep before he had the chance to eat it. I won't wake him up because I know he's tired and he needs his sleep. I won't wake him because I know that even if I try, he'll barely stir. I won't wake him because he already took out the trash, took a shower, played with our son, read to our son, gave me time so that I could eat dinner, and got our son to fall asleep. I appreciate him.

I also miss him. Unlike before the outage, our conversations during the day are rare and infrequent because there is no cell reception inside the reactor. RJ and I can't visit him at work, or meet up for lunch, because special security clearance is needed just to be in the area where he works.

I'm not complaining. I'm just saying... We make the most of the time we have together... but still, I really really miss him...