Wednesday, May 11, 2011

first mama day












Every couple of hours when Keelan gets up at night, I usually nurse him back to sleep and sometimes Todd changes his diaper. But the night before Mother's Day Todd got up with me every time Keelan woke up and brought him to me, it was a wonderful first gift. This was followed by a lovely bouquet of delphinium and snapdragons and wonderful brunch at Element Fresh with one very well behaved and not fussy baby :-) Finally, when he was napping, I went off by myself for a massage! My first in a long time, and much needed. I find my lower back is always sore from carrying him around as he get's heavier and heavier by the day. All-in-all a fantastic first Mother's Day!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

three in one kind of day

Although I wasn't there to witness the first two, Keelan had three "firsts" in one day. Sen Xi took Keelan on a walk around the Links (the housing compound that surrounds our school campus) in his stroller and because it's starting to get nice and warm, the bugs are out to play... so his first official bug bite! Yup, so exciting right? Not really, I know. It just strikes me as an important first for a little guy who will live a lot of his life in mosquito country, the great northwest. Then, after teaching a few rowdy third grade classes about improvisation, I came over to nurse Keelan on my break and low and behold... his first real booboo! Sen Xi had tried cutting his fingernails while he was asleep and I guess he moved quickly so she got him pretty good. Bloody and all, poor little guy. Glad it wasn't me, I don't have the guilt of his first booboo :-) Then after this truly exciting baby day for Keelan, we nursed, had a diaper change, got into our pj's and said our prayers. I put him in his crib with his pacifier and blankie and kissed him night night. And guess what? He fell asleep. First time! Usually there is lots of crying involved, and soothing, and carrying around, and rocking, and nursing. But there is a first time for everything and Keelan decided he would fall asleep in his crib today... at least until his next feeding in two or three hours :-S