I was nursing Liam this morning and noticed that his head looks bigger. And his midsection looks more slender. It occurred to me that perhaps he had a big growth spurt during the night. We had a devil of a time convincing him to go to sleep last night, we thought that teething was the cause and when I trolled around his gums this morning I could have sworn that I felt a little something sharp in there, but when I double checked it was gone. So maybe it wasn’t teeth, maybe it was growing. Or maybe none of the above.
Another thing happened this morning, I had the notion to sit down and put all these little thoughts into writing and hit “publish”. We’ve been on quite a wild ride the past couple months. Getting my studio set up and getting me back teaching was no small undertaking. As construction carried on down below, I would sit around fretting about just how we’d do it. Now that we’re done, I sit around wondering just how we did. All I know is that I’m grateful to be through and happy to be working again. We are starting to settle into the new normal around the house but we’ve got one more big piece yet to fall into place: David’s work life. David is still working A LOT, but it seems that we are in the final stretch of that too. I don’t dare imagine how good our lives will be once he’s got the pressure of just one (instead of three) businesses on his shoulders. But I think that it will be good.
Now, back to Liam, our little star…who has been quite busy these days and quite accommodating of all our busy-ness. He’s a man of action, moving between explorations with energy and enthusiasm. I often find myself calling him Jacques Cousteau. He loves to laugh with his papa. He adores Shalin and Bo who keep him safe and entertained while I am working. He’s had a rash on his face for at least a month now, despite creams of all kinds being applied constantly. The party line is that the rash is from teething. If Liam can get his hands on a large manipulatable object (LMO), he’s a happy clam.
He’s fascinated by plastic bags and paper. We picked up the beautiful posters for the studio (that David dedicated MANY hours to) and they were wrapped in a big plastic bag. Liam was in the stroller and we had two more stops to make so we walked a fair distance with the plastic covered tube in the stroller with him. He was panting with excitement the entire time. I was just happy that nobody admonished me for letting my kid play with a plastic bag. We were after all, walking through the heart of Berkeley.
Liam is quite sociable and I find myself responding to one question, “is he always this happy?” and one comment, “he has the most beautiful eyes!” at least once per day. Perhaps all those people smiling at his beautiful eyes make him happy. He does seem to be enjoying himself, so that’s good.
Thank you loving readers for your comments, I appreciate each person’s sharing and caring. We are learning every day from our young teacher and having the support of our friends and family makes the journey all the richer. Liam is now occasionally calm during a diaper change and often he’ll have some entertainment from Papa or Shalin which helps to mitigate the nuisance of lying down long enough for me to clean him up.
Thanks to Liam, there have been all sorts of happenings in the days since my last post. But I must confess that at present I don’t recall what they are. I’m hoping to have more time to write now that I’ve made the transition back to work. And yes, we do have a whole slew of photos and videos to share but that remains David’s department and he’s still in the thick of it as I already mentioned. Yesterday marked nine months since we became parents and I’m busy with preparations for the celebration of his first year. It’s been a good time, and it seems that just as change is, so is goodness constant when it comes to life with Liam.
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