5/1/2005 I think that the past month has been a little difficult for me. That is something that you might expect to hear a new parent say...but I'm serious, taking care of a baby is a lot more difficult than I ever really imagined. My difficulties might be partly due to working two jobs in addition to taking care of Bryce, or it might be that I had so much free time before he was born that I am in withdrawal.
We've definitely had some issues; we've been going to the pediatrician's office twice a week because until last week he wasn't gaining any weight. That alone has taken a lot of time...But I should say that it's all worth it when I look down at him and he makes a big smile; which he started doing last week. Sometimes I look at him when he's sleeping and think that he's going to wake up and ask me what I'm staring at; but then he wakes up and cries instead. It'll come in time I suppose.
I've been losing weight since he was born; since Dory has to stay up for a while in the middle of the night I take him and Romeo and go for an hour long walk in the morning to give her a chance to catch up on sleep. Who would've thought that an hour long walk each morning would cause me to lose weight...maybe it's also that I haven't had more than a half dozen beers since he was born, or that I run around the house trying to do things all day without sitting for more than a minute...
I'e been trying to keep up with my bonsai, but find myself slipping. Things are looking good in the back yard...apart from a pine that I am worried about...last year I had a pine that eventually died, and before that happened I noticed that there were fruit flies around the pot...and now I have another pot with fruit flies around it. I think I might need to take action before it dies, but maybe it's too late already. I should've left it in the ground in the front yard where it was very happy.
I was out in the yard a couple weeks ago when something resembling and sounding like a very large fly flew in front of my face and then hovered...I almost swatted at it before I realized that it was a hummingbird...and much prettier than a fly. The little guy (or gal) has been in and out of my yard for weeks now.
5/1/2005 I think that the past month has been a little difficult for me. That is something that you might expect to hear a new parent say...but I'm serious, taking care of a baby is a lot more difficult than I ever really imagined. My difficulties might be partly due to working two jobs in addition to taking care of Bryce, or it might be that I had so much free time before he was born that I am in withdrawal.