Contact

The last few days have been pretty exciting. On Sunday Aaron made his first contact with the animals that hang from the arch above his bouncy seat. He lies on his back in the seat and lifts his legs up and down. He has been staring at the animals, an elephant, zebra, and alligator, for a few weeks now, but never touched them. Now if the animals stop swinging he will lift his leg up and kick them, all while smiling and laughing. He doesn’t seem to get enough of it, and we can’t get enough of watching him. Alan and I spent a good deal of time on Sunday watching him and taking little video clips to try to capture the funny noises and huge smiles. We had some success.

The other funny thing that Aaron does involves three 4x6 index cards that I covered with red, white, and black shapes (circles and stars mainly). I hung them on the underside of the shelf directly above his changing table. So every time we lay him down on the changing table he stares up at the shapes. He giggles and smiles the entire time we change his diaper now and his changing table has gone from a dreaded place of screaming bloody murder, to a happy place he likes to hang out and stargaze.

I attended BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) last night for the first time in almost two months. I think the last time I went was February 5th, the Tuesday before Friday, the 8th – on which he was born. I must admit I was a nervous wreck. The silly thing about it is that he was fine, his daddy was fine – it was I who was a mess. It was good to get back to BSF and start fresh after a time of neglect to my study. I know that I have to get out a little bit here and there, but I just don’t want to yet. I love being with him and spending time, the three of us. It is fun for me.

My evolution into a homebody has been interesting. I just realized its extent while discussing this with my mother last night. I used to have no problem leaving for work at 7am and not returning home again until 9:30 at night. I could complete all of my housework in a single night and got cabin fever if I spent an entire day at home. Now it seems I would rather be home than most places. We have a routine going and a set up here that works. To escape the set in of cabin fever we go on walks or make a quick run into town (Boerne), but are back in time for the next feeding – which lessens the amount of stuff I have to take with us. I don’t mind leaving and going to do things – I am comfortable feeding him on the go now, but it is nice to get back home.

Here are a few nice pictures that Alan took last week.