No, unfortunately I meant "whine" and not "wine." Asher just got in another tooth (top right) and the other will be popping out soon as well... he seems to be gathering a collection of those... at least I'm guessing by the way he gnaws on his fingers all day! Anyway, he has been quite the whiner lately. He used to have a cute little whimper but it's been turning into a loud, annoying wail that comes and goes while Mark and I are still trying to figure out how it's possible he could still be awake!
A couple weeks ago I thought he was dropping his 3rd nap... the past 2 or 3 days he's almost decided to drop down to 1 shorter nap... moms agree that this is not good! He slept great last night, woke up totally stinky at 6am but went right back to bed until 8am (whew)! Still, he only slept for 1/2 hour in the car this morning and maybe another 1/2 hour on the way home in the afternoon... then another small power nap around 4pm (which was totally weird) but now he's sleeping soundly, hopefully until 8am again.
His separation anxiety is mildly entertaining while out and about with friends and family. Then, it becomes incredibly frustrating alone at home while groceries are melting in the car b/c you can only carry 1 bag with the baby, but it's raining too hard to make more than 2 trips... then the baby screams for his life when I turn around to walk 5 feet into the kitchen to set down the 1 bag of soggy ice cream sandwiches... I'm not going crazy right... everyone else gets annoyed with these things yeah? Some days I just have to look through all his cute photos and remember the fun things to keep from going completely crazy... I say completely b/c I think I am past a certain point of no return. I know my husband would lovingly agree.
Anywho, I needed to at least jokingly say/type out some of these entertaining frustrations that I PRAY and PRAY I will laugh about SOON! :-) Thanks so much other moms for all your support in these early motherhood months... I hope to live through it with enough sanity to at least have 1 more!
Here's one of those cute photos I was talking about... I know! How can a baby this happy and joyful looking be annoying and whiney? I'll have to find another photo for my next post!
Today I shot this of Asher...
Isn't he adorable! He's such a ham whenever we shoot him in Jeanne's studio. I went there today with Tracy and Chloe (her little dog) and we had fun. It's definitely a challenge bringing Asher with us but he was pretty good considering he's still got a cold and didn't get a good nap. Anyway, I'll post a few more this weekend... they are all way too cute!
My friend Kelsey just posted this link on her blog... these shoes are adorable!!!
These shoes are really adorable! I really do think they are cuter than the Robeez shoes plus it's always great to help out another entrepreneur! When I get Asher his next pair I think I'll get the ducks... they seem to be his favorite animal so far :-)
We are so bad about writing on here lately. Sorry for all you faithful blog-checkers :-) Anyway, it's been crazy (what's new) lately. Especially this week for Mark. He's got meetings in Portland today, a drive to Olympia and back tomorrow and a drive to Redmond on Friday! His work for PDR has been such a blessing even with all the driving! I don't know what we would have done without it.
My world has been really up and down lately too. Asher is a pretty good kid but his schedule has been weird and off the past month. I think he's getting ready to give up the 3rd nap but he's still to cranky without it. We had over a week where he was awake from nap #2 by 2pm and it took all our energy and strength to keep him up just barely until 6:30pm. He sleeps great at night... but a 5am start is more than either Mark or I can take... especially when it starts with a bloody murder scream! Haha. Well, it really isn't too funny but we've come out of that a little bit. He got a cold last week too so that certainly didn't help. But I've tried some new methods of keeping him awake and just learning more about what is helpful for him so that past few days have been far more pleasant.
Which brings me to my next topic... Asher was so unpleasant that I was going crazy! I was angry all day, frustrated, feeling helpless and just tired. One night I went to bed at 7pm, slept until 6am when Asher got up and I was still feeling as miserable as ever. I was struggling so badly with feeling like I didn't know what I was doing, thinking that God should have never made me a parent and that I just couldn't do it that I started avoiding talking to people about how I was doing. It's tough! But after a good talk with my friends Kristi and Chelsi I started talking to a couple other people about it and I just feel so much better. Well, the point of all this is I'm going to be doing some research on Thyroid problems b/c a couple people suggested that might be it. The fatigue and rate of weight loss I get with exercise are key things to having a hyper-thyroid. I just need to find some more info on it and see if it would be worth it to see someone even without insurance or what.
Well, other than that it's just been the daily grind. Jeanne's in Hawaii so I've been doing some work from home. I'm actually going to do a shoot with Tracy and her dog this week... Chloe is so cute! It should be tons of fun! I should get back to editing though... I still have some senior photos to finish up. Here's a cute one of Asher the other day...
Here are two more Gorge photos... Wahkeena Falls and Horse Tail Falls. Jeanne and I are going out there again on Thursday... be prepped for MANY more to come!
It was so nice... Mark came along with me out to take photos in the Columbia River Gorge! He took care of Asher the whole time for me and everything!!! I'm sure I'll be showing many more pics but here are just 2 for starters!
