Ice King

It was one of those days when iced tea was just the thing. John's been watching and begging while I eat and drink (much like a dog, but unlike a dog, I can't banish him from the table and tell him to eat his own food). I decided to see what he'd do with an ice cube, but it was too slippery to hold in my hand, so I held it in my teeth. Lemme tell you...that kid has SuctionPower (maybe he's a new kind of super hero!).

Interview with Naked Royalty

I can't believe this was taken a month ago! I hope you have a couple of minutes to witness near-toxic levels of cuteness.

On Saturday, Dad watched John for a couple of hours while Mom and I went to see Prince Caspian (which I enjoyed quite a bit, even if I wasn't seeing it with my handsome husband). Dad put John down to enjoy his favorite toy and when he came to investigate why he'd stopped cooing, he found that our little guy isn't as immobile as we thought...he'd flipped himself over from being on his back with feet toward the wall and had started moving over to my mom's shoes. Holy cow...it's started!!!

Ladies' Man

John has grown and changed so much! At his 4 month appointment last week he was about 17# and was 26 1/2 inches! When I asked the doctor at what age he'd be in the 50% percentile, she said that he's the size of a normal 7 to 8-month-old! He's sitting up with help, loves to stand with some help balancing, commando crawls when motivated, "talks" and squeals with pleasure, and arches and twists in protest.

Last week John came along with me to Camp Utmost , where I helped out as the camp nurse. It was a fantastic time for me, as I got to know some amazing people and enjoyed listening to the teaching and just generally watched God work in the kids' lives (and my own). John, on the other hand, just soaked up all of the teen-girl-love. There were a several times when I didn't touch him for hours at a time...he just got passed from girl to girl. It was fun to watch him cooing, smiling, laughing, and occasionally crashing for a nap while in the arms of his adoring fans. He is a very engaging little man, with a big personality!

I know I've been remiss in posting, so I'm going to post like a mad woman for a couple of days to bring you up to date on some of the highlights of the past couple of months.

Warning: Extreme Cuteness Ahead!

Newnessess

John is growing SO FAST!

His 2 month doctor's appointment is on the 29th, but curiosity got the best of me and the unofficial numbers are 11#4oz (at the office of a friend's midwife...a gain of 4#2oz), 25" (at mom and dad's...he's grown 4"), and his little feet have grown another 1/2 inch! Yowzers! The pediatrician will probably declare other numbers, but his growth is impressive at any rate...at least to me!

Yesterday I put him down on his tummy after changing his diaper and he pushed up on his forearms and lifted his head all the way up. Brilliant! I never thought I would be cheering such a seemingly small achievement, but it feels momentous. When I flipped him over later to show Jason, he didn't repeat the trick...instead he furiously kicked his knees in a pseudocrawl... I groan to think about how quickly he'll be putting the two activities together and off he'll go.

Right now he's passed out across my lap. The little stinker doesn't want to nap anywhere else...but who can blame him, and I really don't mind.

John and I are headed to Portland next week by air (if his birth certificate makes it to me in time), and I'm excited to introduce our little guy to my family down there. I'm bummed that Jason isn't going to be able to go down with us, but it will hopefully be a great time in spite of that fact.

Momminess is still a struggle at times, but largely a joy. The best part is the continuing journey of getting to know Sir John better each day.

Thanks for all of your support.

I've fallen in Love!

It has been a busy but wonderful few weeks since I have last posted. Since then I have become an aunt (http://aclarkfam.blogspot.com/), slept for 6 hours at a time (oh, what a difference!), and the best thing...fallen in love with my son.

I hear that it is supposed to happen at first sight, and am probably a bad mother for admitting it, but it took a while (and a lot of prayer) for my little munchkin to climb into my heart to stay. It surprised me when while holding him late one night I realized that love had snuck up on me and that I would be willing to die for this little guy. It took a month, but it happened and when I finally fell, I fell hard, and it feels wonderful. Yeah, he still deafens with his screams when he's ticked off, and I mourn the loss of freedom and free time, but it doesn't seem to matter so much. I finally understand why women do this motherhood thing.

I'll post some pictures when I get a chance.

"I'm like Pi"

I suspect I've become the most boring person in the universe. John is my favorite new conversation topic.

I pity the person who happens to say, "tell me about your son," only slightly more than the poor soul who asks me about my handsome husband.

This made me laugh:
http://www.savagechickens.com/blog/2008/03/pi.html

Tah Dah (v 2.0)

After an unprecidented marathon computer session (well, unprecidented since a certain someone entered my life), I finally figured out how to create and post a web photo album. Yes, that's right...a simple glance and click to your right will show you highlights of my beautiful son's first 2 weeks.

Enjoy!