Times of Change

Did you ever just want to start over? I would love to get rid of everything here (except my family, I could never be without them!) and move to someplace far far away and raise my baby in a warm happy place. I know it sounds a little out there, but come on, let a girl dream!

On a serious note, I am just so sick of everything here that I really feel it is time for a change. Everything is so much money and it just so happens I don't have much to spend, so being thrifty is what I have to be! I am looking into reusing old shirts and making them into toys for Baby J. They wouldn't be too elaborate because my sewing skills are not up to par, but hey.... I can try and when he is older it can be something sentimental he can hand down to his kids saying "My mommy made this for me...". So maybe he won't say or do that but you never know.

Baby J is getting so big and I really don't know where all the time has gone! He is almost a year old and I have to start thinking about planning his Birthday party and possibly a Baptism. I was not raised Catholic but Baby J's father is so it's a big thing to him and his family. I think it's great to have something like that to celebrate.

I am sure there are so many new parents out there that are just as amazed as I am with their baby's bevelopment, and I really just can't get over it. I feel like Baby J is one of the coolest, most smartest kids out there. He can stand when he holds onto something, and has been trying to walk for a while now. He hasn't mastered crawling, but he seems so much more interested in walking that I think it's okay. He can sit and stare at his hands- turning them over and over to see how they move, and loves to look at his feet move when he walks. His eyes seem to follow everything! He already figured out what happens to sunshine when it hits a mirror, and will follow the reflection move across the ceiling (he's so smart!). Every day there are so many things that he does, that if I don't try to write them down, I may forget them. I know, it's terrible, but everything is amazing in a baby's development and I think it's almost impossible to remember EVERY little thing that happens. I know they are all equally important, but since everything happens so fast and frequently now, it is very easy to forget at least one thing at a given time.

Well I must be off now, but I hope I can get back and write more soon.

Peace and much love,
-J