The J-Boy: Fall Highlights

Since I now live away from immediate family, I thought it would be nice to post some pictures of the little guy.

What you lookin' at, fool?

What I was really thinking: Get my baby away from those stinking llamas!

The GA "National" Fair

What is this woman doing to me?

J-boy in his bouncy seat (Thanks, Ms. D)

J-Boy Trivia:

1. My nicknames are (this week): Beauty Boy & J-Man

2. I have SERIOUS intestinal fortitude.

3. I have worked my way up to sleeping until 6 a.m. and back down again until 7:30 a.m.

(Yes, Lord, make it so!)

4. I am the love of the love and the bug of the bug. (It makes sense to me and Mom).

5. I have acid reflux and dry skin. High maintenance.

6. The nursery ladies say I'm good looking. So it's objectively quantified.

7. I can somehow worm my way down to the foot of the bed and get my arms out of a Velcro-ed swaddle without breaking the Velcro bond.

8. I have excellent taste in music.

9. I enjoy web chats with my grandparents.

10. I get excited when I see Daddy come home.

I'm just crazy about this little guy.

Smaller town life

We recently moved to a smaller town in Georgia. As much as I will miss premium shopping around every corner, great restaurants, and first class cultural events, I really have become spoiled to a slower pace. It takes 3 minutes for me to get to my tutoring job. We went out for my birthday to Outback. It took less than 5 minutes, and we had so much time before the movie, we could come home and chill. My mother in law watched the baby all day while I went to the spa and shopping, and I could be home in time for each feeding. The best thing is the openness of the people we meet. The owner of the spa I enjoyed attends my new church. She waited to meet up with me to say hello at church the next day. Both the owner and the receptionist gave me hug when I left. Last week, a gentleman about my dad's age complemented J and gushed about being a parent. He said your children will become the people with whom you most want to spend time. And one street in a subdivision we looked in had a street called "Andy Griffith Way". Just a little Mayberry, I guess.

Window on the World

Since I have moved to a new town and become a mom, the Internet has become my connection to the outside world and my link to a social circle. Honestly, facebook is my addiction. I may have to "fast" from it because it's my only hobby right now! Day to day life right now is feed J, play with J, put J down. Repeat every 3 hours. Do dishes, fold laundry, play on computer. I am on my own because A-train (husband's nickname) is out of town this week. Very quiet. I did prop a chair by the front door like my mom did when our dad was away. I guess you do become your mother.

I'll have to set goals for my week because I could easily stay in my pj's until noon everyday and watch bad daytime television until my eyes glaze over. I did call the MOPS contact in our area to sign up for membership. I am really looking forward to any type of socialization with women my age. I don't need many friends nearby, but I do need one.

Well, it's time to engage in real life, i.e get dressed and pick up.

MAY